icon

The Nevanlinna Prize 2018: Constantinos Daskalakis

Share this page
Submitted by Marianne on 3 August, 2018

Constantinos Daskalakis has been awarded the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize at the International Congress of Mathematicians 2018. The prestigious prize is awarded every four years for outstanding contributions in mathematical aspects of information sciences. In this video Daskalakis tells us about the work he is being honoured for, which involves complexity theory, game theory, online dating and traffic jams.

You can also listen to this interview in a podcast and find out more about Daskalakis' work in this article.

This content was produced in a collaboration with the London Mathematical Society.


With kind support from the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.

Read more about...
ICM RSS
ICM 2018
Nevanlinna Prize
game theory
complexity
video
nash equilibrium
  • Maths in a minute

    Want facts and want them fast? Our Maths in a minute series explores key mathematical concepts in just a few words.

  • Revolutionising the power of blood tests using AI

    The BloodCounts! project is gearing up towards one of the largest-scale applications yet of machine learning in medicine and healthcare.

  • Chocolate and mayonnaise
    chocolate

    What do chocolate and mayonnaise have in common? It's maths! Find out how in this podcast featuring engineer Valerie Pinfield.

  • From clicks to chords
    icon

    Is it possible to write unique music with the limited quantity of notes and chords available? We ask musician Oli Freke!

  • The lungs of the Earth

    How can maths help to understand the Southern Ocean, a vital component of the Earth's climate system?

  • SBIDER Presents: Shining a light on COVID modelling
    icon

    Was the mathematical modelling projecting the course of the pandemic too pessimistic, or were the projections justified? Matt Keeling tells our colleagues from SBIDER about the COVID models that fed into public policy.