Householder Prize
The Alston S. Householder Prize is awarded to the the author of the best dissertation in numerical linear algebra and is awarded at the symposium for dissertations submitted over the previous three years.
Prize nominations
Nominations are solicited for the Alston S. Householder Prize. The award will be presented to the author of the best dissertation in numerical linear algebra submitted between 1 January 2022, and 31 December 2024. The system for submitting nominations will open in late 2024.
Entries will be assesed by the Householder Prize committee consisting of:
- Raymond Chan, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Petros Drineas, Purdue University, USA
- Alan Edelman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
- Melina Freitag, University of Potsdam, Germany
- Andreas Frommer (Chair), Wuppertal University, Germany
- Misha Kilmer, Tufts University, USA
- Bart Vandereycken, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Prize details
The term numerical linear algebra is intended to describe those parts of mathematical research that have both linear algebraic aspects and numerical content or implications. Thus, for example, a dissertation concerned with the numerical solution of differential equations or the numerical solution of an optimization problem would be eligible if linear algebra is central to the research contribution.
To qualify, the dissertation must have been examined and deemed to have passed during the period of the prize. However, the PhD degree or equivalent need not have been officially awarded during this period.
Candidates from countries in which a formal dissertation is not normally written at that level may submit an equivalent piece of work. The Householder Prize, given every three years, was established at the 1969 Gatlinburg Symposium (now renamed the Householder Symposium) to recognize the outstanding contributions of Alston S. Householder, 1904-1993, to numerical analysis and linear algebra.
Previous Householder Prize winners
| Year | Winner(s) | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Heather Wilber | Cornell University |
| 2020 | Estelle Massart | UC Louvain |
| Stefano Massei | Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa | |
| 2017 | Marcel Schweitzer | Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne |
| Edgar Solomonik | University of California, Berkeley | |
| 2014 | Nicolas Gillis | UC Louvain |
| Yuji Nakatsukasa | UC Davis | |
| 2011 | Bart Vandereycken | KU Leuven |
| Paul Willems | Bergische Universitat Wuppertal | |
| 2008 | David S. Bindel | University of California, Berkeley |
| 2005 | Jasper van den Eshof | Utrecht University |
| 2002 | Jing-Rebecca Li | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 1999 | Jorg Liesen | Bielefeld |
| 1996 | Ming Gu | Yale University |
| 1993 | Hong-Guo Xu | Fudan University |
| Barry Smith | New York University | |
| 1990 | Alan Edelman | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Maria Beth Ong | University of Washington | |
| 1987 | Nicholas J. Higham | University of Manchester |
| 1984 | Ralph Byers | Cornell University |
| James W. Demmel | University of California, Berkeley | |
| 1981 | E. Marques de Sa' | Coimbra |
| Paul Van Dooren | K. U. Leuven | |
| 1977 | Daniel D. Warner | University of California, San Diego |