# [[👤Terence Tao]] - [[Artificial Intelligence]] - [[👤Terence Tao]] *** Here's an introduction for Terence Tao: Terence Chi-Shen Tao is a mathematical prodigy turned groundbreaking researcher who has made extraordinary contributions across multiple areas of mathematics. Born on July 17, 1975, in Adelaide, Australia, to Chinese immigrant parents, Tao displayed exceptional mathematical abilities from a very young age. Tao's journey in mathematics began early - he was teaching arithmetic to a 5-year-old at age 2 and had mastered university-level calculus by age 9. At just 13, he became the youngest winner of the International Mathematical Olympiad. His academic career progressed rapidly, earning his bachelor's and master's degrees from Flinders University before completing his Ph.D. at Princeton University by age 21. Now a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he holds the James and Carol Collins Chair, Tao is widely regarded as one of the greatest living mathematicians. His research spans an incredibly broad range of topics, including harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, combinatorics, and number theory. Tao's contributions have earned him numerous prestigious awards, most notably the Fields Medal in 2006 at the age of 31, often described as the "Nobel Prize of Mathematics." He has also received the MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship, the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics, and the Royal Medal, among many others. Known for his collaborative approach and ability to bridge different mathematical disciplines, Tao has authored or co-authored over 350 research papers. He maintains an active research blog and is known for his efforts to make mathematics more accessible to a wider audience. Terence Tao's combination of extraordinary talent, breadth of knowledge, and prolific output has led him to be nicknamed the "Mozart of Mathematics," reflecting his status as a true virtuoso in the field. Citations: [1] https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-cn/%E9%99%B6%E5%93%B2%E8%BD%A9 [2] https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Tao/ [3] https://www.math.ucla.edu/~tao/preprints/cv.html [4] https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Tao [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Tao [6] https://www.carnegie.org/awards/honoree/terence-tao/ [7] https://www.britannica.com/biography/Terence-Tao