The Shaw Prize Foundation announced the Shaw Laureates for 2017 at a Press Conference held on 23 May 2017 at Hong Kong time 15:00 (GMT 07:00).
The Shaw Laureates of this year will be announced at the press conference on Tuesday, 23 May 2017 in Hong Kong. Details are as follows:
The Shaw Prize Foundation will hold a press conference on Tuesday, 23 May 2017 at Hong Kong time 1500 (GMT 0700) at Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel, Hong Kong to announce the Shaw Laureates for 2017.
May 7, 2017 – Wentsun Wu, 2006 Shaw Prize Laureate in Mathematical Sciences and Chairs of the Shaw Prize Selection Committee for the Prize in Mathematical Sciences for 2004 and 2005, President of the Chinese Society of Mathematics...
March 7, 2017 – Ronald W P Drever, 2016 Shaw Prize Laureate and beloved Caltech Professor Emeritus whose research in development of the laser interferometry techniques in the LIGO experiment had made significant contribution to...
Nomination for The Shaw Prize 2017 began in mid September 2016 and ended on 30 November 2016. From this year onward, nomination is done by electronic filing and the Shaw Prize Foundation would like to thank the nominators for their ...