This is a paid announcement that appeared in SIAM News.

Nominations are being accepted for the 2013 Vasil Popov Prize. The prize is awarded every three years for outstanding research in fields related to the work of Vasil A. Popov, who is best known for his contributions to approximation theory. Candidates must have received a PhD within the previous six years.

Nominations, which should include a brief description of relevant work and a vita of the nominee, should be sent to: Pencho Petrushev, Chair, Popov Prize Selection Committee, Inter-disciplinary Mathematics Institute, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208; popov.prize@gmail.com. The deadline for nominations is November 15, 2012.

The prize will be awarded in April 2013 at the 14th International Conference in Approximation Theory, in San Antonio, Texas.

For further information, readers can visit http://imi.cas.sc.edu/popov-prize-call-nominations/.