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A network of excellence

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The Foundation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris is a network of excellence created in 2006. Its members are large research institutions in the Paris area: the universities of Pierre-et-Marie-Curie (UPMC) and Paris-Diderot (UPD P7), the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS), the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), the university of Paris-Dauphine, the university of Paris-Descartes, the Collège de France and the INRIA.

 

Bringing together close to 1100 researchers in mathematical sciences and covering a wide spectrum which includes most of the top themes in fundamental and applied mathematics, plus fundamental computer science, the Foundation is unique in its field, both by its dimension and its scientific potential. 

 

The foundation has three main missions :

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Caucher Birkar receives the Foundation's Prize 2010

The Foundation's Prize for year 2010 goes to Caucher Birkar, from University of Cambridge. His research fields are algebraic geometry and mathematical logic.
Read more about Caucher Birkar...

Sergiu Klainerman receives the Research Chair 2010

The Foundation's Research Chair goes for year 2010 to Sergiu Klainerman, Professor at Princeton and specialist of the Einstein Field Equations of General Relativity.
Read more about Sergiu Klainerman.

Paris Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences

Paris Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences (PGSM), is officially launched. It offers master scolarships to students having studied abroad. The call for applications is open from january 31 to march 4, 2010. More information about PGSM and the on-line application form can be found on the website: http://www.sciencesmaths-paris.fr/pgsm/


Post-doctoral positions 2010-2011

The jury of the Foundation's post-doctoral program met on january 22, 2010. To know the recipients of the post-doctoral positions for year 2010-2011 please clic here.

An advanced grant from the ERC for François Loeser

François Loeser receives an advanced grant from the European Research Council for the 2010-2014 period.
Read more about François Loeser here.

Jérémie Szeftel lectures

Jérémie Szeftel, the last recipient of the Foundation Prize is going to give a course from 10th of March to 26th of May 2010. The lectures will take place everey wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 11h30 a.m. at the Collège de France's annexe located at 3 rue d'Ulm, Paris 5e. The course is going to be about the equations of General Relativity.

Cédric Villani receives the Henri Poincaré Prize

Cédric Villani, Professor in the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon and Director of the IHP, receives the Henri Poincaré Prize for year 2009.
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Charles Favre wins the Prix Langevin

Charles Favre (CNRS - IMJ) is the last recipient of the French Academy of Sciences's Prix Langevin for mathematics.

Pierre-Arnaud Raviart wins the Blaise Pascal Medal

Pierre-Arnaud Raviart received from the European Academy of Sciences the last Blaise Pascal Medal for Mathematics.
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Jacques Louis Lions Prize 2009

Yvon Maday, Professor "de classe exceptionnelle" at Pierre et Marie Curie University, Director of the Laboratoire Jacques Louis Lions, Visiting Professeur at Brown University and member of the European Academy of Sciences, receives the Jacques Louis Lions Prize from the french Academy of Sciences for year 2009.
Clic here to read the french press release.


Herbrand Prize for Artur Avila

Artur Avila, CNRS Research Director (Laboratoire de Probabilités et modèles aléatoires of Pierre et Marie Curie University, Paris), working on dynamical systems, receives the Grand Prix Jacques Herbrand from the french Academy of Sciences for year 2009.
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Laurent Cohen awarded by the Academy of Sciences

Laurent Cohen, CNRS Research Director (CEREMADE, Paris-Dauphine University), receives the Grand Prix de la Fondation d’entreprise EADS from the french Academy of Sciences for year 2009.
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Jean-Loup Waldspurger, Clay Research Award 2009

The 2009 Clay Research Awards goes to Jean-Loup Waldspurger for his work in p-adic harmonic analysis...
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Michael Harris and his team awarded

Michael Harris is the last recepient of the Foundation Simone et Cino del Duca's yearly Scientific Award.
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Ronald A. DeVore, recepient of the Foundation's Research Chair of Excellence

For year 2009, the Foundation's Research Chair of Excellence goes to Ronald A. DeVore, Distinguished Professor from University of South Carolina, Columbia. To know more about the Chair's recipient please clic here.


Foundation's Prize 2009 : Jérémie Szeftel

The Fondation's Prize 2009 goes to Jérémie Szeftel.
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Postdoctoral positions for year 2009-2010

The Foundation's postdoctoral positions are allocated for academic year 2009-2010...
For the successful candidates' list, please clic here.

Testimony

Alexandra As a Ph.D student working in one of the Foundation's labs, Alexandra Claisse enjoyed a research visit offered by the Foundation. She gives here her firt impressions about this sojourn in Chile.
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Agenda

January 2010

2010-01-31 - Paris Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences
Paris Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences (PGSM), is officially launched. It offers master scolarships to students having studied abroad. The call for applications is open from january 31 to march 12, 2010. More information about PGSM and the on-line application form can be found on the website: http://www.sciencesmaths-paris.fr/pgsm/


March 2010

2010-03-17 - Jérémie Szeftel's second lecture
Jérémie Szeftel, the last recipient of the Foundation Prize is giving a course from 10th of march to 26th of may 2010. The second lecture will take place on wednesday march 17, 2010 from 9:30 a.m. to 11h30 a.m., in the annexe du Collège de France3, rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris.
Clic here for an abstract of the lecture.

2010-03-25 - Two days in honor of Sir John Ball
The university Pierre et Marie Curie organizes two days in honor of Sir John Ball the 25th and 26th of march 2010, when Sir John Ball will receive the title of Doctor Honoris Causa.
Clic here to know more about these days.

April 2010

2010-04-14 - Premiere of Reine Graves & Edward Frenkel's film
Rites of Love and Math is the first movie co-directed (with Reine Graves) and acted by mathematician Edward Frenkel, the first laureate of the Foundation's Research Chair. The premiere of the film will take place at Max Linder Panorama theater (24 bd Poissoniere, Paris 9e) on Wednesday, April 14 at 6 p.m..
Read more here.

August 2010

2010-08-19 - International Congress of Mathematicians
The next International Congress of Mathematicians will take place in Hyderabad, India, from 19th to 27th of August 2010. Jean-Michel Coron, Artur Avila and Claire Voisin, from the Foundation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris, will be there as plenary speakers.
Read more one the Congress Website.