Professor Ngo Bao Chau, a young Vietnamese mathematician, has beenawarded the 2010 Fields Medal for his proof of the Fundamental Lemma inthe theory of automorphic forms, by introducing new algebro-geometricmethods.
The exalted award, comparable to the Nobel prize formathematics, was announced and given to him at the 26th InternationalCongress of Mathematicians (ICM), which is taking place in Hyderabad,India from August 19-27.
He is also one of only two young mathematicians to present a report at the congress.
TheFields Medal, the most prestigious global award for mathematicalachievement, which is awarded every four years, is traditionallyannounced and given away at the ICMs. The medal, named after J. Fields, aCanadian mathematician who left a small legacy to fund it, is awardedonly to mathematicians under the age of 40.
Chau’s award is agreat honour for Vietnam, making it the second nation in Asia afterJapan to have citizen awarded the medal.
Ngo Bao Chau, theyoungest professor in Vietnam, was born in 1972 in Hanoi andmajored in mathematics at Hanoi University of Natural Sciences’ advancedschool.
In 1988, Chau won the gold medal at the InternationalMathematical Olympiad in Australia. In 1989, he won another goldmedal at the International Mathematical Olympiad in Germany.
Afterleaving secondary school in Vietnam, he studied at the Paris VIUniversity and then completed his PhD Degree in Orsay under thesupervision of Gérard Laumon.
He is currently a Professor at theScience Faculty at Orsay and a member of the Institute for AdvancedStudies in Princeton in the US. In September 2010, he will take up anew appointment at the University of Chicago.
Along withLaumon, Chau was awarded the Clay research award in 2004 and in 2007, hewas awarded the Sophie Germain prize and the Oberwolfach prize.
In2009, his evidence proving the Langlands fundamental lemma was selectedby Time Magazine as one of the 10 most outstanding scientificdiscoveries of 2009./.
The exalted award, comparable to the Nobel prize formathematics, was announced and given to him at the 26th InternationalCongress of Mathematicians (ICM), which is taking place in Hyderabad,India from August 19-27.
He is also one of only two young mathematicians to present a report at the congress.
TheFields Medal, the most prestigious global award for mathematicalachievement, which is awarded every four years, is traditionallyannounced and given away at the ICMs. The medal, named after J. Fields, aCanadian mathematician who left a small legacy to fund it, is awardedonly to mathematicians under the age of 40.
Chau’s award is agreat honour for Vietnam, making it the second nation in Asia afterJapan to have citizen awarded the medal.
Ngo Bao Chau, theyoungest professor in Vietnam, was born in 1972 in Hanoi andmajored in mathematics at Hanoi University of Natural Sciences’ advancedschool.
In 1988, Chau won the gold medal at the InternationalMathematical Olympiad in Australia. In 1989, he won another goldmedal at the International Mathematical Olympiad in Germany.
Afterleaving secondary school in Vietnam, he studied at the Paris VIUniversity and then completed his PhD Degree in Orsay under thesupervision of Gérard Laumon.
He is currently a Professor at theScience Faculty at Orsay and a member of the Institute for AdvancedStudies in Princeton in the US. In September 2010, he will take up anew appointment at the University of Chicago.
Along withLaumon, Chau was awarded the Clay research award in 2004 and in 2007, hewas awarded the Sophie Germain prize and the Oberwolfach prize.
In2009, his evidence proving the Langlands fundamental lemma was selectedby Time Magazine as one of the 10 most outstanding scientificdiscoveries of 2009./.
