Alain Bensoussan#


Alain Bensoussan
Membership Number:358
Membership type:FOREIGN
Section:MATHEMATICS
Elected:1989
Main Country of Residence:UNITED STATES





Present and Previous Positions
  • Since 2004 Distinguished Research Professor, School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas
  • Since 2004 Director, International Center for Decision and Risk Analysis, University of Texas at Dallas
  • Since 2004 Emeritus Professor, University of Paris Dauphine
  • 1999 - 2002 Chairman, ESA Council (European Space Agency)
  • 1996 - 2003 President, CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales)
  • 1984 - 1996 President of INRIA, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique
  • 1980 - 1985 Part time Professor, Ecole Normale Superieure
  • 1975 - 1977 Director, European Institute for advanced Studies in Management, Brussels
  • 1975 - 1977 Chairman, Mathematics Department of the University Paris Dauphine
  • 1971 - 1973 Professor, European Institute for advanced Studies in Management, Brussels
  • 1970 - 1986 Part time Professor, Ecole Polytechnique
  • 1969 - 2004 Associate then Full Professor, University of Paris Dauphine

Fields of Scholarship
  • Inventory control and finance
  • Control theory
  • Risk management
  • Applied mathematics

Honours and Awards
  • 1984 Von Humboldt Prize
  • 1985 Fellow IEEE
  • 1986 Member of the French Academy of Sciences, 2003 Correspondent Member
  • 1989 Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1999 Member of the International Academy of Astronautics
  • 2000 Member of the French Academy of Technology
  • 2000 Ordre National du Merite (Commandeur)
  • 2001 NASA, Distinguished Public Service Medal
  • 2003 Legion d’Honneur (Officier)
  • 2003 Member of the French Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 BundesVerdienst Kreuz (Officier)
  • 2009 Charter Fellow, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
  • 2012 Fellow AMS
  • 2014 Reid Award
  • 2024 IEEE Control Systems Award


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