BEIJING: A top international academic event on basic science opened in Beijing on Sunday, bringing together some of the world’s leading mathematicians, physicists and computer scientists.
With the theme of “advancing science for humanity,” the 2024 International Congress of Basic Science (ICBS) kicked off at Tsinghua University.
Running until July 26, over 800 experts from across the world will discuss issues across mathematics, theoretical physics, and theoretical computer and information sciences, with the aim of sharing cutting-edge achievements and visions of future research directions.
Winners of internationally renowned scientific awards, more than 70 academicians from various countries and more than 10 presidents of domestic universities were invited to attend. More than 300 people attended the opening ceremony, including representatives of many international academic organizations and experts from domestic universities and institutions.
The event also presented the life award and the frontier science award to recognize scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the field of basic science.
Six recipients of the 2024 Basic Science Lifetime Award will deliver six lectures on topics related to their specific fields, with three on Monday and three on Tuesday.
Andrew John Wiles and Richard Streit Hamilton are recipients of the 2024 Basic Science Lifetime Award in Mathematics.
Born in 1953, British mathematician Wiles is a towering figure in the world of mathematics, celebrated for his monumental proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem in 1995. Wiles’s contributions have been recognized with a plethora of awards and honors throughout his career. His legacy is not merely in solving Fermat’s Last Theorem, but also in inspiring others to pursue their curiosity with equal fervor.
Hamilton is an American mathematician, renowned for his groundbreaking contributions to geometric analysis and partial differential equations. Born in 1943, Hamilton is most celebrated for his discovery of the Ricci flow and his pioneering efforts in developing a comprehensive program of techniques and ideas aimed at resolving long-standing conjectures in geometric topology.
Andrew Chi-Chih Yao and Leslie Gabriel Valiant won the 2024 Basic Science Lifetime Award in Theoretical Computer and Information Sciences.
Born in 1946, in Shanghai, China, Yao is a leading figure in computer science, known for groundbreaking work that has deeply influenced theoretical computer science. Over his career, Yao has made many remarkable contributions to computer science, including complexity theory, cryptography, quantum computing and communication complexity. His introduction of Yao’s Principle, also known as the Minimax Lemma, has been a cornerstone in information sciences. –The Daily Mail-CGTN news exchange item
