Awarded New Jersey Hall of Fame (2024).
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Avi Wigderson
Avi Wigderson is an Israeli computer scientist and mathematician. He is the Herbert H. Maass Professor in the school of mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America. His research interests include complexity theory, parallel algorithms, graph theory, cryptography, and distributed computing. Wigderson received the Abel Prize in 2021 for his work…
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Born 9 September 1956 · Q92957
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2024· 9 entries
Techno-Science.net: Chance awards the Turing Prize and $1 million to mathematician Avi Wigderson
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SD Times: Avi Wigderson receives 2023 ACM A.M. Turing Award
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TechSpot: Avi Wigderson wins Turing Award for his influential work in computational randomness
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SiliconRepublic: Avi Wigderson wins Turing Award for contribution to computing
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The Times of Israel: Israeli scientist Avi Wigderson wins prestigious AM Turing Award
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EurekAlert!: Hebrew University congratulates Professor Avi Wigderson on prestigious 2023 Turing Award
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EurekAlert!: Avi Wigderson receives ACM A.M. Turing Award for groundbreaking insights on randomness
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Princeton University: Grad alum Avi Wigderson wins Turing Award for 'groundbreaking insights' in computer science
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2023· 2 entries
Awarded Dijkstra Prize (2023).
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Awarded Turing Award (2023).
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2021· 2 entries
Awarded Abel Prize (2021).
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For his work in theoretical computer science
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2019· 1 entry
Awarded Knuth Prize (2019).
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2018· 1 entry
Awarded ACM Fellow (2018).
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2009· 1 entry
Awarded Gödel Prize (2009).
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2008· 1 entry
Awarded Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (2008).
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1999· 1 entry
Also took a position at the Institute for Advanced Study, and in 2003 he gave up his Hebrew University position to take up full-time residence at the IAS
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1994· 1 entry
Won IMU Abacus Medal (1994).
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1983· 1 entry
After completing a doctoral dissertation, titled "Studies in computational complexity", under the supervision of Richard Lipton
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1956· 1 entry
Born 1956-09-09.
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