Alain Bensoussan, born on 12 May 1940 in

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, is a French

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. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Paris-Dauphine and Professor at the

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Biography

Alain Bensoussan is a former student of the

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(X1960), a graduate of ENSAE and a doctor of mathematics from the Faculty of Sciences in Paris (1969) under the supervision of

Jacques-Louis Lions Jacques-Louis Lions (; 3 May 1928 – 17 May 2001) was a French mathematician who made contributions to the theory of partial differential equations and to stochastic control, among other areas. He received the SIAM's John von Neumann Lecture pr ...

. He was a lecturer at the École polytechnique from 1970 to 1986 and a professor at the

École normale supérieure École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

from 1980 to 1985. He was Director of the

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, Brussels from 1975 to 1977. He was President of INRIA from 1984 to 1996, President of the National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) from 1996 to 2003, President of the Council of the

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(ESA) from 1999 to 2002.

Scientific works

Alain Bensoussan's work has focused on automation and applied mathematics, but he has also focused on information and communication sciences and technologies as well as management and engineering sciences. He was one of the initiators of

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control for distributed systems and demonstrated in particular the principle of separation of estimation and control, which he then extended to differential sets. His former students include Peng Shige, Guy Pujolle,

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, Jean-Michel Lasry.

Awards and honours

* Member of the

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Gay-Lussac Humboldt Prize Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (, , ; 6 December 1778 – 9 May 1850) was a French chemist and physicist. He is known mostly for his discovery that water is made of two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen (with Alexander von Humboldt), for two laws ...

(1984) *

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Fellow (1985) * Member of Academia Europaea (1985) * Commandeur of the Ordre National du Mérite (2000) * Member of the

French Academy of Technologies The National Academy of Technologies of France (''Académie des technologies'') is a learned society, founded in 2000, with an emphasis on technology, and the newest of French academies. In 2007 it acquired the status of ''établissement public'', w ...

(2000) * Member of the

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(2001) * Distinguished Public Service Medal,

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(2001) * Special award from the

Association aéronautique et astronautique de France Association Aéronautique et Astronautique de France (3AF or AAAF) is the French national aeronautical and astronautical association. It is located in Paris. It has been created in 1971 from the ''Association Française des Ingénieurs et Technic ...

(2002) * Officier of the Légion d'Honneur (2003) * Officer of the Order of Merit of the

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(2003) *

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Fellow, 2009 * Fellow of the

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(2012) * Reid Award (2014) * Top 2% most highly cited scientists

Alain Bensoussan Fellowship / Alain Bensoussan Career Development Enhancer

ERCIM - the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics - aims to foster collaborative work within the European research community and to increase co-operation with European industry. Leading European research institutes are members of ERCIM. The ERCIM Fellowship Programme has been established as one of the premier activities of ERCIM. The programme is open to young researchers from all over the world. It focuses on a broad range of fields in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics. This enables early-career scientists (obtained PhD degrees during the 8 years prior to the application year deadline) to conduct research at leading European centres outside their own country. Since its inception in 1991, over 750 fellows have benefited from the programme. Since 2005, ERCIM Fellowships are named Alain Bensoussan Fellowships, in honour of Professor Alain Bensoussan. Alain Bensoussan Fellowship
/ref> The Alain Bensoussan Fellowship Programme has enabled bright young scientists from all over the world to work on challenging problems within ERCIM member institutes. The prestigious Alain Bensoussan Fellowships are co-funded by

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) is a set of major research fellowships created by the European Union/European Commission to support research in the European Research Area (ERA). The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions are among Europe's most com ...

. Throughout the programme, the fellows are supported by the ERCIM Human Resources Task Force to drive their personal development scheme and to assist them in their future career plans, whether in European research institutions or in European Industry. Moreover, given the strategic nature of this training scheme focusing on ICT and novel technologies, this Fellowship Programme also enhances its impact over European research and competitiveness at large.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bensoussan, Alain 20th-century French mathematicians 1940 births People from Tunis Members of the French Academy of Sciences Fellows of the American Mathematical Society Living people Tunisian emigrants to France 21st-century French mathematicians