Prize History

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The 2025 James H. Wilkinson Prize in Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing is awarded to Erin Carson for her impactful contributions to the performance and stability of mixed-precision numerical linear algebra. 

Selection Committee

• Luis Chacon (Chair)
• Coralia Cartis
• David Gleich

Citation

The 2021 James H. Wilkinson Prize in Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing is awarded to Stefan Güttel for his contributions to the analysis, implementation, and application of rational and block Krylov methods.

Selection Committee

• John Stockie (Chair)
• Aleksandar Donev
• Misha E. Kilmer

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The 2017 James H. Wilkinson Prize in Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing is awarded to Lek-Heng Lim for his contributions to multilinear algebra, spectral theory for tensors, and high-dimensional data analysis. He has done seminal work in generalizing eigenvalues and singular values to higher order tensors and arbitrary norms, and in establishing the difficulty of extending numerical linear algebra to multilinear algebra. His work builds bridges between computer science, applied mathematics, and computational science and has applications to applied topology, computational algebraic geometry, and signal processing.

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Selection Committee

• Chen Greif (Chair)
• Assyr Abdulle
• Padma Raghavan

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The 2013 James H. Wilkinson Prize in Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing is awarded to Lexing Ying for his outstanding contributions in many areas, including the rapid evaluation of oscillatory integral transforms, high frequency wave propagation and the computation of electron structure in metallic systems.

Selection Committee

• Douglas N. Arnold (Chair)
• Michael Overton
• Robert Russell

Selection Committee

• Howard Elman (Chair)
• Richard S. Falk
• Michael Heath

Selection Committee

• Thomas Y. Hou (Chair)
• Clint Dawson
• Howard Elman

Selection Committee

• Andrew M. Stuart (Chair)
• Marsha Berger
• Henk van der Vorst

Selection Committee

• James Demmel (Chair)
• William Morton
• Dianne P. O'Leary

1993 James Demmel

1989 Paul Van Dooren

1985 Charles S. Peskin

1982 Bjorn Engquist