Michel Talagrand
Michel Talagrand | |
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Talagrand in 1995 | |
| Born | 15 February 1952 |
| Education | University of Lyon (BSc) Pierre and Marie Curie University (MSc, PhD) |
| Known for | Talagrand's concentration inequality Spin glasses |
| Awards | Loève Prize (1995) Fermat Prize (1997) Shaw Prize (2019) Abel Prize (2024) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | CNRS |
| Doctoral advisor | Gustave Choquet |
Michel Pierre Talagrand (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl pjɛʁ talaɡʁɑ̃]; born 15 February 1952) is a French mathematician working in probability theory, functional analysis and mathematical physics. Doctor of Science since 1977, he has been, since 1985, directeur de recherches at CNRS and a member of the Functional Analysis Team of the Institut de mathématiques de Jussieu in Paris. Talagrand was also a faculty member at The Ohio State University for more than fifteen years. Talagrand was elected as correspondent of the Académie des sciences of Paris in March 1997, and then as a full member in November 2004, in the Mathematics section. In 2024, Talagrand received the Abel Prize.
Talagrand studies mainly functional analysis and probability theory and their applications.