The WLA Prize in Computer Science or Mathematics, 2023[1] Yurii Nesterov is a Russian mathematician, an internationally recognized expert in convex optimization, especially in the development of efficient algorithms and numerical optimization analysis.

In 1977, Yurii Nesterov graduated in applied mathematics at Moscow State University.

[4] In 2023, Yurii Nesterov and Arkadi Nemirovski received the WLA Prize in Computer Science or Mathematics, "for their seminal work in convex optimization theory".

[5] Nesterov is most famous for his work in convex optimization, including his 2004 book, considered a canonical reference on the subject.

[7][8][9][10][11] This method, sometimes called "FISTA", was further developed by Beck & Teboulle in their 2009 paper "A Fast Iterative Shrinkage-Thresholding Algorithm for Linear Inverse Problems".