Awarded Gauss Lectureship (2022).
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László Lovász is a Hungarian mathematician and professor emeritus at Eötvös Loránd University, best known for his work in combinatorics, for which he was awarded the 2021 Abel Prize jointly with Avi Wigderson. He was the president of the International Mathematical Union from 2007 to 2010 and the president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences from 2014 to 2020.
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science · Hungarian mathematician (born 1948) · mathematician · computer scientist · university teacher · also László Lovász, Laszlo Lovasz, L. Lovász, Lovász
Born 9 March 1948 · Q357918
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Awarded Gauss Lectureship (2022).
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Awarded Abel Prize (2021).
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Received Hungary's highest order, the Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen
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Received John von Neumann Professor title from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) and the John von Neumann Computer Society
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Career landmark: president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2014–2020).
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Was elected the president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) and served until 2020
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Awarded Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013).
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Awarded Fulkerson Prize (2012).
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Became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society
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Awarded Kyoto Prize (2010).
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Awarded Széchenyi Prize (2008).
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And the Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences in 2010
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Career landmark: president (2007–2010).
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Awarded John von Neumann Theory Prize (2006).
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And the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 2007, and an honorary member of the London Mathematical Society in 2009
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Awarded Gödel Prize (2001).
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Awarded Knuth Prize (1999).
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Awarded Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1999).
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Won Brouwer Medal (1993).
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Awarded honorary doctorate from the University of Waterloo (1992).
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Awarded Fulkerson Prize (1982).
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Lovász developed the LLL algorithm for approximating points in lattices and reducing their bases
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Awarded Paul Erdős Prize (1979).
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Awarded George Pólya Prize (1979).
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The Fulkerson Prize in 1982 and 2012, the Brouwer Medal in 1993, the Wolf Prize and Knuth Prize in 1999, the Gödel Prize in 2001, the John von Neumann Theory Prize in 2006, the János Bolyai Creative Prize in 2007, the Sz
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Studied at Eötvös Loránd University (1971).
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Career landmark: Participated in International Mathematical Olympiad (tournament / event).
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Born 1948-03-09.
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