The 2026 Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences has been awarded to both Emmanuel Candès and Camillo De Lellis for their breakthrough contributions in mathematics. Candès was recognized for applying advanced mathematical techniques to real-world problems in information theory, signal processing, and statistics, while De Lellis was honored for his theoretical work on singularities in geometric measure theory and fluid dynamics.
Candès is the Barnum-Simons Chair in mathematics and statistics at Stanford University and a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the École Polytechnique, France, in 1993 and his PhD in statistics from Stanford University in 1998.
De Lellis is the IBM von Neumann Professor in the Princeton School of Mathematics Institute for Advanced Study. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Pisa in 1999 and his PhD from the Scuola Normale Superiore de Pisa in 2002.
The Shaw Prize is an international award that annually honors outstanding achievements in astronomy, computer science, life science and medicine, and mathematical sciences.
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