Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics

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mathematics award scientific prize

The Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics is a prestigious award recognizing outstanding contributions to applied mathematics, jointly administered by major mathematical societies in the United States.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics canonical	4
Norbert Wiener Prize	2
Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T737892 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics
Context triple: [American Mathematical Society, awards, Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics]

A. John von Neumann Theory Prize
The John von Neumann Theory Prize is a prestigious award in operations research and the management sciences, recognizing fundamental and sustained contributions to theory in these fields.
B. Leroy P. Steele Prize
The Leroy P. Steele Prize is a prestigious American Mathematical Society award recognizing outstanding research and expository writing in mathematics.
C. IEEE John von Neumann Medal
The IEEE John von Neumann Medal is a prestigious technical award presented by the IEEE for outstanding achievements in computer-related science and technology.
D. Wolf Prize in Mathematics
The Wolf Prize in Mathematics is a prestigious international award established in 1978 that honors outstanding contributions to the field of mathematics and is often regarded as one of the discipline’s highest distinctions.
E. Bellman Prize
The Bellman Prize is a prestigious Swedish literary award, named after poet Carl Michael Bellman, that honors outstanding achievements in poetry.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics
Target entity description: The Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics is a prestigious award recognizing outstanding contributions to applied mathematics, jointly administered by major mathematical societies in the United States.

A. John von Neumann Theory Prize
The John von Neumann Theory Prize is a prestigious award in operations research and the management sciences, recognizing fundamental and sustained contributions to theory in these fields.
B. Leroy P. Steele Prize
The Leroy P. Steele Prize is a prestigious American Mathematical Society award recognizing outstanding research and expository writing in mathematics.
C. IEEE John von Neumann Medal
The IEEE John von Neumann Medal is a prestigious technical award presented by the IEEE for outstanding achievements in computer-related science and technology.
D. Wolf Prize in Mathematics
The Wolf Prize in Mathematics is a prestigious international award established in 1978 that honors outstanding contributions to the field of mathematics and is often regarded as one of the discipline’s highest distinctions.
E. Bellman Prize
The Bellman Prize is a prestigious Swedish literary award, named after poet Carl Michael Bellman, that honors outstanding achievements in poetry.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mathematics award ⓘ scientific prize ⓘ
administeredBy	American Mathematical Society ⓘ SIAM ⓘ surface form: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
associatedWith	Leroy P. Steele Prize ⓘ surface form: American Mathematical Society prizes Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics prizes ⓘ
awardedFor	outstanding contributions to applied mathematics ⓘ
category	applied mathematics prize ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
discipline	mathematics ⓘ
eligibility	researchers in applied mathematics ⓘ
field	applied mathematics ⓘ
frequency	biennial ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Norbert Wiener Prize
hasAwardingBodyType	professional society ⓘ
hasComponent	citation ⓘ monetary prize ⓘ
honours	research excellence in applied mathematics ⓘ
inception	1967 ⓘ
isPrestigious	true ⓘ
languageOfAwardingBodies	English ⓘ
namedAfter	Norbert Wiener ⓘ
namedAfterFullName	Norbert Wiener ⓘ
namedForField	applied mathematics ⓘ
namedForOccupation	mathematician ⓘ
notableLaureate	Alexandre J. Chorin ⓘ Andrew J. Majda ⓘ Andrew Wiles ⓘ Avner Friedman ⓘ Bjorn Engquist ⓘ Charles S. Peskin ⓘ David Donoho ⓘ George Papanicolaou ⓘ Harold Grad ⓘ Ingrid Daubechies ⓘ Mark Kac ⓘ Michael Aizenman ⓘ Peter Lax ⓘ surface form: Peter D. Lax Terence Tao ⓘ
scope	international ⓘ
sponsor	American Mathematical Society ⓘ SIAM ⓘ surface form: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

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American Mathematical Society → awards → Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics ⓘ

Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics → hasAbbreviation → Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norbert Wiener Prize

Peter Lax → awardReceived → Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics ⓘ

Alexandre J. Chorin → awardReceived → Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics ⓘ

Charles S. Peskin → awardReceived → Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics

American Mathematical Society prizes and awards program → includesAward → Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics ⓘ