Dr. Shuxing Li awarded the Kirkman Medal
Dr. Shuxing Li, currently a Humboldt fellow at the Discrete Mathematics group, was awarded the Kirkman Medal 2018 of the Institutes of Combinatorics and its Applications (ICA). The Kirkman Medal is one of four medals awarded by the ICA, it is awarded to recognize outstanding achievements by scientists who are within four years past their their Ph. D.
Shuxing received his medal recently during the CanaDAM conference in Vancouver. It was handed to him by Prof. Doug Stinson, president of the ICA. The laudation:
Dr. Shuxing Li has made significant contributions on a numberof central problems in algebraic coding theory, discrete geometry, combinatorial design theory, and information theory. He applies deep theory and powerful tools to answer fundamental questions, not only in combinatorics but also in practical digital communications applications such as coding, compressed sensing, and energy minimization. The excellence of his PhD thesis was recognized by prizes from Zhejiang University and from Zhejiang Province. He has published more than twenty papers in prestigious mathematics and electrical engineering journals, conducting a remarkable breadth of research. His nominators conclude that Dr. Li is “very original, passionate, and hard-working,” and that “the depth and breadth of Shuxing’s work are very impressive.” (source and all medal winners)