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The Abel Lectures Avi Wigderson, Professor at the School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton will be delivering this year's Science Lecture at the University of Oslo, on May 23rd. The lecture is called Randomness and pseudorandomness, and is one of four lectures to be held this day in connection with the Abel Prize week. The other speakers are Abel Laureate Endre Szemerédi, László Lovász and Timothy Gowers. (15.05.2012) MoreTransatlantic Kavli Prize announcement The names of the 2012 Kavli Prize Laureates in Astrophysics, Nanoscience and Neuroscience will be announced by Nils Christian Stenseth, President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, on May 31. The announcement starts at 3 pm Oslo time/9 am New York time and will be transmitted live from Oslo to New York where it will be part of the opening of the World Science Festival. Adam Rutherford, Nature-editor and BBC-presenter, will be the moderator for the event in Oslo. Elisabeth Vargas, reporter for ABC television news, will be the moderator for the Kavli Prize announcement program in the Grand Hall at the Kimmel Center, New York University. (27.04.2012) MoreBerlin meeting for astrophysics committee The count down for the Kavli Prize announcement has started. Oddbjřrn Engvold, the chair of the Kavli Prize Committee in Astrophysics, invited his fellow committee members to a final meeting in Berlin on the 28th and 29th of March to select the 2012 Kavli Prize Laureate(s) in Astrophysics. On the 31st of May the committee's recommendation will be presented to the board of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters for approval before the announcement. (02.04.2012) MoreHuge interest for Abel Prize announcement in Budapest Norway's Ambassador to Hungary, Siri Ellen Sletner, announced officially the decision of the Abel Committee to award the 2012 Abel Prize to Professor Endre Szemeredi for his fundamental contributions to discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science, and in recognition of the profound and lasting impact of these contributions on additive number theory and ergodic theory. The announcement took place at a press conference at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest. (21.03.2012) MoreCongratulations from AMS President Eric M. Friedlander, President of the American Mathematical Society (AMS), congratulates Endre Szemerédi with the 2012 Abel Prize. "On behalf of the American Mathematical Society, I heartily congratulate Endre Szemerédi upon his award of the 2012 Abel Prize. Professor Szemerédi has made many deep and important contributions to discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science. His many remarkable results across a wide spectrum of discrete mathematics continue to have a forceful impact on current research in number theory, combinatorics, and ergodic theory." (21.03.2012) MoreArchive |
Forthcoming events21 May 2012 at 17:00 Wreath-laying ceremony at the Abel MonumentOther events
 Location: Royal Palace Park, Oslo Abel Laureate Endre Szemerédi will honour Niels Henrik Abel by laying down a wreath at the Abel Monument. Helge Holden, chair of the Abel board, will give a speech. This event is open to the public. 21 May 2012 at 18:00 Dinner in honour of the Abel LaureateOther events
Location: The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy will host a dinner in honour of Abel Laureate Endre Szemerédi. 22 May 2012 at 14:00 Abel Prize award ceremonyOther events
 Location: University Aula, Oslo The Abel Prize will be presented to Endre Szemerédi at an award ceremony in Oslo, Norway. There will be speeches by Professor Ragni Piene, chair of the Abel committee, and by Professor Nils Chr. Stenseth, President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Immediately after the award ceremony there will be a reception. 22 May 2012 at 19:00 Banquet at Akershus CastleOther events
Location: Akershus Castle, Oslo The Norwegian government will give a banquet in honour of the Abel Laureate at Akershus Castle. 23 May 2012 at 10:00 - 23 May 2012 at 15:15 The Abel Lectures and Science Lecture 2012Lectures
 Location: Georg Sverdrups hus, Aud. 1, University of Oslo Abel Laureate Endre Szemerédi will give his Abel Prize Lecture at the University of Oslo. The two other Abel Lectures will be given by László Lovász and Timothy Gowers. The Science Lecture will be delivered by Avi Wigderson. |
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