2024 Dantzig Prize Citation

The George B. Dantzig prize is awarded for original research, which by its originality, breadth, and scope, is having a major impact on the field of mathematical programming. The 2024 winner is

• Stephen J. Wright from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The George B. Dantzig Prize is awarded to Stephen J. Wright for his fundamental contributions to nonlinear optimization. He pioneered infeasible interior point methods which culminated in his 1997 SIAM monograph on the subject. Moreover, Stephen Wright contributed highly cited, outstanding, and very influential work in a broad range of fields in mathematical optimization, including algorithms for control, nonsmooth optimization with applications to compressed sensing, machine learning, and data science. His comprehensive contributions range from theory, algorithm design and analysis to applications and the development of high-impact software.