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'''Avi Wigderson''' ({{lang-he|אבי ויגדרזון}}; born 9 September 1956<ref>{{Citation|last=Wigderson|first=Avi|date=22 May 2014|title=Resumé|url=http://www.math.ias.edu/~avi/CV_shortbio/Drupal_CV/avicv_5_22.pdf|access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref>) is an [[Israelis|Israeli]] [[mathematician]] and [[computer scientist]]. He is the Herbert H. Maass Professor in the school of mathematics at the [[Institute for Advanced Study]] in [[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]], [[New Jersey]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Faculty {{!}} IAS School of Mathematics|url=https://www.math.ias.edu/people/faculty|access-date=19 June 2020|website=www.math.ias.edu|date=4 August 2008 }}</ref> He won the [[Abel Prize]] in 2021 for his work.
'''Avi Wigderson''' ({{lang-he|אבי ויגדרזון}}; born 9 September 1956<ref>{{Citation|last=Wigderson|first=Avi|date=22 May 2014|title=Resumé|url=http://www.math.ias.edu/~avi/CV_shortbio/Drupal_CV/avicv_5_22.pdf|access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref>) is an [[Israelis|Israeli]] [[mathematician]] and [[computer scientist]]. He is the Herbert H. Maass Professor in the school of mathematics at the [[Institute for Advanced Study]] in [[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]], [[New Jersey]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Faculty {{!}} IAS School of Mathematics|url=https://www.math.ias.edu/people/faculty|access-date=19 June 2020|website=www.math.ias.edu|date=4 August 2008 }}</ref> He won the [[Abel Prize]] in 2021 and [[Turing Award]] in 2023 for his work.


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Latest revision as of 18:15, 20 June 2024

Avi Wigderson
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Born (1956-09-09) 9 September 1956 (age 67)
Israel
Alma materTechnion
Princeton University (Ph.D.)
AwardsNevanlinna Prize (1994)
Gödel Prize (2009)
Knuth Prize (2019)
Abel Prize (2021)
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical computer science
InstitutionsInstitute for Advanced Study
ThesisStudies in Computational Complexity (1983)
Doctoral advisorRichard Lipton
Doctoral studentsDorit Aharonov
Ran Raz

Avi Wigderson (Hebrew: אבי ויגדרזון; born 9 September 1956[1]) is an Israeli mathematician and computer scientist. He is the Herbert H. Maass Professor in the school of mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.[2] He won the Abel Prize in 2021 and Turing Award in 2023 for his work.

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  1. Wigderson, Avi (22 May 2014), Resumé (PDF), retrieved 7 March 2016
  2. "Faculty | IAS School of Mathematics". www.math.ias.edu. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2020.