2015 Prizes and Awards

The following prize recipients will be honored at the Joint Prize Session which will be held on Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 4:25 p.m. in the Lila Cockrell Theatre, Convention Center. It will be followed by a cash bar reception in the foyer.

AMS

Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Algebra: Peter Scholze
Levi L. Conant Prize: Jeffrey C. Lagarias and Chuanming Zong
Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics: Hee Oh
Albert Leon Whiteman Memorial Prize: Umberto Bottazzini
Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition: Robert Lazarsfeld
Leroy P. Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research: Rostislav Grigorchuk
Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement: Victor Kac

See details here.

AMS-MAA-SIAM

Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize for Outstanding Research in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Student: Levent Alpoge
Honorable Mention: Akhil Mathew

AMS-SIAM

George David Birkhoff Prize in Applied Mathematics: Emmanuel Candès

AWM

Louise Hay Award for Contribution to Mathematics Education: T. Christine Stevens
M. Gweneth Humphreys Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Women in Mathematics: Ruth Haas
Alice T. Schafer Prize for Excellence in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Woman:
Sheela Devadas 

JPBM

Communications Award: Nate Silver

MAA

Beckenbach Book Prize: Seth Braver
Chauvenet Prize: Dana Mackenzie 
Euler Book Prize: Edward Frenkel 
Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Awards for Distinguished College or
University Teaching of Mathematics: Judith Covington, Brian Hopkins, and Shahriar Shahriari
Yueh-Gin Gung and Dr. Charles Y. Hu Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics:
W. James Lewis

See details here.