The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize for 2021 to
Avi Wigderson
of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA, and
László Lovász
of Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics (ELKH, MTA Institute of Excellence) and Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary.
“for their foundational contributions to theoretical computer science and discrete mathematics, and their leading role in shaping them into central field”
The Abel Prize Laureates 2021