László Lovász Awarded Bolyai Prize

László Lovász, director of the Mathematical Institute at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest and a former researcher at Microsoft Research, has been awarded Hungary's Bolyai Prize, one of that nation's highest scientific honors. The Bolyai Prize is given to a Hungarian mathematician or scientist who demonstrates significant connections between research and applications. Lovász was born in Hungary in 1948.

Lovász, who has been president of the International Mathematics Union since 2006, has several patents to his name. His research interests include combinatorial optimization, graph theory, algorithms, complexity, and random walks.

In 1999, Lovász was awarded the Wolf Prize in Mathematics. He shared the 2001 Gödel Prize for work in theoretical computer science.

The Bolyai Prize is given by a private foundation to honor scientific achievements of Hungarian scholars and, by example, to encourage young people to pursue careers in research.

Source: All Hungary News, Oct. 2, 2007.