The Stephen Smale Prize is awarded by the Society for the Foundations of Computational Mathematics 'to recognise the work of young mathematicians in the areas at the heart of the society’s interests and to help to promote their integration among the leaders of the scientific community.'
Kaibo's research focuses on the intersection of discrete structures, geometry, and computation, aiming to develop rigorous mathematical foundations for structure-preserving numerical methods. By exploring the discrete counterparts of differential geometry, topology, and homological algebra, he seeks to build computational frameworks that are inherently compatible with the underlying physical and geometric structures of complex systems.
Congratulations to Kaibo who will deliver a plenary lecture at the conference 'Foundations of Computational Mathematics (FoCM 2026)', to be held in Vienna July 8th-18th.