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IWe are pleased to announce that the 2009 Itô prize will be awarded to Marc Wouts, for the article "A coarse graining for the Fortuin-Kasteleyn measure in random media", Stochastic Processes and their Applications 118, 1929-1972 (2008).
The prize honors the memory and celebrates the legacy of Professor Kiyosi Itô and his fundamental contributions to probability theory. It is awarded bi-annually by the Editorial Board of the journal.
The winning article was selected by the Editorial Board (2006-2009) of the journal. The prize will be presented at the 2009 SPA Conference, Berlin, Germany, and consists of a monetary award of $5000.
Maria Eulalia Vares, Past Editor of SPA, 2006-2009
Thomas Mikosch, Editor of SPA
On November 10, 2008, Professor Kiyosi Itô, one of the giants on the field of probability for the twentieth century, passed away. Soon after receiving this sad news, the editorial board of the journal Stochastic Processes and their Applications decided to publish a special volume, as a tribute to Professor Itô’s achievements. The volume is under preparation with the participation of Professor Marc Yor as Guest Editor. This project, one among several others in the mathematical community, plans to celebrate Itô’s works and to present original aspects of this Itô era, and its ongoing developments.
Maria Eulalia Vares, Past Editor of SPA, 2006-2009