Michel Talagrand | |
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Born | |
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | Paris VI University |
Known for | Talagrand's concentration inequality |
Awards | Loève Prize (1995) Fermat Prize (1997) Shaw Prize (2019) Abel Prize (2024) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | CNRS |
Doctoral advisor | Gustave Choquet |
Michel Pierre Talagrand (born 15 February 1952) is a French mathematician. Doctor of Science since 1977, he has been, since 1985, Directeur de Recherches at CNRS and a member of the Functional Analysis Team of the Institut de mathématiques de Jussieu in Paris. Talagrand was also a faculty member at The Ohio State University for more than fifteen years. Talagrand was elected as correspondent of the Académie des sciences of Paris in March 1997, and then as a full member in November 2004, in the Mathematics section. In 2024, Talagrand received the Abel Prize.[1]
Talagrand studies mainly functional analysis and probability theory and their applications.