Avi Wigderson

Israeli mathematician and computer scientist · Israel · On the map · Academics · Born 1956 · age 70

Avi Wigderson is an Israeli computer scientist and mathematician. He is the Herbert H. Maass Professor in the school of mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America.

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2024New Jersey Hall of FameAward2023Dijkstra PrizeAwardTuring AwardAward2021Abel PrizeAward2019Knuth PrizeAward2018ACM FellowAward2009Gödel PrizeAward2008Josiah Willard Gibbs LectureshipAward1994IMU Abacus MedalAward1956Born9 September 1956

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New Jersey Hall of Fame2024

Dijkstra Prize2023

Turing Award2023

Abel Prize2021

Knuth Prize2019

ACM Fellow2018

Gödel Prize2009

Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship2008

IMU Abacus Medal1994

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His research interests include complexity theory, parallel algorithms, graph theory, cryptography, and distributed computing. Wigderson received the Abel Prize in 2021 for his work in theoretical computer science. He also received the 2023 Turing Award for his contributions to the understanding of randomness in the theory of computation.

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Israel