Shaw Prize 2006: Winners

Recipients

1. Astronomy

   Adam G. Riess, Brian P. Schmidt, Saul Perlmutter

   Physics

   For discovering that the expansion rate of the universe is accelerating, implying in the simplest interpretation that the energy density of space is non-vanishing even in the absence of any matter and radiation.

2. Life Science and Medicine

   Xiaodong Wang

   Biology

   For his discovery of the biochemical basis of programmed cell death, a vital process that balances cell birth and defends against cancer.

3. Mathematical Sciences

   David Mumford, Wentsun Wu (吳文俊)

   Math

   For David Mumford's contributions to mathematics, and to the new interdisciplinary fields of pattern theory and vision research; and for Wentsun Wu's contributions to the new interdisciplinary field of mathematics mechanization.