The 2023 Turing Award has been given to Avi Wigderson, a mathematician who discovered the strange connection between computation and randomness.
The award, given with a prize of $1 million, comes just three years after Widgerson, a professor of mathematics at the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, won the 2021 Abel Award for his contributions to computer science. Widgerson's theoretical work has been key to the development of numerous advances in computing, from cloud networks to cryptography methods that underpin cryptocurrencies.
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