The award is theoretical computer science's highest honor
But what I think is coolest is how these ideas seemed to permeate so many adjacent problems. Data poisoning attacks, mixture models, heavy tailed data, and differential privacy are all intrinsically linked. I'll plug my recent survey covering some 3/n
The 2026 Gödel Prize is awarded to Ilias Diakonikolas, Gautam Kamath, Daniel Kane, Jerry Li, Ankur Moitra, and Alistair Stewart for Robust Estimators in High Dimensions without the Computational Intractability
Paper: https://doi.org/10.1137/17M1126680 Citation: https://www.sigact.org/prizes/g%C3%B6del/citation2026.html
I genuinely see this award as belonging to the entire algorithmic robust statistics community, not just us six. So many people contributed insights and discoveries to this vibrant field, resulting in the rich understanding we have today. (But there's still more to do!) 4/n
But what I think is coolest is how these ideas seemed to permeate so many adjacent problems. Data poisoning attacks, mixture models, heavy tailed data, and differential privacy are all intrinsically linked. I'll plug my recent survey covering some 3/n
The award is theoretical computer science's highest honor
But what I think is coolest is how these ideas seemed to permeate so many adjacent problems. Data poisoning attacks, mixture models, heavy tailed data, and differential privacy are all intrinsically linked. I'll plug my recent survey covering some 3/n
Users celebrate the award for the robust mean estimation survey, expressing gratitude to the broader algorithmic robust statistics community and concurrent researchers while sharing personal excitement.
