AVI WIGDERSON RECEIVES ACM A.M. TURING AWARD FOR GROUNDBREAKING INSIGHTS ON RANDOMNESS
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NEW YORK, April 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today named Avi Wigderson as recipient of the 2023 ACM A.M. Turing Award for foundational contributions to the theory of computation, including reshaping our understanding of the role of randomness in computation, and for his decades of intellectual leadership in theoretical computer science.
Key Points:
- The ACM A.M. Turing Award, often referred to as the "Nobel Prize of Computing," carries a $1 million prize.
- The ACM A.M. Turing Award, often referred to as the "Nobel Prize of Computing," carries a $1 million prize with financial support provided by Google, Inc.
- The award is named for Alan M. Turing, the British mathematician who articulated the mathematical foundations of computing.
- We congratulate Avi Wigderson on receiving the ACM A.M. Turing Award—computing's highest honor."