Avi Wigderson received the Turing Award for his foundational contributions to the theory of computation.Credit: Dan Komoda A leader in the field of computational theory is the latest winner of the A. M. Turing Award, sometimes described as the ‘Nobel Prize’ of computer science. Avi Wigderson at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, … Read more
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. The Perseverance rover drills a rock core from the edge of the ancient river delta in Jezero Crater on Mars.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA is facing some tough questions amid budget woes: where should its Mars rover Perseverance … Read more
Michel Talagrand studies stochastic processes, mathematical models of phenomena that are governed by randomness.Credit: Peter Bagde/Typos1/Abel Prize 2024 A mathematician who developed formulas to make random processes more predictable, and helped to solve an iconic model of complex phenomena, has won the 2024 Abel Prize, one of the field’s most coveted awards. Michel Talagrand received … Read more