为表彰大卫・曼福德 (David Mumfords) 对数学, 与对二类新兴学科的贡献: 图案学与视觉学; 和为表彰吴文俊 (Wentsun Wu) 对一新兴学科的贡献: 数学的机器证明法。
大卫・曼福德和吴文俊二教授早年都是研究纯数学的学者，后来都转而研究计算科学。
曼福德研究视觉的计算机制，吴则研究几何命题之计算机证明。他们在此二领域都做出了开创性的重大贡献，为后学者指出了新的道路。
David Mumford and Wentsun Wu both started their careers in pure mathematics (algebraic geometry and topology respectively) but each then made a substantial move towards applied mathematics in the direction of computer science.
Mumford worked on computer aspects of vision and Wu on computer proofs in the field of Geometry. In both cases their pioneering contributions to research and in the development of the field were outstanding. Many leading scientists in these areas were trained by them or followed in their footsteps.
