Neeraj Kayal
Neeraj Kayal | |
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| Alma mater | IIT Kanpur |
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| Institutions | Institute for Advanced Study |
| Doctoral advisor | Manindra Agrawal |
Neeraj Kayal (
Hindi: नीरज कयाल) is an Indian computer scientist and mathematician noted for development of the AKS primality test, along with Manindra Agrawal and Nitin Saxena. Kayal was born and raised in Guwahati, India
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Early life and education
Kayal was born and raised in Guwahati, India.
Kayal graduated with a
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK), India in 2002. In that year, Neeraj along with Manindra Agrawal and Nitin Saxena proposed the AKS primality test,[1] which attracted worldwide attention, including an article in The New York Times.[2]
Kayal received his PhD in
postdoctoral research at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and at Rutgers University. Since 2008, he has been working with the Microsoft Research
Lab India as a researcher.
Awards
Neeraj Kayal was given the Distinguished
Gödel prize[4] and the Fulkerson Prize[5] for the same along with his co-authors. In 2012, he was awarded the Young Scientist Award from the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) for contributions to the development of arithmetic complexity theory including the development of a deterministic algorithm for primality testing, the resolution of the constant fan-in conjecture for depth three circuits, and a reconstruction algorithm for arithmetic formulas.[6]
In 2021, he won the
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Mathematical Sciences for the year 2022.[8]
The announcement of the awardees for 2022 was however made in 2023.
References
- ^ Bornemann, F. Primes is in P: A Breakthrough for "Everyman". Notices of the AMS, May 2003.
- ^ Robinson, S. (8 August 2002). "New Method Said to Solve Key Problem in Math". The New York Times.
- ^ IIT Kanpur Alumni Association, Distinguished Alumnus Award Profile: Neeraj Kayal Archived 9 September 2005 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) announcement of 2006 Godel prize [1]
- ^ Fulkerson Prize Announcements
- ^ Young Scientists 2012 Award Announcement
- ^ "Infosys Prize - Laureates 2021 - Dr. Neeraj Kayal". www.infosys-science-foundation.com. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ "Awardee Details: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2022". ssbprize.gov.in.
External links
- Neeraj Kayal homepage.
- Distinguished Alumnus Award Profile: Neeraj Kayal at the IIT Kanpur Alumni Association.
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