
Avi Wigderson
* September 9, 1956, Haifa, Israel
Nevanlinna Prize - 1994
For profound contributions to diverse areas of the mathematical foundations of computer science, including complexity theory, zero-knowledge proofs and the study of the computational power of randomness.
Abel Prize - 2021
Together with László Lovász for their foundational contributions to theoretical computer science and discrete mathematics, and their leading role in shaping them into central fields of modern mathematics.