Awards & Winners

David Mumford

Date of Birth 11-June-1937
Place of Birth Worth village, West Sussex
(Crawley, West Sussex, Pound Hill)
Nationality United States of America, United Kingdom
Also know as David B. Mumford
Profession Mathematician, Professor
David Bryant Mumford is an American mathematician known for distinguished work in algebraic geometry, and then for research into vision and pattern theory. He won the Fields Medal and was a MacArthur Fellow. In 2010 he was awarded the National Medal of Science. He is currently a University Professor Emeritus in the Division of Applied Mathematics at Brown University.

Awards by David Mumford

Check all the awards nominated and won by David Mumford.

2009


National Medal of Science for Mathematics and Computer Science
(For his contributions to the field of mathematics, which fundamentally changed algebraic geometry, and for connecting mathematics to other disciplines such as computer vision and neurobiology.)

2008


Wolf Prize in Mathematics
(For his work on algebraic surfaces; on geometric invariant theory; and for laying the foundations of the modern algebraic theory of moduli of curves and theta functions.)