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Mathematics People NEWS Mathematics People Wu Awarded 2019 Micius Quantum Prizes CAIMS-Fields Industrial The Micius Quantum Foundation has inaugurated the Micius Quantum Mathematics Prize Prize to recognize scientists who have made outstanding contributions in Jianhong Wu of York University has the field of quantum communica- been awarded the 2019 CAIMS-Fields tions, quantum simulation, quantum Industrial Mathematics Prize of the computation, and quantum metrol- Canadian Applied and Industrial ogy. The prizes for 2018 were awarded Mathematics Society (CAIMS) and in the area of quantum computation. the Fields Institute “in recognition of David Deutsch The awardees are David Deutsch his many contributions to dynamical of the University of Oxford “for his systems in mathematical epidemi- seminal conceptual contribution on ology and in particular his collab- quantum Turing machine and quan- Jianhong Wu orative research with public health tum algorithms”; Peter Shor of the professionals in government and Massachusetts Institute of Technol- industry: applying his expert knowledge to infectious dis- ogy “for his groundbreaking theoret- ease mitigation strategies and preparedness.” Wu received ical work on factoring algorithm and his PhD from Hunan University in 1987 and joined York quantum error correction”; and Juan University in 1990. His major research interests are nonlin- Ignacio Cirac of the Max Planck In- ear dynamics and delay differential equations, neural net- stitute of Quantum Optics and Peter works and pattern recognition, mathematical ecology and Peter Shor Zoller of the University of Innsbruck epidemiology, and big data analytics. Wu tells the Notices: “for their outstanding theoretical “I like all team sports in general, particularly basketball and contributions that enabled the scal- soccer. Whenever possible, during major training and pro- able implementations of quantum fessional events that I have organized, I coordinated efforts information processing such as quan- to facilitate team sport activities among all participants. I tum computation with trapped ions, have found these opportunities particularly useful to build quantum simulation with ultracold interdisciplinary and bilateral collaborations, especially atoms, and quantum repeaters.” The when participants come from different disciplines. Bringing prizes carry cash awards of 1 mil- diversified culture and scientific backgrounds together pro- lion Chinese yuan (approximately vides a great experience. For these reasons, I enjoy playing US$150,000). cards as well. I also enjoy gardening. I am very proud that Juan Ignacio Cirac my front garden has received multiple annual Outstanding —From a Micius Quantum Garden awards from the city (in Toronto).” Foundation announcement —From a CAIMS-Fields announcement Peter Zoller AUGUST 2019 NOTICES OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY 1167 Mathematics People NEWS Award and both the Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence Mulholland Awarded and the Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of Pittsburgh. She has served on boards of PIMS Education Prize the Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of Mathematics and Jamie Mulholland of Simon Fraser the NCTM, as well as many committees and associations, University has been awarded the and was one of the foundational editors of the journal Math 2019 PIMS Education Prize of the Teacher Educator. With Mary Kay Stein, she authored the Pacific Institute of the Mathemati- book Five Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics cal Sciences “in recognition of his Discussion. important work on mathematics The citation for Stiff states: “Stiff's work is foundational outreach and popularization. With in providing and encouraging learning to students of color. Malgorzata Dubiel, he has organized Equity has played a major role in Dr. Stiff's work and re- a series of Student Math Camps and search, often speaking to this subject.” Stiff received his PhD in mathematics education in 1978 from the North Jamie Mulholland Math Camps for Teachers. In addi- tion, he has produced a large number Carolina State College of Education. He has served as the of high-quality video teaching resources that have been president of NCTM, as well as a member of and participant made available through YouTube, making his valuable in various committees and associations. His work “has work accessible to a broad audience.” Mulholland received positively impacted the quality of science and mathematics his PhD from the University of British Columbia. He has education for current and prospective teachers.” He is an received Excellence in Teaching awards from Simon Fraser advocate of including more technology in the learning and University and the Canadian Mathematical Society. He tells use of mathematics. Stiff received the Benjamin Banneker the Notices: “I'm married with two children and I spend the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015 and the TODOS Iris vast majority of my spring and summer evenings/weekends M. Carl Leadership and Equity Award in 2017. on the baseball field coaching my kids’ teams. This is some- Lott’s citation states: “Through thing I look forward to doing every year. I try to maintain his years as a mathematician and an active lifestyle: snowboarding in the winter, stand-up educator, Dr. Lott has impacted many paddle boarding in the summer, and jiu jitsu all year long.” careers: providing support, advice, and direction to those around him.” —From a PIMS announcement Lott received his PhD in mathematics education from Georgia State Univer- sity in 1973. He has served as presi- NCTM Lifetime dent of NCTM and as vice president of the Montana Academy of Science, Johnny Lott Achievement Awards and he was a board member of the Montana Council of Teachers of Mathematics. He was also The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) professor of mathematics and of education at the University has selected three educators to receive Lifetime Achieve- of Mississippi. He has been the recipient of both the Dean ment Awards for 2019. They are Margaret (Peg) Smith of Preble Memorial Award and the Meritorious Service Award the University of Pittsburgh, Lee V. Stiff of North Carolina of the Montana Council of Teachers of Mathematics and State University, and Johnny Lott of the University of of the George and Jane Dennison Faculty Award from the Montana. University of Montana, and he has written and contributed According to the prize citation, to several books and authored a number of journal arti- Smith “has had a career thoroughly cles. Lott tells the Notices: “I have a few hobbies, including dedicated to mathematics and fur- painting watercolors (having taken ten classes since retire- thering the knowledge of other ed- ment), quilting (which began long before I retired and ucators.” She received her EdD in continue), writing short stories for my personal satisfaction, mathematics education from the working many hours every month for the Lafayette County University of Pittsburgh in 1995. Democratic Party in Mississippi as editor of the biweekly She has taught in New York, Ohio, newsletter (among other things), and cohosting a biweekly Michigan, and Pennsylvania, in ad- men's lunch group where progressive ideas are discussed.” dition to her service at the University Margaret Smith of Pittsburgh. She has been awarded —From NCTM announcements numerous grants in continuing education and mathematics research. Her awards include the Susan Loucks-Horsley 1168 NOTICES OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY VOLUME 66, NUMBER 7 Mathematics People NEWS and has provided support and mentoring to many junior Prizes of the ICA colleagues. Shuxing Li of Simon Fraser University and Alexander The Institute of Combinatorics and Its Applications (ICA) Bors of the University of Western Australia have been has awarded a number of prizes in 2019. awarded Kirkman Medals for excellent research by Fellows Kai-Uwe Schmidt of the University of Paderborn has or Associate Fellows of ICA early in their research careers. been awarded the Hall Medal, given for extensive quality The citation for Li reads in part: “Dr. Shuxing Li has made research with substantial international impact. The prize significant contributions on a number of central problems citation reads: “Dr. Kai-Uwe Schmidt has repeatedly made in algebraic coding theory, discrete geometry, combinato- outstanding contributions concerning algebraic, analytic, rial design theory, and information theory. He applies deep and probabilistic techniques for combinatorial problems theory and powerful tools to answer fundamental ques- in coding theory and cryptography. He has published about tions, not only in combinatorics but also in practical digital forty papers in the best journals, covering a substantial communications applications such as coding, compressed breadth. The hallmark of Dr. Schmidt’s research is the sensing, and energy minimization.” The citation for Bors development of novel, fundamental theory that addresses reads in part: “Dr. Alexander Bors has made outstanding practical applications. In particular, his research on merit contributions to the understanding of combinatorial and factor, exceptional polynomials, configurations in finite quantitative problems on finite groups. He addresses fun- projective planes, and vector spaces over finite fields have damental theoretical questions, some of which are moti- all been influential in developing deep theory for practi- vated by practical applications. He seeks characterizations cal problems. Dr. Schmidt is increasingly recognized
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