Abel Prize

• 28 Mar 2024

French mathematician Michel Talagrand was recently awarded 2024 Abel Prize for work in probability theory and stochastic processes.

• Recognized for groundbreaking discoveries in understanding random processes.
• Three specific areas of Talagrand's work highlighted: suprema of stochastic processes, concentration of measures, and spin glass.
• Talagrand's work reshapes probability theory, functional analysis, and statistics.
• Talagrand, born in France in 1952, obtained PhD from University of Paris VI and is a member of the French Academy of Sciences.