The prize was established in 1995, and named in honor of Germund Dahlquist for his early contributions to the theory of numerical analysis as applied to differential equations. It is awarded for original contributions to fields associated with his work.
The Germund Dahlquist Prize is awarded every two years to one individual for original contributions to numerical solution of differential equations and numerical methods for scientific computing.
The candidate must have no more than 18 years (full time equivalent) of involvement in mathematics since PhD at the award date, allowing for breaks in continuity. The prize committee can make exceptions, if in their opinion the candidate is at an equivalent stage in their career.
For the 2025 award, the candidate’s PhD must have been received in 2007 or later.
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The Germund Dahlquist Prize includes a $2,000 monetary prize and a certificate. SIAM will reimburse the recipient for reasonable travel expenses incurred in accepting the award.
The Germund Dahlquist Prize will be next be awarded at the 2025 SIAM Annual Meeting.
The announcement of the award will appear in SIAM News, the SIAM website, and appropriate electronic media.
The 2023 Germund Dahlquist Prize is awarded to Yingda Cheng for her outstanding work on discontinuous Galerkin methods, including structure preservation and sparse grid methods for kinetic and transport equations.
Anne Kvaernoe (Chair) Oscar Bruno Richard H. Nochetto
The 2021 Germund Dahlquist Prize is awarded to Siddhartha Mishra for his outstanding contributions to the theory of numerical methods for nonlinear hyperbolic conservation and balance laws, and their application to problems in physics.
Thomas Hagstrom (Chair) Inga Berre Johnny GuzmanElisabeth LarssonBecca Thomases
The 2019 Germund Dahlquist Prize is awarded to Houman Owhadi for his varied, original, and deep work in areas of computational mathematics that include homogenization, stochastic differential equations, game theoretic approaches to numerical analysis, stochastic variational integrators, and uncertainty quantification. His substantial contributions to these challenging topics have had great impact in the broad fields of scientific computing, practical numerical methods, and machine learning.
Christopher Budd (Chair) Tobin Driscoll Robert McLachlan Elena Celledoni
The2017 Germund Dahlquist Prize is awarded to Per-Gunnar Martinsson for fundamental contributions to numerical analysis and scientific computing that are making a significant impact in data science applications. Specific contributions include his development of linear time algorithms for dense matrix operations related to multidimensional elliptic PDEs and integral equations; and he has made deep and innovative contributions to the development of probabilistic algorithms for the rapid solution of certain classes of large-scale linear algebra problems.
Randall J. LeVeque (Chair) Marlis Hochbruck Aslak Tveito
The 2015 Germund Dahlquist Prize is awarded to Erwan Faou for his excellent research contributions to the longtime analysis of stochastic differential equations, to multiscale expansions, and to molecular simulations. Particularly striking is his work on geometrical numerical methods for Hamiltonian partial differential equations where, like Dahlquist, he relates stability to local accuracy. Faou’s work is characterized by a deep insight in both the mathematical and the physical aspects of the problem under investigation.
Tommy Elfving (Chair) Selim Esedoglu Alfio Quarteroni Eric Vanden Eijnden Kees Vuik
The 2013 Germund Dahlquist Prize is awarded to Assyr Abdulle for research contributions to the numerical analysis of stiff differential equations, to multiscale methods for partial and stochastic differential equations and to the implementation of numerical algorithms to problems in chemistry and biology. His work demonstrates the best in numerical analysis, from the design of novel numerical algorithms to their rigorous mathematical analysis to an ingenious implementation in a range of important applications.
Arieh Iserles (Chair) Uri Ascher Susanne Brenner Hans Munthe-Kaas Steven Ruuth
Olof Widlund (Chair) John Butcher Jesus Sanz-Serna Robert Schreiber Ragnar Winther
Desmond J. Higham (Chair) Bo Kagstrom Ben Leimkuhler Robert Schreiber Olof Widlund
Sebastian Reich (Chair) Desmond J. Higham Bo Kagstrom Ben Leimkuhler Andy Wathen
Christian Lubich (Chair)Stephen L. CampbellSebastian ReichGustaf Soderlind
Linda R. Petzold (Chair) Kevin Burrage Gustaf Soderlind Andrew Stuart
C. William Gear (Chair) Uri M. Ascher John C. Butcher Ernst Hairer Claes Johnsson
James Varah (Chair) Rolf Jeltsch Olavi Nevanlinna Robert Skeel Andrew Stuart
Robert Skeel (Chair) Franco Brezzi Olavi Nevanlinna Robert E. O'Malley, Jr. J. M. Sanz-Serna
Syvert P. Norsett (Chair) Wayne H. Enright C. William Gear Gerhard Wanner
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