Re: [math-fun] Craig Gentry, 2014 MacArthur Fellow, for FHE

There are two mathematicians on the list. Yitang Zhang proved that liminf (Prime - PreviousPrime) < 70 million, http://www.macfound.org/fellows/927/ and Jacob Lurie, http://www.macfound.org/fellows/921/ "a mathematician creating a conceptual foundation for derived algebraic geometry (DAG). At an oversimplified level, he is transforming algebraic geometry to derived algebraic geometry -- replacing the role of sets by topological spaces—making it applicable to other areas in new ways." --- Quoting Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com>: <clipped -- rich>

http://www.macfound.org/fellows/914/ Craig Gentry Computer Scientist Research Scientist, Cryptography Research Group IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center