The Eurasian Association on Inverse Problems (EAIP)
Introducing The 2020 EAIP Award Winners

Jan Boman
On Behalf of the EAIP Award Committee Members:

Alemdar Hasanov Hasanoglu, Bernd Hofmann,
Vladimir G. Romanov, Gen Nakamura, Andreas Neubauer
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Former EAIP Awardees

Former EAIP Awardees

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The 2014 EAIP Award Winners:
Bernd Hofmann, Germany
Vladimir Vasin, Russian Federation

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Former EAIP Awardees

Former EAIP Awardees

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The 2014 EAIP Award Winners:
Bernd Hofmann, Germany
Vladimir Vasin, Russian Federation22016 EAIP Awardees:
Jan Boman, Sweden
Segrey I. Kabanikhin, Russian Federation

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Former EAIP Awardees

Former EAIP Awardees

1

The 2014 EAIP Award Winners:
Bernd Hofmann, Germany
Vladimir Vasin, Russian Federation22016 EAIP Awardees:
Jan Boman, Sweden
Segrey I. Kabanikhin, Russian Federation3

2018 EAIP Awardees:
Vladimir G. Romanov, Russian Federation
Otmar Scherzer, Austria

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The 2020 EAIP Award Winners

2020 EAIP Award Recipients

Andreas Kirsch

Roman Novikov

Masahiro Yamamoto

Germany

FranceJapan

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Introducing The 2020 EAIP Award Winners

Distinguished Contributions of Andreas Kirsch. I
1

Prof. Andreas Kirsch has enormous contributions to inverse scattering problem in many
aspects. Among those the linear sampling method (LSM) and the factorization method
are the most famous ones.

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Introducing The 2020 EAIP Award Winners

Distinguished Contributions of Andreas Kirsch. I
1

Prof. Andreas Kirsch has enormous contributions to inverse scattering problem in many
aspects. Among those the linear sampling method (LSM) and the factorization method
are the most famous ones.

2

Together with Prof. David Colton he started the LSM. This method is the oldest andmost developed non-iterative reconstruction method in inverse scattering theory to
identify the shape of a scatterer, and has has also been familiar in the engineeringcommunity.

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Introducing The 2020 EAIP Award Winners

Distinguished Contributions of Andreas Kirsch. I
1

Prof. Andreas Kirsch has enormous contributions to inverse scattering problem in many
aspects. Among those the linear sampling method (LSM) and the factorization method
are the most famous ones.

2

Together with Prof. David Colton he started the LSM. This method is the oldest andmost developed non-iterative reconstruction method in inverse scattering theory to
identify the shape of a scatterer, and has has also been familiar in the engineeringcommunity.

3

In order to completely validate this method mathematically, he developed moresophisticated method, the factorization method.

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Introducing The 2020 EAIP Award Winners

Distinguished Contributions of Andreas Kirsch. I
1

Prof. Andreas Kirsch has enormous contributions to inverse scattering problem in many
aspects. Among those the linear sampling method (LSM) and the factorization method
are the most famous ones.

2

Together with Prof. David Colton he started the LSM. This method is the oldest andmost developed non-iterative reconstruction method in inverse scattering theory to
identify the shape of a scatterer, and has has also been familiar in the engineeringcommunity.

3

In order to completely validate this method mathematically, he developed moresophisticated method, the factorization method.

4This new method gave a strong impact to so many mathematicians and lead them toapply it to many equations in different setups and study its further generalization in many
ways in the past 20 years.

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Introducing The 2020 EAIP Award Winners

Distinguished Contributions of Andreas Kirsch. I
1

Prof. Andreas Kirsch has enormous contributions to inverse scattering problem in many
aspects. Among those the linear sampling method (LSM) and the factorization method
are the most famous ones.

2

Together with Prof. David Colton he started the LSM. This method is the oldest andmost developed non-iterative reconstruction method in inverse scattering theory to
identify the shape of a scatterer, and has has also been familiar in the engineeringcommunity.

3

In order to completely validate this method mathematically, he developed moresophisticated method, the factorization method.

4This new method gave a strong impact to so many mathematicians and lead them toapply it to many equations in different setups and study its further generalization in many
ways in the past 20 years.

5

His book entitled An Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of Inverse Problems,(Springer 1996; 2nd edition 2011), became a standard work for introducing readers to theinverse problems.
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Introducing The 2020 EAIP Award Winners

Distinguished Contributions of Andreas Kirsch. II

1

As a university professor and teacher at the Department of Mathematics of the Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Prof. Andreas Kirsch inspired many young scientists for this field
and for mathematics in general.

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Introducing The 2020 EAIP Award Winners

Distinguished Contributions of Andreas Kirsch. II

1

As a university professor and teacher at the Department of Mathematics of the Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Prof. Andreas Kirsch inspired many young scientists for this field
and for mathematics in general.

2

He has a special reputation in the inverse problems community.

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Introducing The 2020 EAIP Award Winners

Distinguished Contributions of Andreas Kirsch. II

1

As a university professor and teacher at the Department of Mathematics of the Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Prof. Andreas Kirsch inspired many young scientists for this field
and for mathematics in general.

2

He has a special reputation in the inverse problems community.

3

His strong affinity to international cooperation is especially to be emphasized.

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Introducing The 2020 EAIP Award Winners

Distinguished Contributions of Andreas Kirsch. II

1

As a university professor and teacher at the Department of Mathematics of the Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Prof. Andreas Kirsch inspired many young scientists for this field
and for mathematics in general.

2

He has a special reputation in the inverse problems community.

3

His strong affinity to international cooperation is especially to be emphasized.

4

He coauthored a series of works with colleagues from different countries of Europe andAsia.

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Introducing The 2020 EAIP Award Winners

Distinguished Contributions of Andreas Kirsch. II

1

As a university professor and teacher at the Department of Mathematics of the Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Prof. Andreas Kirsch inspired many young scientists for this field
and for mathematics in general.

2

He has a special reputation in the inverse problems community.

3

His strong affinity to international cooperation is especially to be emphasized.

4

He coauthored a series of works with colleagues from different countries of Europe and
Asia.

5

Moreover, he provided a comprehensive service for the international inverse problems
community in various fields of activity.

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Introducing The 2020 EAIP Award Winners

Distinguished Contributions of Andreas Kirsch. II

1

As a university professor and teacher at the Department of Mathematics of the Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Prof. Andreas Kirsch inspired many young scientists for this field
and for mathematics in general.

2

He has a special reputation in the inverse problems community.

3

His strong affinity to international cooperation is especially to be emphasized.

4

He coauthored a series of works with colleagues from different countries of Europe and
Asia.

5

Moreover, he provided a comprehensive service for the international inverse problems
community in various fields of activity.

6

The EAIP Award Committee has concluded that Prof. Andreas Kirsch deserves The
Award of The Eurasian Association on Inverse Problems.

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Distinguished Contributions of Roman Novikov. I
1

In 1954 at the International Congress of Mathematicians held at Amsterdam,
I.M.Gel’fand has formulated the following inverse problem for the Schrödinger equation−∆ψ + V (x ) · ψ = k 2 ψ, x ∈ Ω ⊂ R3 , where Ω is a bounded domain.

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Distinguished Contributions of Roman Novikov. I
1

2

In 1954 at the International Congress of Mathematicians held at Amsterdam,
I.M.Gel’fand has formulated the following inverse problem for the Schrödinger equation−∆ψ + V (x ) · ψ = k 2 ψ, x ∈ Ω ⊂ R3 , where Ω is a bounded domain.
Can the potential V (x ) be determined by the operator R(k), which is defined by Gelfand
as the operator which ”establishes a relationship between the function ψ(x ) and its
normal derivative ∂ψ/∂ν on the surface ∂Ω”, and if yes, how?

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Distinguished Contributions of Roman Novikov. I
1

2

3

In 1954 at the International Congress of Mathematicians held at Amsterdam,
I.M.Gel’fand has formulated the following inverse problem for the Schrödinger equation−∆ψ + V (x ) · ψ = k 2 ψ, x ∈ Ω ⊂ R3 , where Ω is a bounded domain.
Can the potential V (x ) be determined by the operator R(k), which is defined by Gelfand
as the operator which ”establishes a relationship between the function ψ(x ) and its
normal derivative ∂ψ/∂ν on the surface ∂Ω”, and if yes, how?
See [I.M.Gel’fand, Some Problems of Functional Analysis and Algebra, Proceedings of theInternational Congress of Mathematicians, Amsterdam, Volume I, pp. 253-276 (1954)]

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Distinguished Contributions of Roman Novikov. I
1

2

3

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In 1954 at the International Congress of Mathematicians held at Amsterdam,
I.M.Gel’fand has formulated the following inverse problem for the Schrödinger equation−∆ψ + V (x ) · ψ = k 2 ψ, x ∈ Ω ⊂ R3 , where Ω is a bounded domain.
Can the potential V (x ) be determined by the operator R(k), which is defined by Gelfand
as the operator which ”establishes a relationship between the function ψ(x ) and its
normal derivative ∂ψ/∂ν on the surface ∂Ω”, and if yes, how?
See [I.M.Gel’fand, Some Problems of Functional Analysis and Algebra, Proceedings of theInternational Congress of Mathematicians, Amsterdam, Volume I, pp. 253-276 (1954)]
This work opened a new research field in inverse problems, namely, determination of an
unknown coefficient from the Dirichlet-to-Neumann operator.

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Distinguished Contributions of Roman Novikov. I
1

2

3

4

5

In 1954 at the International Congress of Mathematicians held at Amsterdam,
I.M.Gel’fand has formulated the following inverse problem for the Schrödinger equation−∆ψ + V (x ) · ψ = k 2 ψ, x ∈ Ω ⊂ R3 , where Ω is a bounded domain.
Can the potential V (x ) be determined by the operator R(k), which is defined by Gelfand
as the operator which ”establishes a relationship between the function ψ(x ) and its
normal derivative ∂ψ/∂ν on the surface ∂Ω”, and if yes, how?
See [I.M.Gel’fand, Some Problems of Functional Analysis and Algebra, Proceedings of theInternational Congress of Mathematicians, Amsterdam, Volume I, pp. 253-276 (1954)]
This work opened a new research field in inverse problems, namely, determination of an
unknown coefficient from the Dirichlet-to-Neumann operator.
After 33 years, the Gelfand’s problem in its original formulation has been solved by R.G.
Novikov in [R.G. Novikov, G.M. Khenkin, The ∂-equation in the multidimensional inverse
scattering problem, Uspehki Mat. Nauk, 42:3 (1987), 93-152],

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Distinguished Contributions of Roman Novikov. I
1

2

3

4

5

6

In 1954 at the International Congress of Mathematicians held at Amsterdam,
I.M.Gel’fand has formulated the following inverse problem for the Schrödinger equation−∆ψ + V (x ) · ψ = k 2 ψ, x ∈ Ω ⊂ R3 , where Ω is a bounded domain.
Can the potential V (x ) be determined by the operator R(k), which is defined by Gelfand
as the operator which ”establishes a relationship between the function ψ(x ) and its
normal derivative ∂ψ/∂ν on the surface ∂Ω”, and if yes, how?
See [I.M.Gel’fand, Some Problems of Functional Analysis and Algebra, Proceedings of theInternational Congress of Mathematicians, Amsterdam, Volume I, pp. 253-276 (1954)]
This work opened a new research field in inverse problems, namely, determination of an
unknown coefficient from the Dirichlet-to-Neumann operator.
After 33 years, the Gelfand’s problem in its original formulation has been solved by R.G.
Novikov in [R.G. Novikov, G.M. Khenkin, The ∂-equation in the multidimensional inverse
scattering problem, Uspehki Mat. Nauk, 42:3 (1987), 93-152],
when he was a first year PhD student at the Moscow State University, beeing only 22
years old.
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Distinguished Contributions of Roman Novikov. II
1

In today’s terminology, Prof. Roman Novikov has first solved one of the fundamental
problems of inverse problems theory, namely the problem of invertibility of the
Dirichlet-to-Neumann operator corresponding to inverse coefficient problem for the
Schrödinger equation.

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Introducing The 2020 EAIP Award Winners

Distinguished Contributions of Roman Novikov. II
1

In today’s terminology, Prof. Roman Novikov has first solved one of the fundamental
problems of inverse problems theory, namely the problem of invertibility of the
Dirichlet-to-Neumann operator corresponding to inverse coefficient problem for the
Schrödinger equation.

2

The ”Novikov inversion formula”, proposed exactly 20 years ago has become now a classic.

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Introducing The 2020 EAIP Award Winners

Distinguished Contributions of Roman Novikov. II
1

In today’s terminology, Prof. Roman Novikov has first solved one of the fundamental
problems of inverse problems theory, namely the problem of invertibility of the
Dirichlet-to-Neumann operator corresponding to inverse coefficient problem for the
Schrödinger equation.

2

The ”Novikov inversion formula”, proposed exactly 20 years ago has become now a classic.

3

As a university professor and Project Director at the Center for Applied Mathematics ofEcole Polytechnique, he inspired many young scientists from Europe and Asia.

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Introducing The 2020 EAIP Award Winners

Distinguished Contributions of Roman Novikov. II
1

In today’s terminology, Prof. Roman Novikov has first solved one of the fundamental
problems of inverse problems theory, namely the problem of invertibility of the
Dirichlet-to-Neumann operator corresponding to inverse coefficient problem for the
Schrödinger equation.

2

The ”Novikov inversion formula”, proposed exactly 20 years ago has become now a classic.

3

As a university professor and Project Director at the Center for Applied Mathematics ofEcole Polytechnique, he inspired many young scientists from Europe and Asia.

4

Prof. Roman Novikov has distinguished students with high scientific level and impact.
Some of them were awarded by the EAIP Young Scientist Award.

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Introducing The 2020 EAIP Award Winners

Distinguished Contributions of Roman Novikov. II
1

In today’s terminology, Prof. Roman Novikov has first solved one of the fundamental
problems of inverse problems theory, namely the problem of invertibility of the
Dirichlet-to-Neumann operator corresponding to inverse coefficient problem for the
Schrödinger equation.

2

The ”Novikov inversion formula”, proposed exactly 20 years ago has become now a classic.

3

As a university professor and Project Director at the Center for Applied Mathematics ofEcole Polytechnique, he inspired many young scientists from Europe and Asia.

4

Prof. Roman Novikov has distinguished students with high scientific level and impact.
Some of them were awarded by the EAIP Young Scientist Award.

5

For many years, he has made important contributions to international meetings on inverse
problems. He is one of the prominent members of the inverse problems community.

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Introducing The 2020 EAIP Award Winners

Distinguished Contributions of Roman Novikov. II
1

In today’s terminology, Prof. Roman Novikov has first solved one of the fundamental
problems of inverse problems theory, namely the problem of invertibility of the
Dirichlet-to-Neumann operator corresponding to inverse coefficient problem for the
Schrödinger equation.

2

The ”Novikov inversion formula”, proposed exactly 20 years ago has become now a classic.

3

As a university professor and Project Director at the Center for Applied Mathematics ofEcole Polytechnique, he inspired many young scientists from Europe and Asia.

4

Prof. Roman Novikov has distinguished students with high scientific level and impact.
Some of them were awarded by the EAIP Young Scientist Award.

5

For many years, he has made important contributions to international meetings on inverse
problems. He is one of the prominent members of the inverse problems community.

6

The EAIP Award Committee has concluded that Prof. Roman Novikov deserves The
Award of The Eurasian Association on Inverse Problems.
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Distinguished Contributions of Masahiro Yamamoto. I
1

Prof. Masahiro Yamamoto has contributed a lot to many areas of inverse problems, in thepast 30 years.

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Distinguished Contributions of Masahiro Yamamoto. I
1

Prof. Masahiro Yamamoto has contributed a lot to many areas of inverse problems, in thepast 30 years.

2

In different kinds of inverse problems, one can see the original approach inherent inProfessor Yamamoto.

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Distinguished Contributions of Masahiro Yamamoto. I
1

Prof. Masahiro Yamamoto has contributed a lot to many areas of inverse problems, in thepast 30 years.

2

In different kinds of inverse problems, one can see the original approach inherent inProfessor Yamamoto.

3

In the most well-known data base mathscinet in mathematics, the total number of his
publications is over 325 and the total number of citations is over 4400, which is really
incredible.

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Distinguished Contributions of Masahiro Yamamoto. I
1

Prof. Masahiro Yamamoto has contributed a lot to many areas of inverse problems, in thepast 30 years.

2

In different kinds of inverse problems, one can see the original approach inherent inProfessor Yamamoto.

3

In the most well-known data base mathscinet in mathematics, the total number of his
publications is over 325 and the total number of citations is over 4400, which is really
incredible.

4

Among them, Prof. Yamamoto achieved significant results, especially with regard to thefollowing three classes of problems.

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Introducing The 2020 EAIP Award Winners

Distinguished Contributions of Masahiro Yamamoto. I
1

Prof. Masahiro Yamamoto has contributed a lot to many areas of inverse problems, in thepast 30 years.

2

In different kinds of inverse problems, one can see the original approach inherent inProfessor Yamamoto.

3

In the most well-known data base mathscinet in mathematics, the total number of his
publications is over 325 and the total number of citations is over 4400, which is really
incredible.

4

Among them, Prof. Yamamoto achieved significant results, especially with regard to thefollowing three classes of problems.

5

Application of Carleman estimates showing the uniqueness and stability for the inverse
boundary value problems.

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Introducing The 2020 EAIP Award Winners

Distinguished Contributions of Masahiro Yamamoto. I
1

Prof. Masahiro Yamamoto has contributed a lot to many areas of inverse problems, in thepast 30 years.

2

In different kinds of inverse problems, one can see the original approach inherent inProfessor Yamamoto.

3

In the most well-known data base mathscinet in mathematics, the total number of his
publications is over 325 and the total number of citations is over 4400, which is really
incredible.

4

Among them, Prof. Yamamoto achieved significant results, especially with regard to thefollowing three classes of problems.

5

Application of Carleman estimates showing the uniqueness and stability for the inverse
boundary value problems.

6

Triggered and developed the study of inverse problems for diffusion equation with time
fractional derivatives.

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Introducing The 2020 EAIP Award Winners

Distinguished Contributions of Masahiro Yamamoto. I
1

Prof. Masahiro Yamamoto has contributed a lot to many areas of inverse problems, in thepast 30 years.

2

In different kinds of inverse problems, one can see the original approach inherent inProfessor Yamamoto.

3

In the most well-known data base mathscinet in mathematics, the total number of his
publications is over 325 and the total number of citations is over 4400, which is really
incredible.

4

Among them, Prof. Yamamoto achieved significant results, especially with regard to thefollowing three classes of problems.

5

Application of Carleman estimates showing the uniqueness and stability for the inverse
boundary value problems.

6

Triggered and developed the study of inverse problems for diffusion equation with time
fractional derivatives.

7

Several successful studies on industrial inverse problems.
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Distinguished Contributions of Masahiro Yamamoto. II
1As a university professor and teacher at the Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences of
The University of Tokyo he motivated many young scientists to study appliedmathematics and in particular inverse problems.

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Distinguished Contributions of Masahiro Yamamoto. II
1As a university professor and teacher at the Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences of
The University of Tokyo he motivated many young scientists to study appliedmathematics and in particular inverse problems.

2

Prof. Masahiro Yamamoto is one of the most traveling colleagues in the international
inverse problems community. In this context and as an associate and guest editor of acouple of renowned international journals, he did much for the cooperation between Asia
and Europe.

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Introducing The 2020 EAIP Award Winners

Distinguished Contributions of Masahiro Yamamoto. II
1As a university professor and teacher at the Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences of
The University of Tokyo he motivated many young scientists to study appliedmathematics and in particular inverse problems.

2

Prof. Masahiro Yamamoto is one of the most traveling colleagues in the international
inverse problems community. In this context and as an associate and guest editor of acouple of renowned international journals, he did much for the cooperation between Asia
and Europe.

3

He also succeeded in establishing a large group for this study in China by educating many
European and Chinese Ph.D. students at the University of Tokyo.

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Introducing The 2020 EAIP Award Winners

Distinguished Contributions of Masahiro Yamamoto. II
1As a university professor and teacher at the Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences of
The University of Tokyo he motivated many young scientists to study appliedmathematics and in particular inverse problems.

2

Prof. Masahiro Yamamoto is one of the most traveling colleagues in the international
inverse problems community. In this context and as an associate and guest editor of acouple of renowned international journals, he did much for the cooperation between Asia
and Europe.

3

He also succeeded in establishing a large group for this study in China by educating many
European and Chinese Ph.D. students at the University of Tokyo.

4

The outcomes of these achievements are really nice giving good evidences howmathematics can be effective in solving some practical inverse problems

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Introducing The 2020 EAIP Award Winners

Distinguished Contributions of Masahiro Yamamoto. II
1As a university professor and teacher at the Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences of
The University of Tokyo he motivated many young scientists to study appliedmathematics and in particular inverse problems.

2

Prof. Masahiro Yamamoto is one of the most traveling colleagues in the international
inverse problems community. In this context and as an associate and guest editor of acouple of renowned international journals, he did much for the cooperation between Asia
and Europe.

3

He also succeeded in establishing a large group for this study in China by educating many
European and Chinese Ph.D. students at the University of Tokyo.

4

The outcomes of these achievements are really nice giving good evidences howmathematics can be effective in solving some practical inverse problems

5

The EAIP Award Committee has concluded that Prof. Masahiro Yamamoto deserves The
Award of The Eurasian Association on Inverse Problems.

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