Mathematics Laureate 2018
Luis A Caffarelli, University of Texas at Austin
Mathematics Laureate 2017
Jànos Kollàr, Princeton University
Claire Voisin, Collège de France
Mathematics Laureate 2016
Nigel Hitchin, Oxford University
Mathematics Laureate 2015
Gerd Faltings, Max Planck Institute, Bonn
Henryk Iwaniec, Rutgers Univerity
Mathematics Laureate 2014
George Lusztig, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mathematics Laureate 2013
David L. Donoho, Stanford University
Mathematics Laureate 2012
Maxim Kontsevich, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques and University of Miami
Mathematics Laureate 2011
Demetrios Christodoulou, ETH Zurich
Richard S. Hamilton, Columbia University
Mathematics Laureate 2010
Jean Bourgain, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
Mathematics Laureate 2009
Simon K. Donaldson, Imperial College, London
Clifford H. Taubes of Harvard University
Mathematics Laureate 2008
Vladimir Arnold, Steklov Mathematical Inst., Moscow
Ludwig Faddeev of Petersburg Dept. of Steklov Inst. of Mathematics
Mathematics Laureate 2007
Robert Langlands of the Institue for Advanced Study, Princeton
Richard Taylor of Harvard University
Mathematics Laureate 2006
Wu Wentsun of Chinese Academia Sinica
David Mumford of Harvard University
Mathematics Laureate 2005
Andrew Wiles of Princeton University
for his proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.
Wiles completed his proof in 1994. Shortly thereafter he received a
MacArthur Fellowship and several other prestigious awards. These include
the Wolf Prize, the Royal Medal of the Royal Society, London,
the Ostrowski Prize, and awards from both the
U.S. and Swedish Academies of Sciences.
Mathematics Laureate 2004
Shiing-shen Chem of Nankai Univesity in Tianjin, China
for his role in developing global differential geometry.
The Shaw Prize honors individuals, regardless of race, nationality and religious belief, who have achieved significant breakthrough in academic and scientific research or application, and whose work has resulted in a positive and profound impact on mankind.
The new Shaw Prize consists of three annual awards: the Prize in Astronomy, the Prize in Life Sciences and Medicine, and the Prize in Mathematical Sciences.
Each prize carries a monetary award of US $1 million.
To our knowledge, this is the largest award in mathematics. The adjudication process is to begin in June each year. The winners are to be announced and the prizes presented in June and August of the following year. The first awards were made in Summer, 2004.
One may assume that in naming the prize "Mathematical Sciences" the Shaw Foundation has chosen to identify a broad category with some flexibility. Over time, future committees may want to expand the definition of "mathematical sciences." The mission statement clearly implies that applied mathematics will be considered.
Founder's Biographical Note: Sir Run Run Shaw passed away on January 7, 2014 at the age of 106.
Sir Run Run Shaw was born in China in 1907. He is a native of Ningbo County, Zhejiang Province. He joined his brother's film company in China in the 1920s. In the 1950s he founded the film company Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Limited. He has been Executive Chairman of Television Broadcasts Limited in Hong Kong since the 1970s. At times this has been the busiest movie studio in the world, employing over 1,200 actors on 46 acres in densely crowded Hong Kong.
Mr. Shaw has also donated hundreds of millions of dollars to two charities, the Sir Run Run Shaw Charitable Trust and The Shaw Foundation Hong Kong Limited, both dedicated to the promotion of education, scientific and technological research, medical and welfare services, and culture and art.