The World Laureates Association (WLA) Prize in Computer Science or Mathematics was awarded to Arkadi Nemirovski at Georgia Tech and Yurii Nesterov, Professor Emeritus and Senior Scientific Researcher at Université Catholique de Louvain "for their seminal work in convex optimization theory, including self-concordant function and interior-point methods, a complexity theory of optimization, accelerated gradient methods, and robust optimization methodological advances."
The 2023 WLA Prize Award Ceremony is scheduled to take place in Shanghai on November 6, followed by a series of engaging sessions to celebrate the laureates' outstanding achievements.
The press release from WLA explain the reasons that led to award the prize to Porf. Nemirovski and Prof. Nesterov :
Arkadi Nemirovski and Yurii Nesterov's work "has sparked the 'first-order revolution' that has allowed optimization algorithms to be applied to the large-scale problems characteristic of modern applications," comments Jordan, adding that "their development of a complexity theory for optimization and a suite of acceleration methods has deepened our understanding of what is possible in optimization and what is meant by an 'optimal way to optimize".
What is the WLA Prize ?
The World Laureates Association Prize is an international science prize created in 2021 in Shanghai. The prize is awarded each year by the WLA foundation. The prize is awarded in two categories : "WLA Prize in Computer Science or Mathematics" and the "WLA Prize in Life Science or Medicine."
The WLA Prize aims to recognize and support eminent researchers and technologists worldwide for their contributions to science. It is intended to support global science and technology advancement, address the challenges to humanity, and promote society's long-term progress.