Akshay Venkatesh

Akshay Venkatesh
FRS
Venkatesh in 2014
Born (1981-11-21) 21 November 1981 (age 42)
New Delhi, India
NationalityAustralian
Alma materPrinceton University
University of Western Australia
Known forMathematical Work, Former Child Prodigy
SpouseSarah Paden
AwardsSalem Prize (2007)
SASTRA Ramanujan Prize (2008)
Infosys Prize (2016)
Ostrowski Prize (2017)
Fields Medal (2018)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsInstitute for Advanced Study (2005–2006, 2018–present)
Stanford University (2008–2018)
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (2006–2008)
Doctoral advisorPeter Sarnak

Akshay Venkatesh FRS (born 21 November 1981) is an Australian mathematician and a professor (since 15 August 2018) at the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study.[1] His research interests are in the fields of counting, equidistribution problems in automorphic forms and number theory, in particular representation theory, locally symmetric spaces, ergodic theory, and algebraic topology.[2]

He was the first Australian to have won medals at both the International Physics Olympiad and International Mathematical Olympiad, which he did at the age of 12.[3][4]

In 2018, he was awarded the Fields Medal for his synthesis of analytic number theory, homogeneous dynamics, topology, and representation theory.[5][6] He is the second Australian[7] and the second person of Indian descent to win the Fields Medal.[8] He was on the Mathematical Sciences jury for the Infosys Prize in 2020.[9]

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  2. ^ "Akshay Venkatesh". claymath.org. Clay Mathematics Institute. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Former IMO Olympians". amt.edu.au. Australian Mathematics Trust. 2017. Archived from the original on 13 December 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  4. ^ MacDonald, Janine (15 July 2011). "Maths boy wonder shows how to stack oranges" (Press release). University of Western Australia. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
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  8. ^ "Indian-origin mathematician Akshay Venkatesh maths 'Nobel' Fields Medal". India TV News. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Infosys Prize - Jury 2020". www.infosys-science-foundation.com. Retrieved 10 December 2020.