為表彰大衛・曼福德 (David Mumfords) 對數學, 與對二類新興學科的貢獻: 圖案學與視覺學; 和為表彰吳文俊 (Wentsun Wu) 對一新興學科的貢獻: 數學的機器證明法。
大衛・曼福德和吳文俊二教授早年都是研究純數學的學者，後來都轉而研究計算科學。
曼福德研究視覺的計算機制，吳則研究幾何命題之計算機證明。他們在此二領域都做出了開創性的重大貢獻，為後學者指出了新的道路。
David Mumford and Wentsun Wu both started their careers in pure mathematics (algebraic geometry and topology respectively) but each then made a substantial move towards applied mathematics in the direction of computer science.
Mumford worked on computer aspects of vision and Wu on computer proofs in the field of Geometry. In both cases their pioneering contributions to research and in the development of the field were outstanding. Many leading scientists in these areas were trained by them or followed in their footsteps.
