The Line and Michel Loève International Prize in Probability (known as the Loève Prize) is an American mathematical award. It is awarded every two years, and is intended to recognize outstanding contributions by researchers in
mathematical probability who are under 45 years old.
History
The Line and Michel Loève International Prize in Probability, usually referred to as the Loève Prize, was created in 1992 in honor of
Michel Loève
Michel Loève (; January 22, 1907 – February 17, 1979) was a French-American probability theory, probabilist and mathematical statistics, mathematical statistician, of Jewish origin. He is known in mathematical statistics and probability theory ...
from a bequest to
UC Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after the Anglo-Irish philosopher George Berkele ...
by his widow Line.
Description
It is awarded every two years, and is intended to recognize outstanding contributions by researchers in
mathematical probability who are under 45 years old.
With a prize value of around $30,000, this is one of the most generous awards in any specific mathematical subdiscipline.
Winners
Past winners of the prize are:
* 2023 –
Jian Ding
* 2021 –
Ivan Corwin
* 2019 –
Allan Sly
* 2017 –
Hugo Duminil-Copin
* 2015 –
Alexei Borodin
* 2013 –
Sourav Chatterjee
Sourav Chatterjee (born 26 November 1979) is an Indian Bengali mathematician from West Bengal, specializing in mathematical statistics and probability theory. Chatterjee is credited with work on the study of fluctuations in random structures, ...
* 2011 –
Scott Sheffield
* 2009 –
Alice Guionnet
* 2007 –
Richard Kenyon
* 2005 –
Wendelin Werner
* 2003 –
Oded Schramm
* 2001 –
Yuval Peres
* 1999 –
Alain-Sol Sznitman
* 1997 –
Jean-François Le Gall
* 1995 –
Michel Talagrand
* 1993 –
David Aldous
See also
*
List of mathematics awards
References
External links
Information about the prizemaintained by
David AldousInformation about the prizeon the
UC Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after the Anglo-Irish philosopher George Berkele ...
website
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Mathematics awards
Awards established in 1992