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Live interview with Jean-Pierre Bourguignon
emeritus. Prior to his ERC presidency, Bourguignon was director of the
Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHÉS) until 2013 and is now the
Nicolaas Kuiper honorary professor there.
During Bourguignon’s directorship, the IHÉS numbered three Fields
medalists among its faculty. Concurrently, Bourguignon held a part-time
teaching position at the nearby École Polytechnique.
As president of the Société Mathématique de France (1990-92),
Bourguignon was instrumental in shaping the European Mathematical
Society, established in 1990, becoming its second president (1995-98). The
achievements of his tenure include founding the Journal of the European
Mathematical Society (JEMS), increasing the visibility of the EMS, and
boosting support for young mathematicians.
Among Bourguignon’s awards are the Prix Paul Langevin (1987) and the
Prix du Rayonnement Français in Mathematical Sciences and Physics
from the Académie des Sciences de Paris (1997). In addition, he has been
granted several honorary positions, including membership of the London
Mathematical Society, the German Association of Mathematicians (DMV),
and the Polish Mathematical Society and doctorates from Keio University,
Japan, Nankai University, China, and the University of Edinburgh.
(Photo credit: WEF)
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emeritus. Prior to his ERC presidency, Bourguignon was director of the
Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHÉS) until 2013 and is now the
Nicolaas Kuiper honorary professor there.
During Bourguignon’s directorship, the IHÉS numbered three Fields
medalists among its faculty. Concurrently, Bourguignon held a part-time
teaching position at the nearby École Polytechnique.
As president of the Société Mathématique de France (1990-92),
Bourguignon was instrumental in shaping the European Mathematical
Society, established in 1990, becoming its second president (1995-98). The
achievements of his tenure include founding the Journal of the European
Mathematical Society (JEMS), increasing the visibility of the EMS, and
boosting support for young mathematicians.
Among Bourguignon’s awards are the Prix Paul Langevin (1987) and the
Prix du Rayonnement Français in Mathematical Sciences and Physics
from the Académie des Sciences de Paris (1997). In addition, he has been
granted several honorary positions, including membership of the London
Mathematical Society, the German Association of Mathematicians (DMV),
and the Polish Mathematical Society and doctorates from Keio University,
Japan, Nankai University, China, and the University of Edinburgh.
(Photo credit: WEF)
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