Élisabeth Bouscaren (born 1956) is a French mathematician who works on algebraic geometry, algebra and mathematical logic (model theory).
Education and career
Bouscaren received her doctorate in 1979 from the
University of Paris VII and her habilitation in 1985. From 1981 she worked at the
French National Center for Scientific Research
The French National Centre for Scientific Research (, , CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe.
In 2016, it employed 31,637 staff, including 11,137 tenured researchers, 13,415 engi ...
(CNRS) until 2005, when she moved to the
University of Paris XI. Since 2007, she has held the position of Research Director at CNRS.
She has been a visiting scholar at
Yale University
Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...
, the
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac (known simply as Notre Dame; ; ND) is a Private university, private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States. Founded in 1842 by members of the Congregation of Holy Cross, a Cathol ...
and
MSRI, and has published a book on
Ehud Hrushovski's proof of the
Mordell-Lang conjecture.
She was an invited speaker in the logic session of the 2002
International Congress of Mathematicians
The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) is the largest conference for the topic of mathematics. It meets once every four years, hosted by the International Mathematical Union (IMU).
The Fields Medals, the IMU Abacus Medal (known before ...
.
ICM Plenary and Invited Speakers
accessed 2018-10-08
In 2020, Bouscaren gave the Gödel Lecture
The Gödel Lecture is an honor in mathematical logic given by the Association for Symbolic Logic, associated with an annual lecture at the association's general meeting. The award is named after Kurt Gödel and has been given annually since 1990.
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, titled ''The ubiquity of configurations in Model Theory.''
Selected publications
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References
External links
Homepage
CV
(pdf)
1956 births
Living people
20th-century French mathematicians
French women mathematicians
University of Paris alumni
Date of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Academic staff of Paris-Sud University
French National Centre for Scientific Research scientists
21st-century French mathematicians
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