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Avi Wigderson (Hebrew: אבי ויגדרזון; born 9 September 1956) is an Israeli computer scientist and mathematician. He is the Herbert H. Maass Professor in the school of mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America.
Avi Wigderson. I am the Herbert H. Maass Professor at the School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. I organize the school activities in CSDM (Computer Science and Discrete Mathematics). My main research interests are:
Apr 10, 2024 · Princeton graduate alumnus Avi Wigderson has won the 2023 A.M. Turing Award from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), recognizing his profound contributions to the mathematical underpinnings of computation.
Apr 10, 2024 · Computer scientist Avi Wigderson is known for clarifying the role of randomness in algorithms, and for studying their complexity. By. Davide Castelvecchi. Avi Wigderson received the...
A biography of Avi Wigderson When Avi Wigderson began his academic career in the late 1970s, the theory of ‘computational complexity’ – which concerns itself with the speed and efficiency of algorithms – was in its infancy. Wigderson’s contribution to enlarging and deepening the field is arguably greater than
Avi Wigderson of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) was named a recipient of the 2021 Abel Prize, which he shares jointly with László Lovász —a former IAS visiting professor—of Eötvös Loránd University.
Avi Wigderson is a widely recognized authority in the diverse and evolving field of theoretical computer science. His main research area is computational complexity theory.
