Christian Soize (October 10, 1948) is a French engineer and applied mathematician known for his contributions in

computational mechanics Computational mechanics is the discipline concerned with the use of computational methods to study phenomena governed by the principles of mechanics. Before the emergence of computational science (also called scientific computing) as a "third w ...

and

uncertainty quantification Uncertainty quantification (UQ) is the science of quantitative characterization and reduction of uncertainties in both computational and real world applications. It tries to determine how likely certain outcomes are if some aspects of the system a ...

. He is an Emeritus Professor at the Laboratoire Modélisation et Simulation Multi Echelle at

Gustave Eiffel University Gustave Eiffel University (french: Université Gustave Eiffel) is a public university located throughout Metropolitan France. The university's namesake is French engineer, Gustave Eiffel. Gustave Eiffel University is known for its civil engine ...

Contributions

Soize is an expert in

and

, known for the development of several numerical methods and probabilistic methodologies to deal with uncertainties in

computational science and engineering Computational science and engineering (CSE) is a relatively new discipline that deals with the development and application of computational models and simulations, often coupled with high-performance computing, to solve complex physical problems ...

, standing out for two pioneering methods: the nonparametric probabilistic approach, to take into account model uncertainties in computational physical models, and, more recently, the probabilistic learning on manifolds (PLoM) for statistical learning within small reduced datasets.

Awards and honors

Soize is the recipient of several academic awards, including: Alfred M. Freudenthal Medal, IACM Computational Mechanics Award, Officier dans l'

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, Chevalier dans l'

Ordre national du Mérite The Ordre national du Mérite (; en, National Order of Merit) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle. The reason for the order's es ...

, European Association of Structural Dynamics (EASD) Senior Research Prize, Fellow of the

Acoustical Society of America The Acoustical Society of America (ASA) is an international scientific society founded in 1929 dedicated to generating, disseminating and promoting the knowledge of acoustics and its practical applications. The Society is primarily a voluntary org ...

, International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability (IASSAR) Research Award, Chevalier dans l'

, and the Prix Madame-Victor-Noury.

Books

* C. Soize, Uncertainty Quantification. An Accelerated Course with Advanced Applications in Computational Engineering, Springer, 2017 * R. Ohayon and C. Soize, Advanced Computational Vibroacoustics - Reduced-Order Models and Uncertainty Quantification, Cambridge University Press, 2014 * C. Soize, Stochastic Models of Uncertainties in Computational Mechanics, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2012 * C. Soize, Dynamique des structures, Eléments de base et concepts fondamentaux, Ellipse, 2001 * R. Ohayon and C. Soize, Structural Acoustics and Vibration, Academic Press, 1998 * C. Soize, The Fokker-Planck Equation for Stochastic Dynamical Systems and its Explicit Steady State Solutions, World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 1994 * C. Soize, Méthodes mathématiques en analyse du signal, Masson, 1993 * P. Krée and C. Soize, Mathematics of Random Phenomena, D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1986 * P. Krée et C. Soize, Mécanique aléatoire, Dunod, 1983.

References

External links

C. Soize Faculty PageGoogle Scholar page
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