Adriaan Van Wijngaarden - Van Wijngaarden Awards

Van Wijngaarden Awards

Awarded every 5 years from the 60th anniversary of Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica in 2006. Consists of a bronze sculpture.

  • 2006: Computer scientist Nancy Lynch and mathematician-magician Persi Diaconis.
  • 2011: Computer scientist Éva Tardos and numerical mathematician John C. Butcher.

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