SIAM Outstanding Paper Prizes
Prize History
Learn more about the past recipients and selection committees of the SIAM Outstanding Paper Prizes.
Prize History
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2018
Recipients
- David F. Gleich, “PageRank Beyond the Web,” SIAM Review, Vol. 57, Issue 3 (2015), pp. 321-363
- Christian Lubich, Ivan V. Oseledets, Bart Vandereycken, “Time Integration of Tensor Trains,” SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, Vol. 53, Issue 2 (2015), pp. 917-941
- Guo Luo and Thomas Y. Hou, “Toward the Finite-Time Blowup of the 3D Axisymmetric Euler Equations: A Numerical Investigation,” Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, Vol. 12, Issue 4 (2014), pp. 1722-1776
Selection Committee
- Richard Braun (Chair)
- Zhaojin Bai
- Daniela Calvetti
- Charles Elliott
- Stefan Wild
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2017
Recipients
- Jared L. Aurentz, Thomas Mach, Raf Vandebril, and David S. Watkins, "Fast and Backward Stable Computation of Roots of Polynomials," SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications, Vol. 36, Issue 3 (2015), pp. 942-973
- Niv Buchbinder, Moran Feldman, Joseph (Seffi) Naor, and Roy Schwartz, "A Tight Linear Time (1/2)-Approximation for Unconstrained Submodular Maximization," SIAM Journal on Computing, Vol. 44, Issue 5 (2015), pp. 1384-1402
- Theodore Vo, Richard Bertram, and Martin Wechselberger, "Multiple Geometric Viewpoints of Mixed Mode Dynamics Associated with Pseudo-plateau Bursting," SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, Vol. 12, Issue 2 (2013), pp. 789-830
Selection Committee
- Nilima Nigam (Chair)
- Richard Braun
- Eva Tardos
- Stefan Wild
- Thaleia Zariphopoulou
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2016
Recipients
- Boaz Barak, Mark Braverman, Xi Chen, Anup Rao, "How to Compress Interactive Communication," SIAM Journal on Computing, Vol. 42, Issue 3 (2013), pp. 1327-1363
- Nicola Mastronardi and Paul Van Dooren, "The Antitriangular Factorization of Symmetric Matrices," SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications, Vol. 34, Issue 1 (2013), pp. 173-196
- Xiaochuan Tian and Qiang Du, "Analysis and Comparison of Different Approximations to Nonlocal Diffusion and Linear Peridynamic Equations," SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, Vol. 51 Issue 6 (2013), pp. 3458-3482
Selection Committee
- Jerrold R. Griggs (Chair)
- Michael P. Friedlander
- Irene M. Gamba
- Valeria Simoncini
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2014
Recipients
- Andrea L. Bertozzi and Arjuna Flenner, "Diffuse Interface Models on Graphs for Classification of High Dimensional Data," Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, Vol. 10, Issue 3 (2012), pp. 1090-1118
- Emmanuel J. Candès, Yonina C. Eldar, Thomas Strohmer, and Vladislav Voroninski, "Phase Retrieval via Matrix Completion," SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 1 (2013), pp. 199-225
- Yurii Nesterov, "Efficiency of Coordinate Descent Methods on Huge-Scale Optimization Problems," SIAM Journal on Optimization, Vol. 22, Issue 2 (2012), pp. 341-362
Selection Committee
- Jerrold R. Griggs (Chair)
- Irene M. Gamba
- Isom H. Herron
- John N. Shadid
- Valeria Simoncini
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2013
Recipients
- Andrew J. Bernoff and Chad M. Topaz, "A Primer of Swarm Equilibria," SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, Vol. 10, Issue 1 (2011), pp. 212-250
- Daniel Kressner and Christine Tobler, "Krylov Subspace Methods for Linear Systems with Tensor Product Structure," SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications, Vol. 31, Issue 4 (2010), pp. 1688-1714
- Alexander V. Shapeev, "Consistent Energy-Based Atomistic/Continuum Coupling for Two-Body Potentials in One and Two Dimensions," Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, Vol. 9, Issue 3 (2011), pp. 905-932
Selection Committee
- Robert V. Kohn (Chair)
- Michele Benzi
- Mitchell B. Luskin
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2012
Recipients
- Nir Ailon and Bernard Chazelle, "The Fast Johnson-Lindenstrauss Transform and Approximate Nearest Neighbors," SIAM Journal on Computing, Vol. 39, Issue 1 (2009), pp. 302-322
- Matthew Finn and Jean-Luc Thiffeault, "Topological Optimization of Rod-Stirring Devices," SIAM Review, Vol. 53, Issue 4 (2011), Expository Research Papers section, pp. 723-743
- Bart Vandereycken and Stefan Vandewalle, "A Riemannian Optimization Approach for Computing Low-Rank Solutions of Lyapunov Equations," SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications, Vol. 31, Issue 5 (2010), pp. 2553-2579
Selection Committee
- Thomas A. Manteuffel (Chair)
- Jerrold R. Griggs
- Hans G. Kaper
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2011
Recipients
- Justin Brickell, Inderjit Dhillon, Suvrit Sra, and Joel A. Tropp, "The Metric Nearness Problem," SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications, Vol. 30, Issue 1 (2008), pp. 375-396
- Constantinos Daskalakis, Paul W. Goldberg, and Christos H. Papadimitriou, "The Complexity of Computing a Nash Equilibrium," SIAM Journal on Computing, Vol. 39, Issue 1 (2009), Special Issue STOC 2006, pp. 195-259
- Iftach Haitner, Minh-Huyen Nguyen, Shien Jin Ong, Omer Reingold, and Salil Vadhan, "Statistically Hiding Commitments and Statistical Zero-Knowledge Arguments from Any One-Way Function," SIAM Journal on Computing, Vol. 39, Issue 3 (2009), Special Section STOC 2007, pp. 1153-1218
Selection Committee
- Larry L. Schumaker (Chair)
- Michael P. Brenner
- Arnd Scheel
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Earlier Years
2008
Recipients
- Vicent Caselles, Antonin Chambolle, and Matteo Novaga, "The Discontinuity Set of Solutions of the TV Denoising Problem and Some Extensions," Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, Vol. 6, No. 3 (2007), pp. 879-894
- Subhash Khot, "Ruling Out PTAS for Graph Min-Bisection, Dense k-Subgraph, and Bipartite Clique," SIAM Journal on Computing, Vol. 36, No. 4 (2006), pp. 1025-1071
- Todd Kapitula, P. G. Kevrekidis, and Zhigang Chen, "Three is a Crowd: Solitary Waves in Photorefractive Media with Three Potential Wells," SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, Volume 5, No. 4 (2006), pp. 598-633
Selection Committee
- Robert L. Pego (Chair)
- Jorge Nocedal
- Eva Tardos
2007
Recipients
- Benny Applebaum, Yuval Ishai, and Eyal Kushilevitz, "Cryptography in NC0," SIAM Journal on Computing, 36 (2006), pp. 845-888
- Björn Sandstede and Arnd Scheel, "Defects in Oscillatory Media: Toward a Classification," SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, 3 (2004), pp. 1-68
- Gabriel Robins and Alexander Zelikovsky, "Tighter Bounds for Graph Steiner Tree Approximation," SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics, 19 (2005), pp. 122-134
Selection Committee
- Jerrold R. Griggs (Chair)
- Susanne C Brenner
- Tasso J. Kaper
2006
Recipients
- Girish N. Nair and Robin J. Evans, "Stabilizability of Stochastic Linear Systems with Finite Feedback Data Rates," SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 43 (2004), pp. 413-436
- Jean-Michel Coron and Emmanuel Trélat, "Global Steady-State Controllability of One-Dimensional Semilinear Heat Equations," SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 43 (2004), pp. 549-569
- Michael Hintermüller, Kazufumi Ito, and Karl Kunisch, "The Primal-Dual Active Set Strategy as a Semismooth Newton Method," SIAM Journal on Optimization, 13 (2003), pp. 865-888
Selection Committee
- Max D. Gunzburger (Chair)
- Tyrone E. Duncan
- Ulrich J. Ruede
2005
Recipients
- Adrian Lewis, "Active Sets, Nonsmoothness, and Sensitivity," SIAM Journal on Optimization, 13 (2002), pp. 702-725
- Karen Braman, Ralph Byers, and Roy Mathias, "The Multishift QR Algorithm. Part II: Aggressive Early Deflation," SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications, 23 (2002), pp. 948-973
- Uriel Feige and Robert Krauthgamer, "A Polylogarithmic Approximation of the Minimum Bisection," SIAM Journal on Computing, 31 (2002), pp. 1090-1118
Selection Committee
- Pam Cook (Chair)
- Eva Tardos
- Henk A. Van Der Vorst
2004
Recipients
- Gérard Cornuéjols and Bertrand Guenin, "Ideal Binary Clutters, Connectivity, and a Conjecture of Seymour," SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics, 15 (2002), pp. 329-352
- Feimin Huang and Zhen Wang, "Convergence of Viscosity Solutions for Isothermal Gas Dynamics," SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis, 34 (2002), pp. 595-610
- Alfio Quarteroni, Alessandro Veneziani, and Paolo Zunino, "A Domain Decomposition Method for Advection-Diffusion Processes with Application to Blood Solutes," SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 23 (2002), pp. 1959-1980
Selection Committee
- Walter A. Strauss (Chair)
- Jerrold R. Griggs
- Thomas Y Hou
2003
Recipients
- Johan Hastad, Russell Impagliazzo, Leonid A. Levin, and Michael Luby, "A Pseudorandom Generator from any One-way Function," SIAM Journal on Computing, 28 (1999), pp. 1364-1396
- David D. Yao, Shuzhong Zhang, and Xun Yu Zhou, "Stochastic Linear-Quadratic Control via Semidefinite Programming," SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 40 (2001), pp. 801-823
- Stefan Henn and Kristian Witsch, "Iterative Multigrid Regularization Techniques for Image Matching," SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 23 (2001), pp. 1077-1093
2001
Recipients
- Alan Edelman, Tomás A. Arias, and Steven T. Smith, "The Geometry of Algorithms with Orthogonality Constraints," SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications, 20 (1999), pp. 303-353
- Michele Benzi and Miroslav Tuma, "A Sparse Approximate Inverse Preconditioner for Nonsymmetric Linear Systems," SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 19 (1998), pp. 968-994
- Pedro Morin, Ricardo H. Nochetto, and Kunibert G. Siebert, "Data Oscillation and Convergence of Adaptive FEM, " SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, 38 (2000), pp. 466-488
Selection Committee
- Max D. Gunzburger (Chair)
- John Guckenheimer
- C. Tim Kelley
2000
Recipients
- Ralf Hiptmair, "Multigrid Method for Maxwell's Equations," SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, 36 (1998), pp. 204-225
- David R. Karger, "A Randomized Fully Polynomial Time Approximation Scheme for the All-Terminal Network Reliability Problem," SIAM Journal on Computing, 29 (1999), 492-514
- Arnd Scheel, "Bifurcation to Spiral Waves in Reaction-Diffusion Systems," SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis, 29 (1998), pp. 1399-1418
Selection Committee
- Howard Elman (Chair)
- Christopher Jones
- Margaret H. Wright
1999
Recipients
- Tobin A. Driscoll, "Eigenmodes of Isospectral Drums," SIAM Review, 39 (1997), pp. 1-17
- Wim Sweldens, "The Lifting Scheme: A Construction of Second Generation Wavelets," SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis, 29 (1998), pp. 511-546
- Virginia Torczon, "On the Convergence of Pattern Search Algorithms," SIAM Journal on Optimization, 7 (1997), pp. 1-25
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