The Frontiers of Knowledge Award goes to the four researchers who laid the biological foundations for the treatment revolution in diabetes and obesity
In the Basic Sciences category
The Frontiers of Knowledge Award goes to Avelino Corma, John Hartwig and Helmut Schwarz for their foundational work on the catalysts that are enabling a more efficient, sustainable chemistry
In the Social Sciences category
The Frontiers of Knowledge Award goes to Ajzen, Albarracín, Banaji, Greenwald and Petty for contributions that have revolutionized attitude theory and its practical applications
In the Music and Opera category
The Frontiers of Knowledge Award goes to Toshio Hosokawa for the extraordinary reach of his music, which tends a bridge between the Japanese tradition and contemporary Western aesthetics
In the Economics, Finance and Management category
The Frontiers of Knowledge Award goes to Blanchard, Galí and Woodford in recognition of their profound influence on modern macroeconomics and the design of monetary and fiscal policy rules
In the Information and Communication Technologies category
The Frontiers of Knowledge Award goes to Anil Jain and Michael I. Jordan for core contributions in machine learning that have powered the development of biometrics and artificial intelligence
In the Biology and Biomedicine category
The Frontiers of Knowledge Award goes to the four researchers who laid the biological foundations for the treatment revolution in diabetes and obesity
In the Basic Sciences category
The Frontiers of Knowledge Award goes to Avelino Corma, John Hartwig and Helmut Schwarz for their foundational work on the catalysts that are enabling a more efficient, sustainable chemistry
For foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks
The Nobel Prize in Physics has gone to Geoffrey Hinton, Frontiers of Knowledge laureate in 2016
For studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity
The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences goes to Daron Acemoglu, winner of the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in 2016
For computational protein design and protein structure prediction
Nobel Prize in Chemistry for David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper, winners of the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biology and Biomedicine in 2023
For foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks
The Nobel Prize in Physics has gone to Geoffrey Hinton, Frontiers of Knowledge laureate in 2016
For studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity
The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences goes to Daron Acemoglu, winner of the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in 2016
Professor of Differential Psychology, Autonomous University of Madrid
Catherine E. De Vries
Professor of Political Science and Generali Chair in European Policies, Bocconi University (Italy)
Jorge Fernández del Valle
Professor of Social Psychology, University of Oviedo
José Muñiz
Chancellor, Nebrija University. Professor of Psychometrics, University of Oviedo
Stephen Sireci
Distinguished University Professor and Executive Director of the Center for Educational Assessment, University of Massachusetts Amherst (United States)
Matilde Carlón
Professor of Administrative Law, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). Vice-Rector for Institutional Relations and Advanced Courses, Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP)
Roberto Colom
Professor of Differential Psychology, Autonomous University of Madrid
Catherine E. De Vries
Professor of Political Science and Generali Chair in European Policies, Bocconi University (Italy)
Jorge Fernández del Valle
Professor of Social Psychology, University of Oviedo
José Muñiz
Chancellor, Nebrija University. Professor of Psychometrics, University of Oviedo
Stephen Sireci
Distinguished University Professor and Executive Director of the Center for Educational Assessment, University of Massachusetts Amherst (United States)
Matilde Carlón
Professor of Administrative Law, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). Vice-Rector for Institutional Relations and Advanced Courses, Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP)
Roberto Colom
Professor of Differential Psychology, Autonomous University of Madrid
Catherine E. De Vries
Professor of Political Science and Generali Chair in European Policies, Bocconi University (Italy)
Jorge Fernández del Valle
Professor of Social Psychology, University of Oviedo
José Muñiz
Chancellor, Nebrija University. Professor of Psychometrics, University of Oviedo
Basic Sciences
Theodor W. Hänsch
Emeritus Director of the Division of Laser Spectroscopy at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (Germany) 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics
Aitziber López Cortajarena
Ikerbasque Research Professor, Scientific Director and Biomolecular Nanotechnology Group Leader. CIC biomaGUNE, Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials. Spain
Hongkun Park
Mark Hyman Jr. Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics at Harvard University (United States)
Martin Quack
Professor and Head of Molecular Kinetics and Spectroscopy Group, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry at ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
Sandip Tiwari
Charles N. Mellowes Professor of Engineering at Cornell University (United States) and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (India)
Emmanuel Candès
Barnum-Simons Professor in Mathematics and Statistics of the Departments of Mathematics and Statistics at Stanford University (United States)
María José García Borge
Research Professor. Institute of the Structure of Matter (IEM), CSIC. Spain
Nigel Hitchin
Emeritus Savilian Professor of Geometry in the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Theodor W. Hänsch
Emeritus Director of the Division of Laser Spectroscopy at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (Germany) 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics
Aitziber López Cortajarena
Ikerbasque Research Professor, Scientific Director and Biomolecular Nanotechnology Group Leader. CIC biomaGUNE, Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials. Spain
Hongkun Park
Mark Hyman Jr. Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics at Harvard University (United States)
Martin Quack
Professor and Head of Molecular Kinetics and Spectroscopy Group, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry at ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
Sandip Tiwari
Charles N. Mellowes Professor of Engineering at Cornell University (United States) and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (India)
Emmanuel Candès
Barnum-Simons Professor in Mathematics and Statistics of the Departments of Mathematics and Statistics at Stanford University (United States)
María José García Borge
Research Professor. Institute of the Structure of Matter (IEM), CSIC. Spain
Nigel Hitchin
Emeritus Savilian Professor of Geometry in the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Theodor W. Hänsch
Emeritus Director of the Division of Laser Spectroscopy at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (Germany) 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics
Aitziber López Cortajarena
Ikerbasque Research Professor, Scientific Director and Biomolecular Nanotechnology Group Leader. CIC biomaGUNE, Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials. Spain
Biology and Biomedicine
Robin Lovell-Badge, CBE
Principal Group Leader and Head of the Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Developmental Genetics at the Francis Crick Institute (United Kingdom)
Óscar Marín
Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the Centre for Developmental Neurobiology at the King’s College London (United Kingdom)
Ursula Ravens
Professor Emerita in the Carl Gustav Carus School of Medicine at the Technical University of Dresden (Germany)
Ali Shilatifard
Robert Francis Furchgott Professor of Biochemistry and Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (United States)
Bruce Whitelaw
Director of the Roslin Institute at University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
Dario Alessi
Director of the MCR Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit in the College of Life Sciences at Dundee University (United Kingdom)
María José Alonso Fernández
Professor of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology. University of Santiago de Compostela. Spain
Lélia Delamarre
Director and Distinguished Scientist, Department of Cancer Immunology, Genentech (United States)
Robin Lovell-Badge, CBE
Principal Group Leader and Head of the Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Developmental Genetics at the Francis Crick Institute (United Kingdom)
Óscar Marín
Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the Centre for Developmental Neurobiology at the King’s College London (United Kingdom)
Ursula Ravens
Professor Emerita in the Carl Gustav Carus School of Medicine at the Technical University of Dresden (Germany)
Ali Shilatifard
Robert Francis Furchgott Professor of Biochemistry and Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (United States)
Bruce Whitelaw
Director of the Roslin Institute at University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
Dario Alessi
Director of the MCR Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit in the College of Life Sciences at Dundee University (United Kingdom)
María José Alonso Fernández
Professor of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology. University of Santiago de Compostela. Spain
Lélia Delamarre
Director and Distinguished Scientist, Department of Cancer Immunology, Genentech (United States)
Robin Lovell-Badge, CBE
Principal Group Leader and Head of the Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Developmental Genetics at the Francis Crick Institute (United Kingdom)
Óscar Marín
Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the Centre for Developmental Neurobiology at the King’s College London (United Kingdom)
Information and Communication Technologies
Mario Piattini
Professor of Computer Languages and Systems at the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)
Daniela Rus
Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. United States
Bernhard Schölkopf
Scientific Director of the ELLIS Institute Tübingen and Director of the Empirical Inference Department at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems. Germany
Alicia Troncoso
President of the Asociación Española para la Inteligencia Artificial. Professor and Head of the Data Science and Big Data Lab at Pablo de Olavide University. Spain
Joos Vandewalle
Honorary President of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (Belgium)
Ron Ho
Corporate Vice President, R&D Hardware. Lattice Semiconductor. United States
Oussama Khatib
Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Robotics Laboratory at Stanford University (United States)
Rudolf Kruse
Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Magdeburg (Germany)
Mario Piattini
Professor of Computer Languages and Systems at the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)
Daniela Rus
Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. United States
Bernhard Schölkopf
Scientific Director of the ELLIS Institute Tübingen and Director of the Empirical Inference Department at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems. Germany
Alicia Troncoso
President of the Asociación Española para la Inteligencia Artificial. Professor and Head of the Data Science and Big Data Lab at Pablo de Olavide University. Spain
Joos Vandewalle
Honorary President of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (Belgium)
Ron Ho
Corporate Vice President, R&D Hardware. Lattice Semiconductor. United States
Oussama Khatib
Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Robotics Laboratory at Stanford University (United States)
Rudolf Kruse
Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Magdeburg (Germany)
Mario Piattini
Professor of Computer Languages and Systems at the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)
Daniela Rus
Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. United States
Economics, Finance and Management
Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg
Elihu Professor of Economics and Global Affairs at Yale University (United States)
Andreu Mas-Colell
Professor Emeritus of Economics at Pompeu Fabra University and Barcelona School of Economics (Spain)
Eric S. Maskin
Adams University Professor at Harvard University (United States) 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics
Lucrezia Reichlin
Professor of Economics at the London Business School (United Kingdom)
Fabrizio Zilibotti
Tuntex Professor of International and Development Economics at Yale University (United States)
Manuel Arellano
Professor of Economics in the Center for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI) of Banco de España (Spain)
Sir Richard Blundell
David Ricardo Professor of Political Economy at University College London (United Kingdom). Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Economics, Finance and Management in its 7th edition.
Antonio Ciccone
Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Mannheim (Germany)
Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg
Elihu Professor of Economics and Global Affairs at Yale University (United States)
Andreu Mas-Colell
Professor Emeritus of Economics at Pompeu Fabra University and Barcelona School of Economics (Spain)
Eric S. Maskin
Adams University Professor at Harvard University (United States) 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics
Lucrezia Reichlin
Professor of Economics at the London Business School (United Kingdom)
Fabrizio Zilibotti
Tuntex Professor of International and Development Economics at Yale University (United States)
Manuel Arellano
Professor of Economics in the Center for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI) of Banco de España (Spain)
Sir Richard Blundell
David Ricardo Professor of Political Economy at University College London (United Kingdom). Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Economics, Finance and Management in its 7th edition.
Antonio Ciccone
Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Mannheim (Germany)
Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg
Elihu Professor of Economics and Global Affairs at Yale University (United States)
Andreu Mas-Colell
Professor Emeritus of Economics at Pompeu Fabra University and Barcelona School of Economics (Spain)
Music and Opera
Raquel García-Tomás
Composer (Spain)
Pedro Halffter Caro
Conductor and composer. Member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Santa Isabel de Hungría. Seville. (Spain)
Joan Matabosch
Artistic Director. Teatro Real (Spain)
Gabriela Ortiz Torres
Composer and Professor of Composition at the National Autonomous University of Mexico
Fabián Panisello
Artistic Director. PluralEnsemble (Spain)
Mauro Bucarelli
Artistic Coordinator of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome (Italy)
Silvia Colasanti
Composer (Italy)
Víctor García de Gomar
Artistic Director of the Gran Teatre del Liceu (Spain)
Raquel García-Tomás
Composer (Spain)
Pedro Halffter Caro
Conductor and composer. Member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Santa Isabel de Hungría. Seville. (Spain)
Joan Matabosch
Artistic Director. Teatro Real (Spain)
Gabriela Ortiz Torres
Composer and Professor of Composition at the National Autonomous University of Mexico
Fabián Panisello
Artistic Director. PluralEnsemble (Spain)
Mauro Bucarelli
Artistic Coordinator of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome (Italy)
Silvia Colasanti
Composer (Italy)
Víctor García de Gomar
Artistic Director of the Gran Teatre del Liceu (Spain)
Raquel García-Tomás
Composer (Spain)
Pedro Halffter Caro
Conductor and composer. Member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Santa Isabel de Hungría. Seville. (Spain)