Turkish-French Sami Erol Gelenbe, right, and Iranian Mohammad Amin Shokrollahi, two computer science experts, show their awards during the biennial $500,000 Mustafa Prize ceremony at Vahdat Hall in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017.
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This is the second time that the science award has been handed out, and is only given to Muslim scientists from all over the globe- as well as non-Muslims who live in Muslim majority countries. Sourena Sattari, Iran's vice president in charge of scientific affairs, said in a statement that Turkish-French Sami Erol Gelenbe and Iran's Mohammad Amin Shokrollahi had been awarded the prize for their work on systems assessment in model making and computer coding.
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The prize was previously awarded to Taiwanese-Singaporean Jackie Ying and Jordanian-American Omar Yaghi in 2015. Each winner received medals, certificates and $500,000.
This story first appeared on Mail Online
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