The French mathematical community represented at the 9th European Congress of Mathematics (ECM 2024)

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This summer sees the 9th European Congress of Mathematics (ECM 2024), taking place from July 15 to 19, 2024 in Seville, with a rich program. Discover the interviews with the speakers from the French mathematical community.

David Hernandez David Hernandez, invited speaker

  • Professor at Université Paris Cité since 2010
  • Winner: Price Jacques Herbrand from the Académie des Sciences (2013), Institut Universitaire de France (2015), ERC Consolidator Grant (2015), France-Berkeley Fund Award (2020, jointly with E. Frenkel)
My research area is the theory of representations, in particular infinite-dimensional Lie algebras and quantum groups, in connection with problems of a geometric, combinatorial or mathematical-physics nature.

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Dorin Bucur photo Dorin Bucur, invited speaker

I work on mathematical questions at the interface between theory and applications, which engineers might call "shape optimization". In more precise terms, these are analytical questions concerning problems with free boundaries or discontinuities.

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Steve Oudot photo Steve Oudot, invited speaker

  • Inria Research Director, member of LIX (CNRS / École polytechnique)

My main area of research is topological data analysis, commonly known as TDA for Topological Data Analysis. It's a field that straddles mathematics and computer science, and aims to provide methods based on topological invariants for data mining and machine learning.

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Yilin Wang photo Yilin Wang, invited speaker

  • Junior Professor at IHES
  • Winner: Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize (2022)
My research lies at the interface of probability, complex analysis, and geometry.

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Maxim Kontsevich Maxim Kontsevich, plenary speaker

  • AXA-IHES Chair in Mathematics, Permanent Professor at IHES since 1995, member of the Académie des sciences
  • Winner: Fields Medal (1998), Crafoord Prize (2008), Shaw Prize (2012), Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2012), Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2014)
I am interested mathematical physics and algebraic geometry. I often draw my mathematical inspiration from physical theories such as string theory or quantum field theory.

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Etienne Ghys photo Etienne Ghys, speaker Hirzebruch lecture

  • Director of research emeritus at the CNRS, perpetual secretary of the Académie des sciences since 2019
  • Winner: CNRS Medal for Scientific Mediation (2022), CNRS Silver Medal (1991), Prix d'Alembert from the French Mathematical Society with Aurélien Alvarez and Jos Leys for the film "Dimensions" and associated website (2010), Prix du livre audio France Culture / Lire dans le noir for the audio book "La théorie du chaos" (2011), Clay award for dissemination of mathematical knowledge (2015)
I strive to share the pleasure of mathematics with as many people as possible.

Credits

© Dorin Bucur / Dorin Bucur | © David Hernandez / Bergman, George M., Berkeley | © Steve Oudot / Inria | © Yilin Wang / Han Yan | © Maxim Kontsevich / IHES | © Étienne Ghys / Cyril FRÉSILLON / CNRS Images