The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters hereby calls for nominations for the Abel Prize 2017, and invites individuals, academies, societies and institutions to nominate suitable candidates.
The Abel Prize recognizes outstanding scientific work in the field of mathematics, including mathematical aspects of computer science, mathematical physics, probability, numerical analysis and scientific computing, statistics and applications of mathematics in the sciences.
Nominations should be accompanied by a description of the work and impact of the nominee/nominees, together with names of distinguished specialists in the field of the nominee/nominees who can be contacted for an independent opinion.
Nominations should be received by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters no later than 15 September 2016. The result will be announced in March 2017, with the award ceremony to take place in Oslo in May 2017.
For additional information and to access the online nomination form, see HERE.