Marc Mézard | |
|---|---|
| Director of the École normale supérieure | |
| In office 19 April 2012 – 15 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Monique Canto-Sperber |
| Succeeded by | Frédéric Woms |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 August 1957 Aurillac, France |
| Education | Lycée Louis-le-Grand |
| Alma mater | École normale supérieure |
| Known for |
Euclidean random matrix Cavity method Random energy model |
| Awards |
Ampère Prize (1996) Gay-Lussac Humboldt Prize (2009) Lars Onsager Prize (2016) Racah Lecture (2017) Three Physicists Prize (2021) |
Marc Mézard (born 29 August 1957) is a French physicist and academic administrator. He was, from 2012 to 2022, the director of the École normale supérieure (ENS). He is the co-author of two books.
Early life
Marc Mézard was born on 29 August 1957. [1] He graduated from the École normale supérieure in 1976 and earned the agrégation in Physics. [2] He earned a PhD in Physics from University of Paris 6 in 1980. [3] [4]
Career
Mézard joined the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) as a researcher in 1981. [2] [4] He was a professor of Physics at the École Polytechnique. [1] In 2001, he joined the Center for Theoretical Physics and Statistical Models at the University of Paris-Sud, and he serves as its director. [2] Since 2012 to 2022, he had also served as the director of his alma mater, the ENS. [2] In 2022 he joined the Department of the Computing Sciences at the Bocconi University in Milan. [5]
Mézard is the author of 170 academic articles and the co-author of two books. [2] He won the Prize Ampère in 1996, [1] the Humboldt Prize in 2009, [6] and the Lars Onsager Prize in 2016. [4]
Works
- Mézard, Marc; Parisi, Giorgio; Virasoro, Miguel Angel (1987). Spin Glass Theory and Beyond. Singapore: World Scientific. ISBN 9789971501150. OCLC 14929802.
- Mézard, Marc; Montanari, Andrea (2009). Information, Physics, and Computation. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198570837. OCLC 234430714. 1st 15 chapters of 2008 draft version, available at www.stat.ucla.edu
References
- ^ a b c "BIOGRAPHIE DE MARC MÉZARD". letudiant.fr. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Qui sommes-nous? Marc Mézard, Vice-Président de l'Institut". Institut de l'École Normale Supérieure. École Normale Supérieure. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
- ^ Mézard, Marc (1980). Test de QCD et Observables Inclusives dans la Diffusion Inelastique de Neutrinos (Thesis). Université Pierre et Marie Curie.
- ^ a b c "2016 Lars Onsager Prize Recipient". American Physical Society. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
- ^ "Sei nuovi docenti allargano gli orizzonti della Bocconi". knowledge.unibocconi.it (in Italian).
- ^ "Lauréats français du prix Humboldt 2009". CNRS. January 29, 2010. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
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Marc Mézard | |
|---|---|
| Director of the École normale supérieure | |
| In office 19 April 2012 – 15 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Monique Canto-Sperber |
| Succeeded by | Frédéric Woms |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 August 1957 Aurillac, France |
| Education | Lycée Louis-le-Grand |
| Alma mater | École normale supérieure |
| Known for |
Euclidean random matrix Cavity method Random energy model |
| Awards |
Ampère Prize (1996) Gay-Lussac Humboldt Prize (2009) Lars Onsager Prize (2016) Racah Lecture (2017) Three Physicists Prize (2021) |
Marc Mézard (born 29 August 1957) is a French physicist and academic administrator. He was, from 2012 to 2022, the director of the École normale supérieure (ENS). He is the co-author of two books.
Early life
Marc Mézard was born on 29 August 1957. [1] He graduated from the École normale supérieure in 1976 and earned the agrégation in Physics. [2] He earned a PhD in Physics from University of Paris 6 in 1980. [3] [4]
Career
Mézard joined the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) as a researcher in 1981. [2] [4] He was a professor of Physics at the École Polytechnique. [1] In 2001, he joined the Center for Theoretical Physics and Statistical Models at the University of Paris-Sud, and he serves as its director. [2] Since 2012 to 2022, he had also served as the director of his alma mater, the ENS. [2] In 2022 he joined the Department of the Computing Sciences at the Bocconi University in Milan. [5]
Mézard is the author of 170 academic articles and the co-author of two books. [2] He won the Prize Ampère in 1996, [1] the Humboldt Prize in 2009, [6] and the Lars Onsager Prize in 2016. [4]
Works
- Mézard, Marc; Parisi, Giorgio; Virasoro, Miguel Angel (1987). Spin Glass Theory and Beyond. Singapore: World Scientific. ISBN 9789971501150. OCLC 14929802.
- Mézard, Marc; Montanari, Andrea (2009). Information, Physics, and Computation. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198570837. OCLC 234430714. 1st 15 chapters of 2008 draft version, available at www.stat.ucla.edu
References
- ^ a b c "BIOGRAPHIE DE MARC MÉZARD". letudiant.fr. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Qui sommes-nous? Marc Mézard, Vice-Président de l'Institut". Institut de l'École Normale Supérieure. École Normale Supérieure. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
- ^ Mézard, Marc (1980). Test de QCD et Observables Inclusives dans la Diffusion Inelastique de Neutrinos (Thesis). Université Pierre et Marie Curie.
- ^ a b c "2016 Lars Onsager Prize Recipient". American Physical Society. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
- ^ "Sei nuovi docenti allargano gli orizzonti della Bocconi". knowledge.unibocconi.it (in Italian).
- ^ "Lauréats français du prix Humboldt 2009". CNRS. January 29, 2010. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
External links
| International | |
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| National | |
| Academics | |
| Other | |
|
| This article about a French physicist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1957 births
- Living people
- Lycée Louis-le-Grand alumni
- École Normale Supérieure alumni
- Academic staff of the École Normale Supérieure
- Academic staff of École Polytechnique
- Academic staff of Paris-Sud University
- French academic administrators
- People from Aurillac
- French physicists
- French physicist stubs