Alan T. Waterman Award

艾伦·T·沃特曼奖

• 批准号: 0851061
• 负责人: Terence Tao
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: University of California-Los Angeles
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-01 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0851061&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Alan; T.; Waterman; Award

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is proud to announce that 32-year-old Terence Tao, a professor of mathematics at the University of California at Los Angeles, will receive its 2008 Alan T. Waterman Award. Called a "supreme problem-solver," and named one of "the Brilliant 10" scientists by Popular Science (October 2006), Tao's extraordinary work, much of which has been funded by NSF through the years, has had a tremendous impact across several mathematical areas. He will receive the award at a black tie dinner program at the U.S. Department of State on May 6.The annual Waterman award recognizes an outstanding young researcher in any field of science or engineering supported by NSF. Candidates may not be more than 35 years old, or seven years beyond receiving a doctorate, and must stand out for their individual achievements. In addition to a medal, the awardee receives a grant of $500,000 over a 3-year period for scientific research or advanced study in their field.Terence Tao was born in Adelaide, Australia, in 1975. His genius at mathematics began early in life. He started to learn calculus when he was 7 years old, at which age he began high school; by the age of 9 he was already very good at university-level calculus. By the age of 11, he was thriving in international mathematics competitions. Tao was 20 when he earned his doctorate from Princeton University, and he joined UCLA's faculty that year. UCLA promoted him to full professor at age 24. Tao now holds UCLA's James and Carol Collins Chair in the College of Letters and Science. He is also a fellow of the Royal Society and the Australian Academy of Sciences (corresponding member).Nicknamed "the Mozart of Math," Tao's areas of research include partial differential equations (PDE), combinatorics, number theory and harmonic analysis. Harmonic analysis is an advanced form of calculus that uses equations from physics. Some of this work involves, in a colleague's words, "geometrical constructions that almost no one understands." Tao also works in a related field, nonlinear partial differential equations, and in the entirely distinct fields of algebraic geometry, number theory and combinatorics, which involves counting.In addition to the prestigious Waterman award, Tao has received a number of other awards, including the Salem Prize in 2000; the Bochner Prize in 2002; the Fields Medal, often touted as the "Nobel Prize for Mathematics" and SASTRA Ramanujan Prize in 2006; and the MacArthur Fellowship and Ostrowski Prize in 2007.Through the years, Tao's research has often been funded by other NSF grants. His current research is funded by NSF Award #0649473, "Global Behaviour of Critical Nonlinear PDE."

国家科学基金会（NSF）自豪地宣布，加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校的数学教授32岁的Terence Tao将获得其2008年Alan T. Waterman奖。被称为“至高无上的问题解决者”，并被《大众科学》（2006年10月）评为“辉煌的10”科学家之一，陶的非凡工作，其中很多是由NSF资助了多年来的，在几个数学领域都产生了巨大影响。他将于5月6日在美国国务院的黑色领带晚宴计划中获得该奖项。年度沃特曼奖认可了NSF支持的任何科学或工程领域的杰出年轻研究员。候选人的年龄可能不超过35岁，或者除了获得博士学位的七年外，必须脱颖而出。除了获得奖牌外，该获奖者还在3年的科学研究或高级研究中获得了50万美元的赠款。他7岁那年开始学习微积分，他开始高中。到9岁时，他已经非常擅长大学水平的演算。到11岁时，他在国际数学比赛中蓬勃发展。陶从普林斯顿大学获得博士学位时，年仅20岁，那年他加入了加州大学洛杉矶分校的教职。加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）在24岁时将他晋升为正教授。他还是皇家学会和澳大利亚科学院（相应的成员）的会员。被称为“数学的莫扎特”，陶的研究领域包括偏微分方程（PDE），组合学，数量理论和谐波分析。谐波分析是一种使用物理方程式的微积分的高级形式。用同事的话说，其中一些工作涉及“几乎没有人理解的几何结构”。 TAO还在相关领域，非线性偏微分方程以及代数几何，数字理论和组合学的完全不同领域中工作，其中涉及计数。除了享有声望的沃特曼奖中，陶获得了许多其他奖项，包括2000年的塞勒姆奖。 2002年的Bochner奖；田野勋章经常被吹捧为2006年的“诺贝尔数学奖”和Sastra Ramanujan奖；麦克阿瑟（MacArthur）奖学金和奥斯特罗夫斯基（Ostrowski）奖于2007年。多年来，陶的研究经常由其他NSF赠款资助。他目前的研究由NSF Award＃0649473，“关键非线性PDE的全球行为”资助。