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Announcements from Hong Kong
MATHEMATICS LAUREATE 2018
Luis A Caffarelli, University of Texas at Austin
MATHEMATICS LAUREATE 2017
Jànos
Kollàr, Princeton
University
Claire Voisin, Collège de France
MATHEMATICS LAUREATE 2016
Nigel Hitchin, Oxford
University
MATHEMATICS LAUREATE 2015
Gerd Faltings,
Max Planck Institute, Bonn
Henryk Iwaniec, Rutgers Univerity
MATHEMATICS LAUREATE 2014
George Lusztig,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MATHEMATICS LAUREATE 2013
David L. Donoho, Stanford
University
MATHEMATICS LAUREATE 2012
Maxim Kontsevich, Institut
des Hautes Études Scientifiques and University of Miami
MATHEMATICS LAUREATE 2011
Demetrios Christodoulou,
ETH Zurich
Richard S. Hamilton, Columbia University
MATHEMATICS LAUREATE 2010
Jean Bourgain, Institute
for Advanced Study, Princeton
MATHEMATICS LAUREATE 2009
Simon K. Donaldson,
Imperial College, London
Clifford H. Taubes of Harvard University
MATHEMATICS LAUREATE 2008
Vladimir Arnold, Steklov
Mathematical Inst., Moscow
Ludwig Faddeev of Petersburg Dept. of Steklov Inst. of Mathematics
MATHEMATICS LAUREATE 2007
Robert Langlands of the
Institue for Advanced Study, Princeton
Richard Taylor of Harvard University
MATHEMATICS LAUREATE 2006
Wu Wentsun of Chinese
Academia Sinica
David Mumford of Harvard University
MATHEMATICS LAUREATE 2005
Andrew
Wiles of Princeton University
for his proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.
Wiles completed his proof in 1994. Shortly thereafter he received
a
MacArthur Fellowship and several other prestigious awards. These
include
the Wolf Prize, the Royal Medal of the Royal Society, London,
the Ostrowski Prize, and awards from both the
U.S. and Swedish Academies of Sciences.
MATHEMATICS LAUREATE 2004
Shiing-shen
Chem of Nankai Univesity in Tianjin, China
for his role in developing global differential geometry.
The Shaw Prize
honors individuals, regardless of race, nationality and religious
belief, who have achieved significant breakthrough in academic and
scientific research or application, and whose work has resulted in a
positive and profound impact on mankind.
The new Shaw
Prize
consists of three annual awards: the Prize in Astronomy, the
Prize in Life Sciences and Medicine, and the Prize in Mathematical
Sciences.
Each
prize carries a monetary award of US $1 million.
To our
knowledge,
this is the largest award in mathematics. The adjudication
process is to begin in June each year. The winners are to be
announced and the prizes presented in June and August of the following
year. The first awards were made in Summer, 2004.
 http://www.shawprize.org
One may assume
that
in naming the prize "Mathematical Sciences" the Shaw Foundation has
chosen to identify a broad category with some flexibility. Over
time, future committees may want to expand the definition of
"mathematical sciences." The mission statement
clearly implies that applied mathematics will be considered.
Founder's
Biographical Note: Sir Run Run Shaw passed away on January 7, 2014 at
the age of 106.
Sir Run Run Shaw
was born in China in 1907. He is a native of Ningbo County,
Zhejiang Province. He joined his brother's film company in China
in the 1920s. In the 1950s he founded the film company Shaw
Brothers (Hong Kong) Limited. He has been Executive Chairman of
Television Broadcasts Limited in Hong Kong since the 1970s. At
times this has been the busiest movie studio in the world, employing
over 1,200 actors on 46 acres in densely crowded Hong Kong.
Mr. Shaw has
also
donated hundreds of millions of dollars to two charities, the Sir Run
Run Shaw Charitable Trust and The Shaw Foundation Hong Kong Limited,
both dedicated to the promotion of education, scientific and
technological research, medical and welfare services, and culture and
art.
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