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Fields Medal & IMU Awards

These award videos premiered at the 2018 International Congress of Mathematicians in Rio de Janeiro. All videos were produced by the Simons Foundation in cooperation with the International Mathematical Union.

August 01, 2018

Fields Medal Video: Caucher Birkar
Up close image of Caucher Birkar

August 01, 2018

Fields Medal Video: Alessio Figalli
Alessio Figalli writing math on a chalkboard

August 01, 2018

Fields Medal Video: Peter Scholze
Portrait photo of Peter Schloze

August 01, 2018

Fields Medal Video: Akshay Venkatesh
Akshay Venkatesh gesticulating to a chalkboard

August 09, 2018

A Fighter for Math’s Next Generation By Philip Yam
Ali Nesin talking at the Mathematical Village

August 06, 2018

Chern Medal Video: Masaki Kashiwara and 50 Years of Foundational Math
Masaki Kashiwara looking at a folder in front of shelves full of folders

August 06, 2018

Gauss Prize Video: David Donoho and the Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics
Person sitting in an office chair and laughing while man stands in front of him and laughs and man on his left stands with his arms crossed

August 01, 2018

Nevanlinna Prize Video: Constantinos Daskalakis
Portrait photo of Constantinos Daskalakis
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