László Lovász
László Lovász (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈlaːsloː ˈlovaːs]; born March 9, 1948) is a Hungarian-American mathematician. He is the professor emeritus at Eötvös Loránd University. He is best known for his work in combinatorics, for which he was awarded the Abel Prize in 2021.[1][2][3]
Professor László Lovász | |
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 László Lovász speaking in 2007 at the EPFL | |
| Born | Lovász László March 9, 1948 |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Citizenship | Hungarian, American |
| Alma mater | Eötvös Loránd University Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
| Awards | Abel Prize (2021) Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences (2010) John von Neumann Theory Prize (2006) Gödel Prize (2001) Knuth Prize (1999) Wolf Prize (1999) Fulkerson Prize (1982) Pólya Prize (SIAM) (1979) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics, Computer Science |
| Institutions | Eötvös Loránd UniversityMicrosoft Research CenterYale UniversityUniversity of Szeged |
| Doctoral students | András Frank Tamás Szőnyi Van Vu |
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.
References
- ↑ Chang, Kenneth (March 17, 2021). 2 Win Abel Prize for Work That Bridged Math and Computer Science. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/science/abel-prize-mathematics.html. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
- ↑ Hartnett, Kevin (March 17, 2021). "Pioneers Linking Math and Computer Science Win the Abel Prize". Quanta Magazine. https://www.quantamagazine.org/avi-wigderson-and-laszlo-lovasz-win-abel-prize-20210317/. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
- ↑ Castelvecchi, Davide (17 March 2021). "Abel Prize celebrates union of mathematics and computer science" (in en). Nature. . https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00694-9.