First Salomaa Prize Awarded to Dr Jean-Eric Pin
The first Salomaa Prize was awarded to Dr Jean-Eric Pin from Paris. The award ceremonies took place in the annual Developments in Language Theory Symposium (DLT conference for short) in Tokyo on 13 September.
The Prize-winning mathematician Jean-Eric Pin (centre) at the award ceremony alongside award committee members Mikhail Volkov and Juhani Karhumäki.
The award was established by the DLT conference to honour the pioneering work of Academician Arto Salomaa on automata theory. It is given to an outstanding researcher on the theory of automata, formal languages, and related topics. The award is funded by the University of Turku, the home university of Arto Salomaa.
Dr Pin is one of the most respected researchers in automata theory. He has published a number of fundamental articles, especially in algebraic automata theory. Currently, he is editing the approximately 1,500-page Handbook of Automata. He is a member of Academia Europaea.
The winner was selected by an international award committee chaired by Professor Juhani Karhumäki.
More on the DLT conference and the Salomaa Prize can be found on the website of the conference, math.utu.fi/DLT.
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