The Adrien Pouliot Award is presented annually by the Canadian Mathematical Society

Canadian Mathematical Society

The Canadian Mathematical Society is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and education in Canada.It was originally conceived in June 1945 as the Canadian Mathematical Congress...

. The award is presented to individuals or teams in recognition of significant contributions to mathematics

Mathematics

Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...

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Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. The inaugural award was presented in 1995. Persons and teams that are nominated for the award will have their applications considered for a period of three years. The award in named in honor of Canadian mathematician Adrien Pouliot

Adrien Pouliot

Adrien Pouliot, CC was a Canadian mathematician and educator.Born in Île d'Orléans, Quebec, he obtained a B.A. in applied sciences from the École Polytechnique de Montréal in 1919. He helped to create the department of mathematics at Université Laval where he began teaching in 1922...

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Recipients of the Adrien Pouliot Award

• 2009 Walter Whiteley
• 2008 J. Harley Weston
• 2007 Richard Nowakowski
• 2006 Peter Taylor
• 2005 Katherine Heinrich
• 2004 Jean-Marie De Koninck
  Jean-Marie De Koninck
  Jean-Marie De Koninck, CM, CQ is a Quebec mathematician. He has served as a professor at Université Laval since 1972 and is the creator of the road safety program Opération Nez Rouge,or "Red Nose Operation", a system preventing people from drinking and driving.- Biography :He is the son of the...
  
  
• 2003 Andy Liu
• 2002 Not Awarded
• 2001 George Bluman
• 2000 Bernard Courteau
• 1999 Eric Muller
• 1998 Bernard R. Hodgson
• 1997 Ronald Scoins
• 1997 Ronald Dunkley
• 1997 Donald Attridge
• 1997 Ed Anderson
• 1996 Bruce Shawyer
• 1995 Edward J. Barbeau

External links

• Canadian Mathematical Society