The 2010 Kyoto Prize Workshops

Mathematical Development of Algorithm Science

László Lovász

/　　Mathematician

Basic Sciences

Mathematical Sciences（including Pure Mathematics）

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2010

11 /12 Fri

13:00 - 17:20

Place： Kyoto International Conference Center

Address：Takaragaike, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-0001 Japan

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Program

13:00

Opening Address	Heisuke Hironaka [Chairman, Kyoto Prize Committee; Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University]
Introduction of Laureate	Hiroshi Imai [Member, Kyoto Prize Selection Committee; Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo]
Laureate Lecture	László Lovász (Laureate in Basic Sciences) “The Mathematical Challenge of Very Large Networks”
Lecture	Takeshi Tokuyama [Professor, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University] “Combinatorial Geometry: Mathematics for Geometric Data Processing”
Lecture	Osamu Watanabe [Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology] “CompView and the Lovász Local Lemma”
Lecture	Satoru Iwata [Professor, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University] “Convexity in Combinatorial Optimization”
Lecture	Ken-ichi Kawarabayashi [Professor, National Institute of Informatics] “Structure Theorems and Decomposition Theorems in Graph Theory”

17:20

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Laureates

László Lovász

Mathematician

Through his advanced research on discrete structures, Dr. Lovász has provided a link among various branches of mathematics in terms of algorithms, thereby influencing a broad spectrum of the mathematical sciences – including discrete mathematics, combinational optimization and theoretical computer science. In so doing, Dr. Lovász has made outstanding contributions to the advancement of both the academic and technological possibilities of the mathematical sciences.

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date: Friday, November 12, 2010
place: Kyoto International Conference Center
Kazuo Murota: [Member, Kyoto Prize Selection Committee; Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo]

: Organized by Inamori Foundation
: Supported by Kyoto Prefectural Government, Kyoto City Government, and NHK
: With the cooperation of Information Processing Society of Japan, The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, The Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, The Mathematical Society of Japan, The Operations Research Society of Japan