2023 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony
A star-studded celebration of the breakthroughs in science!
Event hosted by James Corden with music from John Legend and will.i.am.
Winners Of The 2023 Breakthrough Prizes In Life Sciences, Mathematics And Fundamental Physics
2023 laureates can be found below:
2023 Breakthrough Prizes in Life Sciences
Clifford P. Brangwynne, Princeton University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Marine Biological Laboratory
Anthony A. Hyman, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and GeneticsFor discovering a fundamental mechanism of cellular organization mediated by phase separation of proteins and RNA into membraneless liquid droplets.
Demis Hassabis, DeepMind
John Jumper, DeepMindFor developing a deep learning AI method that rapidly and accurately predicts the three-dimensional structure of proteins from their amino acid sequence.
Emmanuel Mignot, Stanford University School of Medicine
Masashi Yanagisawa, University of TsukubaFor discovering that narcolepsy is caused by the loss of a small population of brain cells that make a wake-promoting substance, paving the way for the development of new treatments for sleep disorders.
2023 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Charles H. Bennett, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
Gilles Brassard, Université de Montréal
David Deutsch, Oxford University
Peter W. Shor, MITFor foundational work in the field of quantum information.
2023 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics
Daniel A. Spielman, Yale University
For breakthrough contributions to theoretical computer science and mathematics, including to spectral graph theory, the Kadison-Singer problem, numerical linear algebra, optimization, and coding theory.
2023 New Horizons in Physics Prize
David Simmons-Duffin, Caltech
For the development of analytical and numerical techniques to study conformal field theories, including the ones describing the liquid vapor critical point and the superfluid phase transition.
Anna Grassellino, Fermilab
For the discovery of major performance enhancements to niobium superconducting radio-frequency cavities, with applications ranging from accelerator physics to quantum devices.
Hannes Bernien , University of Chicago
Manuel Endres, Caltech
Adam M. Kaufman, JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Colorado
Kang-Kuen Ni, Harvard University
Hannes Pichler, University of Innsbruck and Austrian Academy of Sciences
Jeff Thompson, Princeton UniversityFor the development of optical tweezer arrays to realize control of individual atoms for applications in quantum information science, metrology, and molecular physics.
2023 New Horizons in Mathematics Prize
Ana Caraiani, Imperial College London and University of Bonn
For diverse transformative contributions to the Langlands program, and in particular for work with Peter Scholze on the Hodge-Tate period map for Shimura varieties and its applications.
Ronen Eldan, Weizmann Institute of Science and Microsoft Research
For the creation of the stochastic localization method, that has led to significant progress in several open problems in high-dimensional geometry and probability, including Jean Bourgain's slicing problem and the KLS conjecture.
James Maynard, Oxford University and Institute for Advanced Study
For multiple contributions to analytic number theory, and in particular to the distribution of prime numbers.
2023 Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize
Maggie Miller, Stanford University and Clay Mathematics Institute (PhD Princeton University 2020)
For work on fibered ribbon knots and surfaces in 4-dimensional manifolds.
Jinyoung Park, Stanford University (PhD Rutgers University 2020)
For contributions to the resolution of several major conjectures on thresholds and selector processes.
Vera Traub, University of Bonn (PhD University of Bonn 2020)
For advances in approximation results in classical combinatorial optimization problems, including the traveling salesman problem and network design.
About The Breakthrough Prize
For the eleventh year, since July 2012, the Breakthrough Prize, renowned as the “Oscars of Science,” recognizes the world’s top scientists. Each prize is $3 million and presented in the fields of Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics and Mathematics. In addition, up to three New Horizons in Physics Prizes, up to three New Horizons in Mathematics Prizes and up to three Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prizes are given out to early-career researchers each year. Laureates attend a gala award ceremony designed to celebrate their achievements and inspire the next generation of scientists. As part of the ceremony schedule, they also engage in a program of lectures and discussions.
The Breakthrough Prizes were founded by Sergey Brin (Google), Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Julia and Yuri Milner (VK aka Mail.ru), and Anne Wojcicki (23andMe) and have been sponsored by foundations established by them. Selection Committees composed of previous Breakthrough Prize laureates in each field choose the winners. Information on the Breakthrough Prize is available at breakthroughprize.org.
Legacy Worthy Breakthroughs in LIFE SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS AND FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS.
$15.75 Million in Prizes Awarded for Predicting Protein Structure with Deep Learning, Pioneering Field of Quantum Information, and Discoveries with Applications from Treating Neurodegenerative Disease to Optimizing Video Transmission.
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Awarded to Clifford P. Brangwynne and Anthony A. Hyman; Demis Hassabis and John Jumper; Emmanuel Mignot and Masashi Yanagisawa.
Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics Awarded to Daniel A. Spielman.
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics Awarded to Charles H. Bennett, Gilles Brassard, David Deutsch and Peter Shor.
Six New Horizons Prizes Awarded for Early-Career Achievements in Physics and Mathematics.
Three Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prizes Awarded to Women Mathematicians for Early-Career Achievements.
https://breakthroughprize.org/
Youtube per Iftak, the 2023 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony may be one of the most hilarious as well as the most inspiring scientific award ceremonies that we have ever witnessed.
2023 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony Presenters include:
Kristen Bell, Magnus Carlsen, Lily Collins, Danny DeVito, Robert Downey Jr., Gal Gadot, Mae Jemison, Brie Larson, Edward Norton, Leslie Odom Jr., Chris Pine, Lauren Ridloff, and Chloé Zhao. 00:00 James Corden Opening Dennis Lo, Brie Larson, Chloé Zhao 18:40 Robert Downey Jr., Mark Zuckerberg, Shankar Balasubramanian, David Klenerman, Pascal Mayer Gal Gadot, Julia Milner, Breakthrough Junior Challenge Winners Daniel Spielman, Magnus Carlsen, Lily Collins In Memoriam: David Allis, Angelika Amon, Steven Weinberg John Legend Katalin Karikó, Drew Weissman, Lauren Ridloff, Chris Pine Danny DeVito, Leslie Odom Jr., Vera Traub, Maggie Miller, Jinyoung Park Jeff Kelly, Edward Norton, Anne Wojcicki James Corden, Katalin Karikó, Drew Weissman, Mae Jemison, Kristen Bell, Charles H. Bennet, Gilles Brassard, Peter Shor will.i.am and Estelle
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