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Gautam Kamath's 2016 paper 'Robust Estimators in High Dimensions without the…

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Gautam Kamath announced that his 2016 paper, 'Robust Estimators in High Dimensions without the Computational Intractability,' coauthored with Ilias Diakonikolas, Daniel Kane, Jerry Li, Ankur Moitra and Alistair Stewart, received the 2026 Gödel Prize, recognized as the top honor in theoretical computer science.

Why it matters

Gautam Kamath's 2016 paper 'Robust Estimators in High Dimensions without the Computational Intractability' won the 2026 Gödel Prize.

Key details

  • Coauthors listed: Ilias Diakonikolas, Daniel Kane, Jerry Li, Ankur Moitra, and Alistair Stewart; Kamath calls the Gödel Prize the highest award in theoretical CS.
Source evidence

Congrats @thegautamkamath!!

Gautam Kamath (@thegautamkamath)

Honoured that our 2016 paper, Robust Estimators in High Dimensions without the Computational Intractability, w/ Ilias Diakonikolas, Daniel Kane, Jerry Li, Ankur Moitra, Alistair Stewart, was awarded the 2026 Gödel Prize

This is the highest award for papers in theoretical CS. 1/7

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