Prize History

Selection Committee

• Daniela Calvetti (Chair)
• Peter Challenor
• Georg Gottwald
• Jonathan Hobbs
• Karen Veroy-Grep

Selection Committee

• Roger Ghanem (Chair)
• Mihai Anitescu
• Donald Estep
• Noemi Petra
• Christian Soize

Selection Committee

• Fabio Nobile (Chair)
• Habib Najm
• Tanja Tarvainen
• Chien-Fu Wu

Selection Committee

• Jan S. Hesthaven (Chair)
• James Berger
• Shi Jin
• Ralph C. Smith

Citation

Bonnie Berger has an outstanding record of research contributions in the area of computational biology which have furthered our understanding of the structure of proteins and the genome. Berger's work is characterized by its successful interdisciplinarity and mathematical depth. In addition to theoretical and algorithmic contributions, she has contributed significantly to the rapid advancement of the fields of systems biology and genomics by her numerous software developments, which are widely used by researchers in other disciplines. Her work has received, and continues to receive, numerous accolades and national and international awards. In addition to being a highly accomplished research leader in bioinformatics and computational biology, Berger has an enviable record of mentorship of young investigators and service to the profession. Her intellectual impact is multifaceted and far-reaching.

Selection Committee

• Susanne Brenner (Chair)
• Linda Allen
• Nilima Nigam
• Malgorzata Peszynska

Citation

The 2019 AWM-SIAM Sonia Kovalevsky Lecture is awarded to Catherine Sulem for her contributions in the area of nonlinear analysis and partial differential equations, specializing on the topic of singularity development in solutions of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLS), on the problem of free surface water waves, and on Hamiltonian partial differential equations. Her book on the NLS is the central and most highly cited reference monograph in the field. Her continuing work on the problem of water waves, their time evolution, and their approximation by model dispersive equations is opening new territory, both in studies of wave propagation and in the analysis of the Euler equations.

Selection Committee

• Heike Fassbender (Chair)
• Nilima Nigam
• Yuriko Renardy
• Susanne Brenner

Citation

The 2018 AWM-SIAM Sonia Kovalevsky Lecture is awarded to Eva Tardos for her distinguished scientific contributions to the efficient methods for combinatorial optimization problems on graphs and networks, and her work on issues at the interface of computing and economics.

Selection Committee

• Irene Gamba (Chair)
• Heike Fassbender
• Helen Moore
• Yuriko Renardy