Jean-Éric Pin
French computer scientist
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Jean-Éric Pin is a French mathematician and theoretical computer scientist known for his contributions to the algebraic automata theory and semigroup theory. He is a CNRS research director.
Jean-Éric Pin | |
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Pin in 2004 | |
| Alma mater | ENS Cachan Pierre and Marie Curie University |
| Known for | Algebraic automata theory |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Formal language theory Semigroup theory Combinatorics |
| Doctoral advisor | Jean-François Perrot |
| Doctoral students | Laura Chaubard |
Biography
Pin earned his undergraduate degree from ENS Cachan in 1976 and his doctorate (Doctorat d'état) from the Pierre and Marie Curie University in 1981. Since 1988 he has been a CNRS research director at Paris Diderot University. In the years 1992–2006 he was a professor at École Polytechnique.
Pin is a member of the Academia Europaea (2011)[1] and an EATCS fellow (2014).[2] In 2018, Pin became the first recipient of the Salomaa Prize in Automata Theory, Formal Languages, and Related Topics.[3]
Notable Work
Pin is the author of the prominent textbook Varieties of Formal Languages on automata theory and formal language theory.
