Yurii Nesterov receives the 2026 Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize
icteam | Louvain-la-Neuve
Professor Emeritus at UCLouvain - Universitรฉ catholique de Louvain, Yurii Nesterov has received ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐โ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ.
His research focuses on ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.
This research may sound abstract, but its impact is ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐. The methods developed by Yurii Nesterov help to:
* accelerate the training of ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ systems;
* optimize ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ;
* reduce ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง;
* improve ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง-๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ;
* solve complex problems in ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐๐.
His contributions, including the well-known accelerated ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐, have provided theoretical foundations and algorithmic tools that are now ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐-๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ. They make it possible to solve problems that would otherwise be too slow or too costly to compute.
Awarded every four years by the International Mathematical Union and the German Mathematical Society, the ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ.
A ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง for Yurii Nesterov, and also for the applied mathematics research developed at UCLouvain across ICTEAM - UCLouvain, LIDAM - UCLouvain and the รcole polytechnique de Louvain - Louvain School of engineering.