| Author (Corporate) | European Commission: DG Communication |
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| Series Title | Press Release |
| Series Details | IP/14/927 (13.08.14) |
| Publication Date | 13/08/2014 |
| Content Type | News |
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The 2014 Fields Medals were awarded on the 13 August 2014 to four outstanding mathematicians, of whom two are grantees of the European Research Council (ERC): Prof. Artur Avila (Brazil-France), an ERC Starting grant holder since 2010, and Prof. Martin Hairer (Austria) has been selected for funding under an ERC Consolidator grant in 2013. They received the prize respectively for their work on dynamical systems and probability, and on stochastic analysis. The other two laureates are Prof. Manjul Barghava (Canada-US) and Prof. Maryam Mirzakhani (Iran). The Medals were announced at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) taking place from 13 – 21 August in Seoul, South Korea. Set up in 2007 by the European Union, the European Research Council (ERC) is the first pan-European funding organisation for frontier research. |
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| Source Link | Link to Main Source http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-927_en.htm |
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| Subject Categories | Culture, Education and Research |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
