The Chern Prize in Mathematics was established in in honor of Professor Shiing-Shen Chern. The Chern Prize is presented every three years at the International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians to Chinese mathematicians and those of Chinese descent for "exceptional contributions to mathematical research or to public service activities in support of mathematics". Winners are selected by a committee of mathematicians to recognize the achievements of mathematicians of Chinese descent. In 2010, a special commemorative event was held in Beijing in addition to the normal award presentation to celebrate the centennial of Professor Chern's birth.
Past winners Year Medalists Institution 2001 Song-Sun LinJiu-Kang YuChiao Tung UniversityPurdue University 2004 Fanghua LinLo YangNew York UniversityChinese Academy of Sciences 2007 Shiu-Yuen ChengMu-Tao WangHong Kong University of Science and TechnologyColumbia University 2010 Jiaxing HongConan Nai-Chung LeungWinnie LiFudan UniversityChinese University of Hong KongNational Center of Theoretical Sciences (Taiwan) 2013 Bong LianSi-Chen LeeBrandeis UniversityNational Taiwan University 2016 Ronnie ChanXiping ZhuMorningside Group Sun Yat-sen University2019Wen-Wei LinStephen Shing-Toung YauNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung UniversityTsinghua University
See also Morningside Medal List of mathematics awards
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