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-=='''Principal guideline'''==+The SIAM Activity Group on Algebraic Geometry (SI(AG)2) Early Career Prize, established in 2016, is awarded to an outstanding early career researcher in the field of algebraic geometry and its applications, for distinguished contributions to the field in the three calendar years prior to the year of the award. The prize is awarded every two years.
 + 
 +Read more here:
 +https://www.siam.org/Prizes-Recognition/Activity-Group-Prizes/Detail/siag-algebraic-geometry-early-career-prize
 + 
 +* 2023:
 +[https://research.gatech.edu/diego-cifuentes Diego Cifuentes]: for several diverse and fundamental contributions to the theory of polynomial optimization with far reaching potential impact in- and outside mathematics.
 + 
 +Selection Committee
 + 
 +<ol>
 +<li> [https://web.math.ku.dk/~efeliu/ Elisenda Feliu] (Chair) - University of Copenhagen
 +<li> [https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~deloera/ Jesus A. De Loera] - University of California, Davis
 +<li> [http://members.unine.ch/elisa.gorla/cv.html Elisa Gorla] - Univeristy of Neuchatel
 +<li> [https://math.hawaii.edu/wordpress/people/egross/ Elizabeth Gross] - University of Hawaii Manoa
 +<li> [http://webhome.auburn.edu/~lao0004/ Luke Oeding] - Auburn University
 +</ol>
 + 
 +=='''Previous Recipients'''==
 + 
 + 
 +* 2021:
 +[https://pbrdng.github.io/index.html Paul Breiding]: For extraordinary work on geometric, statistical, and algorithmic aspects of tensors and their applications.
 + 
 +Selection Committee
 + 
 +<ol>
 +<li> [http://pi.math.cornell.edu/~mike/ Michael Stillman] (Chair) - Cornell University
 +<li> [http://mate.dm.uba.ar/~alidick/ Alicia Dickenstein] - University of Buenos Aires
 +<li> [http://math.iit.edu/~spetrov1/ Sonja Petrovic] - Illinois Institute of Technology
 +<li> [https://en.uit.no/ansatte/person?p_document_id=506531 Cordian Riener] - UiT The Arctic University of Norway
 +<li> [https://www.math.tamu.edu/~annejls/ Anne Shiu] - Texas A&M University
 +</ol>
 + 
 + 
 + 
 +* 2019:
 +[https://personal.math.ubc.ca/~erobeva/ Elina Robeva]: Highly innovative contributions to the analysis of tensors, especially for major advances in the theory of orthogonally decomposable tensors (SIAM J. Matrix Anal. Appl. 37(1), 86-102, 2016).
 + 
 +Selection Committee
 + 
 +<ol>
 +<li> [http://mate.dm.uba.ar/~krick/ Teresa Krick] (Chair) - University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
 +<li> [https://eallman.github.io/ Elizabeth Allman] - University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK
 +<li> [http://www-users.math.umn.edu/~olver/ Peter Olver] - University of Minnesota, MN
 +<li> [https://aszanto.math.ncsu.edu/ Agnes Szanto] - North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
 +</ol>
 + 
 + 
 +* 2017:
 +[http://pierre.lairez.fr/ Pierre Lairez]: Finding One Root of a Polynomial System [https://sites.google.com/site/grrigg/siam-ag17/Lairez.pdf Slides], [https://mediaspace.gatech.edu/playlist/dedicated/75216871/1_lvc40qv9/1_p00ehooq Video]
 + 
 +Selection Committee
 + 
 +<ol>
 +<li> [https://mathsites.unibe.ch/jdraisma/ Jan Draisma] (Chair) - Universitat Bern, Switzerland
 +<li> [https://people.kth.se/~dirocco/ Sandra Di Rocco] - KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
 +<li> [http://www4.ncsu.edu/~smsulli2/ Seth Sullivant] - North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
 +<li> [https://www.math.washington.edu/~thomas/ Rekha Thomas] - University of Washington, Seattle, WA
 +<li> [http://www3.nd.edu/~cwample1/ Charles Wampler] - General Motors Research and Development Center, Warren, MI
 +<li> [http://www.mmrc.iss.ac.cn/~lzhi/ Lihong Zhi] - Academia Sinica, Beijing, China
 +</ol>
 + 
 + 
 + 
 +<!--
 +=='''2019 Call for Nominations'''==
 + 
 +==='''[http://www.siam.org/prizes/nominations/nom_siag_agearlycareer.php Deadline: October 15, 2018]'''===
 + 
 +==='''Required Materials'''===
 + 
 +<ul>
 +<li> Nominator’s letter of recommendation for candidate (no more than two pages) including citation of 25 words or less
 +<li> Candidate’s CV
 +<li> Bibliographic citation for candidate’s key contributing paper
 +<li> One letter of support from an expert in the field
 +</ul>
 + 
 + 
 +=='''Principal Guideline'''==
The SIAM Activity Group on Algebraic Geometry (SI(AG)<sup>2</sup>) Early Career Prize, established in 2016, is awarded to an outstanding early career researcher in the field of algebraic geometry and its applications, for distinguished contributions to the field in the three calendar years prior to the year of the award. The SIAM Activity Group on Algebraic Geometry (SI(AG)<sup>2</sup>) Early Career Prize, established in 2016, is awarded to an outstanding early career researcher in the field of algebraic geometry and its applications, for distinguished contributions to the field in the three calendar years prior to the year of the award.
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The term "algebraic geometry" is interpreted broadly in the spirit of the Rules of Procedure of SI(AG)<sup>2</sup>, and includes among others algebraic geometry, commutative algebra, noncommutative algebra, symbolic and numeric computation, algebraic and geometric combinatorics, representation theory, and algebraic topology; as well as their applications in areas such as biology, coding theory, cryptography, computer graphics, quantum computing, control theory, geometric design, complexity theory, machine learning, optimization, robotics, computational geometry, and statistics. The term "algebraic geometry" is interpreted broadly in the spirit of the Rules of Procedure of SI(AG)<sup>2</sup>, and includes among others algebraic geometry, commutative algebra, noncommutative algebra, symbolic and numeric computation, algebraic and geometric combinatorics, representation theory, and algebraic topology; as well as their applications in areas such as biology, coding theory, cryptography, computer graphics, quantum computing, control theory, geometric design, complexity theory, machine learning, optimization, robotics, computational geometry, and statistics.
-==='''Eligibility for 2017 prize'''===+==='''Eligibility for 2019 Prize'''===
-The overlap in eligibility periods is intended to ensure that no candidate will fail to be considered due to the nomination deadline. The 2017 award will have the following scenarios: +The overlap in eligibility periods is intended to ensure that no candidate will fail to be considered due to the nomination deadline. The 2019 award will have the following scenarios:
<ol> <ol>
-<li> 2011 PhD and 2014 paper+<li> 2013 PhD and 2016 paper
-<li> 2012 PhD and 2014-15 paper+<li> 2014 PhD and 2016-17 paper
-<li> 2013-2017+ PhD and 2014-16 paper.+<li> 2015-2019+ PhD and 2016-18 paper.
</ol> </ol>
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If a committee member accepts nomination for the award, the SIAG officers will appoint a replacement upon notification by the committee chair and with the approval of the SIAM VP. If a committee member accepts nomination for the award, the SIAG officers will appoint a replacement upon notification by the committee chair and with the approval of the SIAM VP.
-==='''2017 Prize Committee'''===+==='''2019 Committee'''===
<ol> <ol>
-<li> Jan Draisma (Chair) - Universitat Bern, Switzerland, +<li> [http://mate.dm.uba.ar/~krick/ Teresa Krick] (Chair) - University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
-<li> Sandra Di Rocco - KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden+<li> [https://eallman.github.io/ Elizabeth Allman] - University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK
-<li> Seth Sullivant - North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC+<li> [http://math.mit.edu/~cohn/ Henry Cohn] - Microsoft Corporation, Cambridge, MA
-<li> Rekha Thomas - University of Washington, Seattle, WA+<li> [http://page.math.tu-berlin.de/~joswig/ Michael Joswig] - Technical University of Berlin, Germany
-<li> Charles Wampler - General Motors Research and Development Center, Warren, MI+<li> [https://aszanto.math.ncsu.edu/ Agnes Szanto] - North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
-<li> Lihong Zhi - Academia Sinica, Beijing, China+
</ol> </ol>
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==='''Award Type'''=== ==='''Award Type'''===
-The award will consist of a certificate containing the citation. Additionally, for the first five awards (2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025), a 3D-printed algebraic surface will be presented to the winner in a trophy case, donated by Jonathan Hauenstein. The surface is [https://homepage.univie.ac.at/herwig.hauser/gallery/seepferdchen.jpg Seepferdchen or ''Sea horse''], which has been used in many publications and notices about algebraic geometry. There is one singular point at the origin. The print is emblazoned with the name of the surface *Seepferdchen*; the equation *x^4-2.5x^2 y^3 - xz^3 +y^6 -y^2 z^3 = 0*; the names of the modelers, D. Brake and J. Hauenstein; and the name of the computational algebraic geometry program used to compute the model, [Bertini_real](http://bertinireal.com).+The award will consist of a certificate containing the citation. Additionally, for the first five awards (2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025), a 3D-printed algebraic surface will be presented to the winner in a trophy case, donated by [http://www.nd.edu/~jhauenst Jonathan Hauenstein]. The surface is [https://homepage.univie.ac.at/herwig.hauser/gallery/seepferdchen.jpg Seepferdchen (''Sea horse'')], which has been used in a variety of publications about algebraic geometry. This surface has one singular point at the origin. The 3D print is emblazoned with
- +<ul>
-As part of the award, the recipient will be invited to give a talk at the conference. SIAM will make travel funds available to reimburse the recipient for reasonable travel expenses incurred in attending the award ceremony and giving the talk.+<li> the name of the surface ''Seepferdchen'';
- +<li> the equation ''x^4 - 2.5x^2y^3 - xz^3 + y^6 - y^2 z^3 = 0'';
- +<li> the names of the modelers, [http://danielthebrake.org D. Brake] and [http://www.nd.edu/~jhauenst J. Hauenstein]; and
- +<li> the name of the computational algebraic geometry program used to compute the model, [http://bertinireal.com Bertini_real].
 +</ul>
As part of the award, the recipient will be invited to give a talk at the conference. SIAM will make travel funds available to reimburse the recipient for reasonable travel expenses incurred in attending the award ceremony and giving the talk. As part of the award, the recipient will be invited to give a talk at the conference. SIAM will make travel funds available to reimburse the recipient for reasonable travel expenses incurred in attending the award ceremony and giving the talk.
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The prize is awarded every second year at the biennial SIAM Conference on Applied Algebraic Geometry. The prize is awarded every second year at the biennial SIAM Conference on Applied Algebraic Geometry.
-==='''The Prize Fund'''===+==='''Prize Fund'''===
Since there is no cash award, there will be no prize fund. Since there is no cash award, there will be no prize fund.
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The SI(AG)<sup>2</sup> Chair and the Chair of the Prize Committee will announce the award at the SIAM Conference on Applied Algebraic Geometry and present the award to the recipient. An announcement of the award will appear in SIAM News, on the SI(AG)<sup>2</sup> website, and in the SI(AG)<sup>2</sup> Newsletter. The SI(AG)<sup>2</sup> Chair and the Chair of the Prize Committee will announce the award at the SIAM Conference on Applied Algebraic Geometry and present the award to the recipient. An announcement of the award will appear in SIAM News, on the SI(AG)<sup>2</sup> website, and in the SI(AG)<sup>2</sup> Newsletter.
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 +-->

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The SIAM Activity Group on Algebraic Geometry (SI(AG)2) Early Career Prize, established in 2016, is awarded to an outstanding early career researcher in the field of algebraic geometry and its applications, for distinguished contributions to the field in the three calendar years prior to the year of the award. The prize is awarded every two years.

Read more here: https://www.siam.org/Prizes-Recognition/Activity-Group-Prizes/Detail/siag-algebraic-geometry-early-career-prize

  • 2023:

Diego Cifuentes: for several diverse and fundamental contributions to the theory of polynomial optimization with far reaching potential impact in- and outside mathematics.

Selection Committee

  1. Elisenda Feliu (Chair) - University of Copenhagen
  2. Jesus A. De Loera - University of California, Davis
  3. Elisa Gorla - Univeristy of Neuchatel
  4. Elizabeth Gross - University of Hawaii Manoa
  5. Luke Oeding - Auburn University

[edit] Previous Recipients

  • 2021:

Paul Breiding: For extraordinary work on geometric, statistical, and algorithmic aspects of tensors and their applications.

Selection Committee

  1. Michael Stillman (Chair) - Cornell University
  2. Alicia Dickenstein - University of Buenos Aires
  3. Sonja Petrovic - Illinois Institute of Technology
  4. Cordian Riener - UiT The Arctic University of Norway
  5. Anne Shiu - Texas A&M University


  • 2019:

Elina Robeva: Highly innovative contributions to the analysis of tensors, especially for major advances in the theory of orthogonally decomposable tensors (SIAM J. Matrix Anal. Appl. 37(1), 86-102, 2016).

Selection Committee

  1. Teresa Krick (Chair) - University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  2. Elizabeth Allman - University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK
  3. Peter Olver - University of Minnesota, MN
  4. Agnes Szanto - North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC


  • 2017:

Pierre Lairez: Finding One Root of a Polynomial System Slides, Video

Selection Committee

  1. Jan Draisma (Chair) - Universitat Bern, Switzerland
  2. Sandra Di Rocco - KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
  3. Seth Sullivant - North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
  4. Rekha Thomas - University of Washington, Seattle, WA
  5. Charles Wampler - General Motors Research and Development Center, Warren, MI
  6. Lihong Zhi - Academia Sinica, Beijing, China



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