Alain Bensoussan
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Alain Bensoussan | |
|---|---|
| 9th president of the French Space Agency | |
| In office 1996–2003 | |
| Preceded by | André Lebeau |
| Succeeded by | Yannick d'Escatha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 12, 1940 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | École polytechnique ENSAE ParisTech |
| Doctoral advisor | Jacques-Louis Lions |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | École normale supérieure University of Paris-Dauphine University of Texas at Dallas |
| Doctoral students | Étienne Pardoux Agnès Sulem |
Alain Bensoussan (born 12 May 1940) is a French mathematician. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Paris-Dauphine and Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas.
Alain Bensoussan was born on 12 May 1940 in Tunis, Tunisia.[citation needed] Bensoussan is a former student of the École polytechnique (X1960), a graduate of ENSAE and a doctor of mathematics from the Faculty of Sciences in Paris (1969)[1] under the supervision of Jacques-Louis Lions.[2]
Career
He was a lecturer at the École polytechnique from 1970 to 1986 and a professor at the École normale supérieure from 1980 to 1985.[citation needed] He was Director of the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management, 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 European Space Agency (ESA) from 1999 to 2002.[1]
His former students include Peng Shige, Guy Pujolle, Étienne Pardoux, Jean-Michel Lasry.[2]
