Yurii Nesterov
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- Dantzig Prize, 2000
- John von Neumann Theory Prize, 2009
- EURO Gold Medal, 2016
Yurii Nesterov | |
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 2005 in Oberwolfach | |
| Born | January 25, 1956 |
| Citizenship | Belgium |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University (1977) |
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| Doctoral advisor | Boris Polyak |
Yurii Nesterov is a Russian mathematician, an internationally recognized expert in convex optimization, especially in the development of efficient algorithms and numerical optimization analysis. He is currently a professor at the University of Louvain (UCLouvain).
In 1977, Yurii Nesterov graduated in applied mathematics at Moscow State University. From 1977 to 1992 he was a researcher at the Central Economic Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Since 1993, he has been working at UCLouvain, specifically in the Department of Mathematical Engineering from the Louvain School of Engineering, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics.
In 2000, Nesterov received the Dantzig Prize.[2]
In 2009, Nesterov won the John von Neumann Theory Prize.[3]
In 2016, Nesterov received the EURO Gold Medal.[4]
In 2023, Yurii Nesterov and Arkadi Nemirovski received the WLA Prize in Computer Science or Mathematics, "for their seminal work in convex optimization theory".[5]
