Jean-Pierre Jouannaud is a French computer scientist, known for his work in the area of

term rewriting In mathematics, computer science, and logic, rewriting covers a wide range of methods of replacing subterms of a formula with other terms. Such methods may be achieved by rewriting systems (also known as rewrite systems, rewrite engines, or reduc ...

. He was born on 21 May 1947 in

Aix-les-Bains Aix-les-Bains (, ; ; ), known locally and simply as Aix, is a Communes of France, commune in the southeastern French Departments of France, department of Savoie.Ecole Polytechnique (Paris). In 1970, 1972, and 1977, he wrote his Master thesis ( DEA), PhD thesis (Thèse de 3ème cycle), and Habilitation thesis (

Thèse d'état Habilitation is the highest academic degree, university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in Germany, France, Italy, Poland and some other European and non-English-speaking countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set cri ...

), respectively, at the Université de Paris VI. In 1979, he became an associate professor at the Nancy University; 1985 he changed to the Université de Paris-Sud, where he became a full professor in 1986. He was member of the steering committee of several international computer science conferences: International Conference on Rewriting Techniques and Applications (RTA) 1989–1994, IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science (LICS) 1993–1997, Conference for Computer Science Logic (CSL) 1993–1997, International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP) since 1994, and Federated Logic Conference (FLoC) 1995–1999. Since 1997, he is member of the EATCS council.Vita
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École Polytechnique (, ; also known as Polytechnique or l'X ) is a ''grande école'' located in Palaiseau, France. It specializes in science and engineering and is a founding member of the Polytechnic Institute of Paris. The school was founded in 1794 by mat ...

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