The American Mathematical Society has chosen Indian-American mathematician Nikhil Srivastava to receive the first Cipriani Foyes Prize. He is nominated for the prize in Operator Theory. Nikhil Srivastava is an associate professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He will be receiving the award for “Highly Original Work” in operator theory. Prof. Nikhil will be awarded $5,000 USD as a prize.
Prof. Shrivastava jointly receives the award
Professor Shrivastava shared the award with Adam Marcus and Daniel Spielman. Both of the awardees teach at the University of California, Berkeley.
Mr. Marcus is a Professor of Combinatorial Analysis at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. Mr. Spielman is the a mathematician, Sterling Professor of Computer Science, a statistician and data scientist.
Achievements of Mathematician, Prof. Nikhil
The award will be presented to Nikhil Srivastava, Adam Marcus, and Daniel Spielman next year on January 5, 2022, at a joint mathematics meeting in Seattle. It is known as the world’s largest mathematics conference. The Cipriani Foyce Award is the third award for Nikhil. He previously received the George Polya Award in 2014 and the Held Award in 2021.
Story of success
According to a press release, all three awardees received this award for their highly realistic work. In a joint statement, the winners stated that they are accepting this award to honor all those who have contributed to solving the Cadison Singer mathematical problem. The trio stated that their contribution was the final chapter in this beautiful story. We hope that this inspires to solve similar problems in the future, they added.
Cipriani Foyce Award
The Cipriani Foyce Award was formed in the year 2020. The award is given in memory of Cyprien Foyce. He was a well-known expert in operator theory and fluid mechanics. The winners receive a prize of $5,000 USD.
