President of the European Research Council

President of the European Research Council. A graduate from Ecole Polytechnique, he is a mathematician by training. He has spent his whole career as a fellow of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS).
He held a Professor position at école polytechnique from 1986 to 2012. From 1990 to 1992, he was President of the Société Mathématique de France and President of the European Mathematical Society from 1995 to 1998. He is a former member of the Board of the EuroScience organisation (2002-2006) and served on EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) committees since 2004.

Articles from this author

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  Society / 2014-10-23

  A new golden dawn for corporate maths?

  Jean-Pierre Bourguignon / President of the European Research Council

  Mathematical skills have become strategic for the business world and the most advanced companies hire high level scientists who tackle the underlying, fundamental, theoretical questions. However, this increasingly vital role of maths speci…