Full StoryProf. Dylan Thurston, in the Department of Mathematics traveled to China where he accepted an inaugural 2023 Frontiers of Science Award. This award is given for best-in-world recent research contributions in different categories. Dylan received the prize for his 2018 paper “Bordered Floer Homology,” with Peter Ozsváth and Robert Lipshitz. The reception included a traffic stopping motorcade to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing!Attached is a picture of Prof. Thurston (center) receiving the award, together with Michael Hutchings (UC Berkeley) on the left and Andras Stipsicz (Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics) on the right. (, but did not have any photos from this.)The award was given during the International Conference of Basic Science where Prof. Thurston also gave a recipient lecture in the mathematics section:https://www.icbs.cn/en/web/index/
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