Laurent Bartholdi is a Swiss mathematician working in the areas of

geometric group theory Geometric group theory is an area in mathematics devoted to the study of finitely generated groups via exploring the connections between algebraic properties of such groups and topological and geometric properties of spaces on which these group ...

symbolic dynamics In mathematics, symbolic dynamics is the study of dynamical systems defined on a discrete space consisting of infinite sequences of abstract symbols. The evolution of the dynamical system is defined as a simple shift of the sequence. Because of t ...

, and

computational complexity In computer science, the computational complexity or simply complexity of an algorithm is the amount of resources required to run it. Particular focus is given to computation time (generally measured by the number of needed elementary operations ...

. He is particularly well-known for his contributions to the study of self-similar groups and amenability of groups. Currently Bartholdi is a CNRS Directeur de Recherche at Institut Camille Jordan,

Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 (, UCBL) is one of the three public universities of Lyon, France. It is named after the French physiologist Claude Bernard and specialises in science and technology, medicine, and sports science. It was establis ...

in France. Bartholdi received a PhD in Mathematics in 2000 from the

University of Geneva The University of Geneva (French: ''Université de Genève'') is a public university, public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by French theologian John Calvin as a Theology, theological seminary. It rema ...

, with

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and Rostislav Grigorchuk as co-advisors. In June 2025 Bartholdi delivered the inaugural Paul Schupp Distinguished Lecture at the GAGTA 2025 ``Groups, Logic and Computation" conference at the

Stevens Institute of Technology Stevens Institute of Technology is a Private university, private research university in Hoboken, New Jersey. Founded in 1870, it is one of the oldest technological universities in the United States and was the first college in America solely de ...

. Groups, Logic and Computation: Interactions between geometric group theory, model theory and computer science

. Accessed June 9, 2025.

Selected works

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External links

Laurent Bartholdi's faculty webpage
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Saarland University Saarland University (, ) is a public research university located in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland. It was founded in 1948 in Homburg in co-operation with France and is organized in six faculties that cover all major ...

Laurent Bartholdi's Google Scholar profileLaurent Bartholdi's Curriculum Vitae
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Laurent Bartholdi
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