The SIAG/Analysis of Partial Differential Equations Prize
Right: SIAG/APDE 2007 Prize award ceremony. Patty Bauman, Irene M. Gamba, Stefano Bianchini, Carme Calderer and Kevin Zumbrun
Principal Guideline
The SIAM Activity Group on Analysis of Partial Differential Equations (SIAG/APDE) Prize, established in 2005, is awarded to the author(s) of the most outstanding paper, as determined by the prize committee, on a topic in Partial Differential Equations published in English in a peer-reviewed journal.
The Prize Committee
Formation
The prize committee will consist of five members of the SIAG/APDE. In 2005, the chair of the committee was appointed by the SIAM President upon the recommendation of the SIAG/APDE Chair. Starting in 2007, the Vice Chair of the SIAG/APDE during the last year of the two-year award period will serve as chair of the committee. The SIAG Chair, in consultation with the other officers, will form a list of people to serve in the remaining four places and will submit the list to the SIAM Vice President at Large (SIAM VP) for approval prior to inviting the committee members to serve. The SIAG officers will seek to ensure a diverse composition of the prize committee in research area, geography, employment sector (industry, national laboratories, universities), and under-represented groups. The appointments will be made at least twelve months in advance of the prize award date.
Tenure
The term of office of the prize committee will be from the date of appointment until the date of the prize award.
Rules of Operation
The prize committee will solicit nominations for the prize from the general membership of the SIAG/APDE, using SIAM office resources as needed, and from other members of the scientific community. Should a committee member be nominated for the award, the chair of the prize committee will notify the SIAM VP who will then appoint a replacement for the committee member in question.
Selection Procedures
Eligibility
A candidate paper must be published in English in a peer-reviewed journal bearing a publication date within the eligibility period. It must contain significant research contributions to the field of analysis of partial differential equations, as commonly defined in the mathematical literature, with direct or potential applications.
The SIAM President, the Chair of the SIAG/APDE, and the members of the prize committee are not eligible to receive the prize.
Prize Committee's Recommendation
The prize committee will notify the SIAM VP of its recommendation of a winning paper at least five months prior to the award date. The recommendation must be accompanied by a written justification and a citation not exceeding 25 words that can be used in a certificate and read at award time.
The SIAM VP will accept or reject the prize committee's recommendation at least four months prior to the award date.
If the prize committee's recommendation is accepted, the award presentation will be made according to the procedure described below. If the nomination is not accepted, the SIAM VP and the Chair of the Prize Committee will select an acceptable paper at least three months prior to the award date.
Notification of the Award
The Chair of the Prize Committee will notify the recipient(s) of the award at least three months in advance of the award date. An invitation will also be extended to the recipient(s) to attend the award ceremony to receive the award and to present the paper in a plenary lecture, as described below.
Description of the Award
Award Type
The award will consist of a certificate containing the award citation. If the selected paper has multiple authors, each author will receive a certificate. There will be no cash award associated with the prize.
Award Date and Eligibility Period
Beginning in 2006, the prize will be awarded every second year at the biennial SIAM Conference on Analysis of PDE. The eligibility period will be the four calendar years preceding the year of the meeting. The two-year overlap in eligibility periods is intended to ensure that no paper will fail to be considered because of differences between the official publication date of the journal issue containing the paper and the actual time when that issue reaches its subscribers or because of the requirements that the prize committee notify the SIAM VP of their recommendation at least five months prior to the awarding of the prize.
Obligations of the Award Recipient(s)
At least one of the awardees is expected to attend the award ceremony and to present the paper as a plenary lecture at the meeting. One of the plenary lectures at the meeting will be reserved for this purpose. As for all plenary talks, travel expenses will be available to reimburse the speaker. Should more than one author be involved in presenting the plenary lecture, reimbursement will be made to only one author (selected by the authors).
The Prize Fund
Since there is no cash award and minimal expenses are associated with the prize, there will be no prize fund. The cost of the plaque(s) and certificate(s) will be financed by the SIAG/APDE membership dues.
The Award Presentation
The Chair of the SIAG/APDE will announce the award at the meeting and present the award to the recipient(s), at least one of whom must be present.
An announcement of the award recipient(s) and the winning article will appear in SIAM News.
Prize History
- 2006 François Golse and Laure Saint-Raymond
- 2007 Stefano Bianchini and Alberto Bressan
- 2009 Chongsheng Cao and Edriss S. Titi
- 2011 Gui-Qiang G. Chen and Mikhail Feldman View Presentation
- 2013 Camillo De Lellis and László Székelyhidi, Jr.View Presentation
- 2015 Mathew A. Johnson, Pascal Noble, Miguel Rodrigues, and Kevin Zumbrun View Presentation
- 2017 Scott N. Armstrong and Charles K. Smart
Approved by SIAM Council and Board, July 2005.
Selection Committee
Click here to see a list of selection committee members by year.