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THE SHAW PRIZE LECTURE IN MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES 2024

THE SHAW PRIZE LECTURE IN MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES 2024
Date & Time
November 13, 2024 (Wednesday) | HKT 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Venue
Philip K.H. Wong Theatre, 2/F, Cheng Yu Tung Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong ( Map )
Language
English
Speaker
Professor Peter SARNAK
Shaw Laureate in Mathematical Sciences 2024; Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics, Princeton University, USA; Professor Emeritus, School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

Established under the auspices of Mr Run Run Shaw, the Prize honours individuals who are currently active in their respective fields and who have achieved significant breakthrough in academic and scientific research or applications and whose work has resulted in a positive and profound impact on humankind.
 
The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences 2024 is awarded to Peter Sarnak, Gopal Prasad Professor, School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study and Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics, Princeton University, USA, for his development of the arithmetic theory of thin groups and the affine sieve, by bringing together number theory, analysis, combinatorics, dynamics, geometry and spectral theory.
 

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Professor Peter SARNAK

Speaker Professor Peter SARNAK

Shaw Laureate in Mathematical Sciences 2024; Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics, Princeton University, USA; Professor Emeritus, School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

Peter SARNAK was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and is currently the Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University, USA, as well as the Professor Emeritus, School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. 

He received his Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa in 1975 and PhD in Mathematics from Stanford University, USA in 1980. He was an Assistant Professor (1980–1983) and Associate Professor (1983) at New York University, USA. He then joined Stanford University, where he was successively an Associate Professor (1984–1987) and Professor (1987–1991). From 1991, he moved to Princeton University and was appointed H Fine Professor (1995–1996) and the Chair of Mathematics Department (1996–1999).

He was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study (1999–2002 and 2005–2007) and served as a Professor there from 2007 until he became Emeritus in 2024. He was also a Professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University (2001–2005) and has been appointed as Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University (2002–). He is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the Royal Society of London.