On 27 October 2025, the 10th International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians (ICCM) announced its prestigious award recipients. Professor Zhi-Quan Luo — Vice President of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, founding Director of the Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data, and Executive Director of the Shenzhen Loop Area Institute — was named one of only two ethnic Chinese recipients of the inaugural Hua Prize. Professor Luo is internationally renowned for his impactful research in optimisation, artificial intelligence, signal processing, and wireless communications.

The Hua Prize was established in 2025 to commemorate Professor Loo-keng Hua, hailed as the “Father of Modern Chinese Mathematics” for bringing international acclaim to Chinese mathematics. The prize honours Chinese mathematicians aged 45 and above who have made pioneering contributions across various fields.

This year’s congress featured three major awards: the Hua Prize, the Chern Prize, and the Lin Prize. Additional accolades, including Gold and Silver Medals, the International Cooperation Award, and the ICCM Mathematics Contribution Award, were also presented. The recipients include both internationally established scholars and younger mathematicians who have achieved major breakthroughs on frontier challenges, collectively demonstrating the outstanding calibre and growing global influence of Chinese mathematicians.

About Professor Zhi-Quan Luo

Professor Zhi-Quan Luo is a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Vice-President of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, founding Director of the Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data, and Executive Director of the Shenzhen Loop Area Institute. He received his BSc in Applied Mathematics from Peking University in 1984 and his PhD in Operations Research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1989. He is a Fellow of both SIAM and IEEE, and served as Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing from 2012 to 2014.

Professor Luo is noted for his contributions to transceiver optimisation in wireless communications, optimal robust beamforming design, and dynamic spectrum management. His work has received multiple best paper awards, including from the IEEE Signal Processing Society (2004, 2009, 2011), the International Conference on Communications (2011), EURASIP (2011), and the ICCM (2020). For his outstanding contributions to the field of optimisation, he received the Farkas Prize from the INFORMS Optimization Society in 2010, the Paul Y. Tseng Memorial Lectureship in 2018, the inaugural Wang Xuan Applied Mathematics Prize in 2022, and the Shenzhen Science and Technology Progress Award (First Place) in 2023.

In 2020, to address the formidable challenge of maximising network efficiency, Professor Luo introduced a pioneering data-driven approach that seamlessly integrates statistical network models with artificial intelligence. This methodology has been deployed in over 30 countries, optimising 1.8 million base stations worldwide. His work has enhanced connectivity for a quarter of the global population, significantly reduced operational costs and carbon emissions for telecom operators, and generated substantial economic and social benefits on a global scale.

About ICCM

The International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians (ICCM) was founded in 1998 by the internationally renowned mathematician Professor Shing-Tung Yau. Its mission is to strengthen ties among Chinese mathematicians worldwide, explore recent advances in mathematical science, and promote the development of mathematical research in China and globally.

The ICCM awards selection committees are composed of acclaimed, top-tier scholars from the global mathematics community, ensuring the academic authority and international credibility of the prizes.

The 2025 ICCM Medal of Mathematics Award Committee includes distinguished international scholars such as Fields Medalist Shigefumi Mori of Kyoto University, Professor Sir Simon Donaldson of Imperial College London, Professor Michael Rapoport of the University of Bonn, Professor Ciprian Manolescu of Stanford University, and Professor Gerhard Huisken of the University of Tübingen. The committee adheres to rigorous, internationally recognised academic standards and evaluation procedures to ensure a fair and transparent selection process, honouring work of the highest calibre and scholarly significance.