Abel Prize

French mathematician Michel Talagrand was recently awarded 2024 Abel Prize for work in probability theory and stochastic processes.

Recognized for groundbreaking discoveries in understanding random processes.
Three specific areas of Talagrand's work highlighted: suprema of stochastic processes, concentration of measures, and spin glass.
Talagrand's work reshapes probability theory, functional analysis, and statistics.
Talagrand, born in France in 1952, obtained PhD from University of Paris VI and is a member of the French Academy of Sciences.