On Sunday, October 8, 2017, the Institute hosted a gathering in remembrance of Vladimir Voevodsky, Professor in the School of Mathematics. Friends, family, and the Institute community convened to celebrate his life and legacy.
Robbert Dijkgraaf
Institute Director and Leon Levy Professor
Pierre Deligne
Collaborator and Friend
Professor Emeritus, School of Mathematics
Peter Sarnak
Colleague and Friend
Professor, School of Mathematics
Yuri Tschinkel
University Classmate and Friend
Former Member, School of Mathematics
Tali Shalaby
Daughter (age 19)
Dina Voevodsky
Daughter (age 17)
Nadia Shalaby
Partner (1992–2008) and Best Friend
David Kazhdan
PhD Advisor and Friend (read by Richard Taylor)
Former Distinguished Visiting Professor, School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Richard Taylor
Colleague and Friend
Robert and Luisa Fernholz Professor, School of Mathematics
Dan Grayson
Colleague and Friend
Visitor, School of Mathematics
Alexander Beilinson
Colleague and Friend
Former Visitor, School of Mathematics
Avi Wigderson
Colleague and Friend
Herbert H. Maas Professor, School of Mathematics
Inna Zelepukina
University Classmate
Bridget and Matteo Neale Paris
Family Friends
Alexander Goncharov
Colleague and friend
David Maslen
Family friend
To view photos from this event, please click here.
As to future events, a funeral service will be held in Moscow on December 27, 2017. This will be followed by a mathematical conference in honor of Vladimir’s work at the Steklov Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences on December 28, 2017.
In further commemoration of Vladimir’s extraordinary and original work, the Institute for Advanced Study will convene an international conference on September 29–30, 2018.
