The Mathematical Association of America is thrilled to announce that Geordie Williamson has been awarded the 2026 Chauvenet Prize.

Chauvenet Prize

The Chauvenet Prize, named in honor of William Chauvenet, a mathematics professor at the United States Naval Academy, is presented annually at the MAA's national meeting. It recognizes outstanding expository writing in mathematics, celebrating articles that make complex ideas accessible and engaging.

About This Year's Recipient

Geordie Williamson's article, published in a special issue of the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society devoted to the potential impact of AI on mathematics, offers a personal and informed look at what pure mathematicians can realistically expect when using deep learning in their research. Drawing on his own extensive experience with these tools, Williamson provides accessible guidance, concrete examples from the research literature, and a thoughtful assessment of where deep learning is and is not well suited to mathematical inquiry.

Williamson stated, “This article was written at the time that LLMs first became broadly accessible, and the landscape has become considerably more complicated since then. This is an important and difficult phase for mathematics, and I hope that articles like this one help our community to find a positive path in our interactions with AI.”

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