Title:

Professor Emeritus

Affiliation:

Brown University

Providence,Rhode Island 02912 USA

Gender:

Male

Award Discipline:

Mathematics and Computer Science

Award Year:

2009

Citation:

"For his contributions to the field of mathematics, which fundamentally changed algebraic geometry, and for connecting mathematics to other disciplines such as computer vision and neurobiology."

Presented by President Barack H. Obama in the East Room of the White House on November 17, 2010.