The Insmi is involved in international research
International exchanges are necessary to the good development of mathematics. French research teams are involved in a much structured international landscape, where the Insmi plays an important role.
French mathematics enjoys international recognition: members of the French maths community have been granted prestigious prizes in all domains of mathematics.
The French mathematical school can be pleased to see its members honoured with prestigious awards each year, in all fields of mathematics. Most recently, Jean-Michel Bismut was awarded the 2021 Shaw Prize. As a sign of the vitality of French mathematics, at the ICM Congress in Rio in 2018, one out of six invited speakers and four of the plenary speakers belonged to the French mathematical school1 . At ICM 2022, Alice Guionnet will be plenary speaker.
- 1Had been educated in France, were stationed there or both. https://lejournal.cnrs.fr/articles/les-maths-francaises-sont-a-rio
International recognition
12 Fields Medals | Laurent SCHWARTZ (1950), Jean-Pierre SERRE (1954), René THOM (1958), Alexander GROTHENDIECK (1966), Alain CONNES (1982), Pierre-Louis LIONS and Jean-Christophe YOCCOZ (1994), Laurent LAFFORGUE (2002), Wendelin WERNER (2006), NGÔ Bào Châu and Cédric VILLANI (2010), Artur AVILA (2014).
1 Gauss Prize | Yves MEYER (2010).
4 Abel Prizes | Jean-Pierre SERRE (2003), Jacques TITS (2008), Mikhail GROMOV (2009), Yves MEYER (2017).
1 Wolf Prize in Mathematics since 2010 | Jean-François LE GALL (2019)
4 Shaw Prizes | Maxim KONTSEVITCH (2012), Claire VOISIN (2017), Michel TALAGRAND (2019), Jean-Michel BISMUT (2021).
Every year, mathematicians from around the world come to France on various programs. They may participate in an invitation program by the Insmi consisting in three-months stays in Insmi's labs, or in different postdoc programs or chairs organised by LabEx or universities. They may also participate in events, conferences or thematic semesters organised by the international research centers such as the Institut Henri Poincaré (IHP), the Centre international de rencontres mathématiques (Cirm) or the Institut des hautes études scientifiques (IHES).
On an international level, mathematics are represented by two mathematical societies:
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The International Mathematical Union (IMU) gathers mathematicians of all countries. Every four years, it organises the International Congress of Mathematicians, on which occasion the most prestigious prizes in mathematics, the Fields medals, are awarded.
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In parallel, the International council for industrial and applied mathematics (ICIAM) promotes and coordinates applied and industrial mathematics.
On a European level, the European Mathematical Society (EMS) is involved in promoting the development of mathematics and their interactions in European countries. Every four years, the EMS organises the European congress on which occasion the EMS prizes, among others are awarded.
The International Centre for Pure and Applied Mathematics (Cimpa)
The IMSI is an institutional member of the International Centre for Pure and Applied Mathematics (Cimpa), a non-profit organisation founded in 1978 in France and a category 2 Unesco centre. Cimpa's mission is to promote research in mathematics in developing countries on all continents, which it develops in three activities that are subject to calls for projects.
Its historical activity is the organisation of about twenty research schools per year, offering an introduction to an active research topic in mathematics. Its research training support programme funds the development of a series of research-level courses. Finally, Cimpa promotes the creation of networks of researchers by funding the participation of young mathematicians in short international thematic programmes initiated by partners.