National Prize for Exact Sciences | |
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For the scientist whose work in the respective field of knowledge makes him worthy of said distinction | |
Sponsored by | Ministry of Education |
Country | Chile |
First awarded | 1992 |
The National Prize for Exact Sciences (Spanish : Premio Nacional de Ciencias Exactas) was created in 1992 as one of the replacements for the National Prize for Sciences under Law 19169. [1] The other two prizes in this same area are for Natural Sciences and Applied Sciences and Technologies.
It is part of the National Prize of Chile.
The jury is made up of the Minister of Education, who calls it, the Rector of the University of Chile, the President of the Chilean Academy of Sciences , a representative of the Council of Rectors, and the last recipient of the prize.
Claudio Bunster Weitzman is a Chilean theoretical physicist. Until 2005 his name was Claudio Teitelboim Weitzman.
Ricardo A. Baeza-Yates is a Chilean-Catalan computer scientist and currently CTO of NTENT, a semantic search company in South California. He is also part-time professor of Northeastern University at the Silicon Valley campus where is director for graduate data science programs. He is also part-time professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona and Universidad de Chile in Santiago. Until February 2016, he was VP of Research for Yahoo! Labs, leading teams in United States, Europe and Latin America.
Carlos Conca is a Chilean applied mathematician, engineer and scientist. He is the first Chilean scientist to be recognized by the French government with a distinction in the field of Exact and Natural Sciences.
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Mario Hamuy is a Chilean Astronomer and Professor of Astronomy at the University of Chile and Cerro Calan Observatory. He is well known for his observational work on all classes of supernovae, especially the use of Type Ia and Type II supernovae as measures of cosmic distance.
María Teresa Ruiz is a Chilean astronomer who was the first woman to receive Chile's National Prize for Exact Sciences. She is also known by the discovery of the brown dwarf named as Kelu-1.
Ricardo Baeza Rodríguez is a Chilean mathematician who works as a professor at the University of Talca. He earned his Ph.D. in 1970 from Saarland University, under the joint supervision of Robert W. Berger and Manfred Knebusch. His research interest is in number theory.
Estela Susana Lizano Soberón is a Mexican astrophysicist and researcher. She has specialized in the theoretical study of star formation.
The National Prize of Chile is the collective name given to a set of awards granted by the government of Chile through the Ministry of Education and, as of 2003, by the National Council of Culture and the Arts. They are presented by the President of the Republic at an official ceremony held at La Moneda Palace.
The National Prize for Education Sciences was created in 1979 and is awarded every two years, in accordance with Law 19169 of 1992. It is part of the National Prize of Chile granted by the Ministry of Education.
The National Prize for Sciences was an award that was part of the National Prize of Chile until 1992. It was created by law 16746, promulgated on 24 January 1968, and published in the Official Journal on 14 February of the same year. This made the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT) an autonomous body with legal personhood.
The National Prize for Natural Sciences was created in 1992 as one of the replacements for the National Prize for Sciences under Law 19169. The other two prizes in this same area are for Exact Sciences and Applied Sciences and Technologies.
The National Prize for Applied and Technological Sciences was created in 1992 as one of the replacements for the National Prize for Sciences under Law 19169. The other two prizes in this same area are for Exact Sciences and Natural Sciences.
The National Prize for Humanities and Social Sciences was created in Chile in 1992 under Law 19169. It is granted "to the humanist, scientist, or academic, who has distinguished himself for his contribution in the field of Human Sciences". The history field has its own National Award.
The National Prize for Performing and Audiovisual Arts was created in Chile in 1992 under Law 19169 as one of the replacements of the National Prize of Art. It is granted "to the person who has distinguished themselves by their achievements in the respective area of the arts". It is part of the National Prize of Chile.
The National Prize for Plastic Arts was created in Chile in 1992 under Law 19169 as one of the replacements of the National Prize of Art. It is granted "to the person who has distinguished himself by his achievements in the respective area of the arts". It is part of the National Prize of Chile.
The National Prize for Musical Arts was created in Chile in 1992 under Law 19169 as one of the replacements of the National Prize of Art. It is granted "to the person who has distinguished himself by his achievements in the respective area of the arts". It is part of the National Prize of Chile.
José María Maza Sancho is a Chilean astronomer and astrophysicist. His work has focused on the study of supernovas, the execution of a search for objects with emission lines, dark energy, and quasars with an objective prism, which led him to be awarded the National Prize for Exact Sciences in 1999.
Dora Altbir is a Chilean Physicist in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology. She was awarded the National Prize for Exact Sciences (Chile) in 2019 for her work in the theoretical study of magnetic nanostructures. She is currently a professor at the University of Santiago, Chile.
María Teresa Lozano Imízcoz is a Spanish emeritus professor and mathematician. She studies topology principally in three dimensions. She has been given an Real Sociedad Matemática Española (RSME) medal for her career and as a trailblazer for women to be involved in mathematical research.