<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><SPAN lang="FR" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21.3333px;"><B>Jozsef Solymosi (University of British Columbia) and Jonathan Taylor (Université de Montréal) recipients of the 2008 André-Aisenstadt Prize</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><SPAN lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR"> </SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><SPAN lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR"><B>MONTREAL, November 16, 2007</B></SPAN><SPAN lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR"> - The recipients of the 2008 André-Aisenstadt Mathematics Prize were recently announced by the director of the Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM), François Lalonde. This year, the competition was harder than ever -- the CRM scientific advisory panel recognized the beauty, the impact and the splendid originality of the results of both recipients.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none">See </P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><A href="http://crm.math.ca/apropos/CRM_ComConsul_an.shtml">http://crm.math.ca/apropos/CRM_ComConsul_an.shtml</A></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none">for the composition of the CRM international committee -- almost all of its members were present at the CRM for the selection of the recipients.</P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-outline-level:1;tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><SPAN lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR">The 2008 Aisenstadt Prizes</SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><SPAN lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR">Concerning the works realised by Jozsef Solymosi (University of British Columbia), each member of the selection committee was struck by the extraordinary efficiency and elegance of his results at the cutting edge of a new field, additive combinatorics (sometimes called arithmetic combinatorics) that combines combinatorics, harmonic analysis, number theory and probability. They appreciated the simplicity and deep insight in each of his works.<SPAN lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR"> </SPAN></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><SPAN lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR">In Jonathan Taylor's work (Université de Montréal), the committee was impressed by the exceptional breath of expertises in probability, geometry and statistics <SPAN lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR">and their impact in so many fields of reseach</SPAN> -- although the committee only took into consideration the mathematical aspects of his works, this was already enough to award the Prize to Taylor with enthusiasm.</SPAN></P><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">For further information: Francois Lalonde, director, CRM, 514 343-7501, </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language:FR"> <A href="mailto:director@CRM.UMontreal.CA">director@CRM.UMontreal.CA</A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML>