Alain Bensoussan#
| Membership Number: | 358 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | MATHEMATICS |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2004 Distinguished Research Professor, School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas
- Since 2004 Director, International Center for Decision and Risk Analysis, University of Texas at Dallas
- Since 2004 Emeritus Professor, University of Paris Dauphine
- 1999 - 2002 Chairman, ESA Council (European Space Agency)
- 1996 - 2003 President, CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales)
- 1984 - 1996 President of INRIA, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique
- 1980 - 1985 Part time Professor, Ecole Normale Superieure
- 1975 - 1977 Director, European Institute for advanced Studies in Management, Brussels
- 1975 - 1977 Chairman, Mathematics Department of the University Paris Dauphine
- 1971 - 1973 Professor, European Institute for advanced Studies in Management, Brussels
- 1970 - 1986 Part time Professor, Ecole Polytechnique
- 1969 - 2004 Associate then Full Professor, University of Paris Dauphine
Fields of Scholarship
- Control theory
- Risk management
- Inventory control and finance
- Applied mathematics
Honours and Awards
- 1984 Von Humboldt Prize
- 1985 Fellow IEEE
- 1986 Member of the French Academy of Sciences, 2003 Correspondent Member
- 1989 Member of Academia Europaea
- 1999 Member of the International Academy of Astronautics
- 2000 Member of the French Academy of Technology
- 2000 Ordre National du Merite (Commandeur)
- 2001 NASA, Distinguished Public Service Medal
- 2003 Legion d’Honneur (Officier)
- 2003 Member of the French Academy of Sciences
- 2003 BundesVerdienst Kreuz (Officier)
- 2009 Charter Fellow, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
- 2012 Fellow AMS
