IMU Abacus Medal

The IMU Abacus Medal, known before 2022 as the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize,[1] is awarded once every four years at the International Congress of Mathematicians, hosted by the International Mathematical Union (IMU), for outstanding contributions in Mathematical Aspects of Information Sciences including:

  1. All mathematical aspects of computer science, including computational complexity theory, logic of programming languages, analysis of algorithms, cryptography, computer vision, pattern recognition, information processing and modelling of intelligence.
  2. Scientific computing and numerical analysis. Computational aspects of optimization and control theory. Computer algebra.

The prize was established in 1981 by the Executive Committee of the International Mathematical Union and named for the Finnish mathematician Rolf Nevanlinna. It consists of a gold medal and cash prize. The prize is targeted at younger theoretical computer scientists, and only those younger than 40 on January 1, in the year the award is given away, are eligible.[2] It is awarded along with other IMU prizes, including the Fields Medal.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference abacus was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Rolf Nevanlinna Prize". International Mathematical Union. 2004-09-07. Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2007-01-30.
  3. ^ "IMU Awards, Prizes, and Special Lecture". International Mathematical Union. Retrieved 14 September 2020.