{"id":9547,"date":"2026-02-06T21:16:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T03:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottaaronson.blog\/?p=9547"},"modified":"2026-02-06T21:17:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T03:17:56","slug":"luca-trevisan-award-for-expository-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottaaronson.blog\/?p=9547","title":{"rendered":"Luca Trevisan Award for Expository Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friend-of-the-blog Salil Vadhan has asked me to share the following.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottaaronson.com\/luca.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sigact.org\/prizes\/trevisan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trevisan\u00a0Award for Expository Work<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is a new SIGACT award\u00a0created in memory of Luca Trevisan (1971-2024), with a nomination deadline of\u00a0<strong>April 10, 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The award is intended to promote and recognize high-impact work expositing ideas and results from the Theory of Computation. The exposition can have various target audiences, e.g. people in this field, people in adjacent or remote academic fields, as well as the general public. The form of exposition can vary, and can include books, surveys, lectures, course materials, video, audio (e.g. podcasts), blogs and other media products. The award may be given to a single piece of work or a series produced over time. The award may be given to an individual, or a small group who together produced this expository work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The awardee will receive USD$2000 (to be divided among the awardees if multiple), as well as travel support if needed to attend STOC, where the award will be presented. STOC&#8217;2026 is June 22-26 in Salt Lake City, Utah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The endowment for this prize was initiated by a gift from Avi Wigderson, drawing on his Turing Award, and has been subsequently augmented by other individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more details <a href=\"https:\/\/sigact.org\/prizes\/trevisan.html\">see here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friend-of-the-blog Salil Vadhan has asked me to share the following. The\u00a0Trevisan\u00a0Award for Expository Work\u00a0is a new SIGACT award\u00a0created in memory of Luca Trevisan (1971-2024), with a nomination deadline of\u00a0April 10, 2026. The award is intended to promote and recognize high-impact work expositing ideas and results from the Theory of Computation. 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