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2006 Sacks Prize

2006 Sacks Prize. 

The ASL invites nominations for the 2006 Sacks Prize for the most
outstanding doctoral dissertation in mathematical logic. Nominations must
be received by September 30, 2006. The Sacks Prize was established to
honor Professor Gerald Sacks of MIT and Harvard for his unique
contribution to mathematical logic, particularly as adviser to a large
number of excellent Ph.D.  students. The Prize was first awarded in 1994
and became an ASL Prize in 1999. The Fund on which the Prize is based is
now administered by the ASL and the selection of the recipient is made by
the ASL Committee on Prizes and Awards. The Sacks Prize will consist of a
cash award plus five years free membership in the ASL. For general
information about the Prize, visit
http://www.aslonline.org/info-prizes.html.

In 2004 the Association made several changes to the application procedure.  
Anyone who wishes to make a nomination for the 2006 Sacks Prize should
consult the webpage http://www.aslonline.org/ Sacks nominations.html for
the precise details of the application process.  A brief summary of the
procedure is provided below. Students who defend their dissertations
(equivalent to the American doctoral dissertation) between October 1,
2005, and September 30, 2006, are eligible for the Prize this year. This
is an international prize, with no restriction on the nationality of the
candidate or the university where the doctorate is granted. Nominations
should be made by the thesis adviser, and consist of: name of student,
title and 12 page description of dissertation, date and location where the
doctorate was awarded, letter of recommendation from the adviser, and an
electronic copy of the thesis in .pdf or .ps form, or the address of a web
site from which an electronic copy in .pdf or .ps form can be downloaded.
An independent second letter of recommendation is strongly encouraged.
Nominations should be sent to the Committee Chair, John Steel; .pdf or .ps
files sent as attachments by email to steel@math.berkeley.edu are
preferred. The form of such letters and other pertinent details can be
found at the web site above, and need to be read prior to submitting a
nomination.  Correspondence should be addressed to John Steel, Department
of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, 970 Evans Hall #3840,
Berkeley, CA 94720-3840 USA.

Recipients of the Sacks prize were:

2005 Sacks Prize
	Antonio Montalban, University of Chicago
2004 Sacks Prize
	Joseph Mileti, University of Chicago
	Nathan Segerlind, University of Washington
2003 Sacks Prize
	Itay Ben Yaacov, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2002 Sacks Prize
	No prize was awarded.
2001 Sacks Prize
	Matthias Aschenbrenner, University of California, Berkeley
2000 Sacks Prize
	Eric Jaligot, Universite Claude Bernard (Lyon-1)
1999 Sacks Prize
	Denis Hirschfeldt, Cornell University
	Rene Schipperus, University of Colorado
1998 Sacks Prize
	There was no Prize awarded this year.
1997 Sacks Prize
	Ilijas Farah, University of Toronto
	Tom Scanlon, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley
1996 Sacks Prize
	Byunghan Kim, Fields Institute
	Itay Neeman, Harvard University
1995 Sacks Prize
	Slawomir Solecki, Caltech
1994 Sacks Prize
	Gregory Hjorth, California Institute of Technology