Former CAS project leader wins ICIAM Su Buchin Prize

Giulia Di Nunno, who led a CAS project during the 2014/15 academic year, is recognised for supporting career development opportunities for mathematics scholars in Africa.

 

Giulia Di Nunno, professor of mathematics at the University of Oslo (UiO), is this year's winner of the ICIAM Su Buchin Prize.

The prize, awarded by the International Congress for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM) and funded by the China Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (CSIAM), was established in 2003 to recognise 'an outstanding contribution by an individual in the application of mathematics to emerging economies and human development, in particular at the economic and cultural level in developing countries.'

In Di Nunno's case, the ICIAM highlighted her work with the European Mathematical Society and the Emerging Regional Centres of Excellence programme to supports scholars and research centres based in Africa.

'The award salutes Di Nunno's continued and long lasting record efficiently putting in place projects that help shape an intensive development of Mathematics in the African continent,' the ICIAIM said in a press release.

Di Nunno co-led the CAS project Stochastics in Environmental and Financial Economics (SEFE) during the 2014/15 academic year. Read more about the project here.

Published 24 September 2018, 12:00 | Last edited 26 October 2018, 10:21