Training

• Ecole Polytechnique, graduated in 1962

• Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique, graduated in 1965

• Institut de Programmation (1966)

• PhD in Mathematics, Paris (1969)

Professional Career

• Chairman of European Space Agency (ESA) Council from July 1999 to July 2002.

• President of CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales) from January 1996 to February 2003.

• President of INRIA (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (1984-1996).

• Full Professor at the University of Paris-Dauphine (since 1969), Emeritus since 2004.

• Part time Professor at the Ecole Polytechnique from 1970 to 1986.

• Part time Professor at the Ecole Normale Supérieure from 1980 to 1985.

• On leave at the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management, Brussels, as Professor (1971-1973), then as Chairman (1975-1977).

• Ashbel Smith Professor, University of Texas at Dallas, since 2004.

• Director, International Center for Decision and Risk Analysis, School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas, since 2004.

• Chair Professor of Risk and Decision Analysis, Faculty of Business, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2009-2012).

• WCU Distinguished Professor, Ajou University, since 2010.

• Chair Professor of Risk and Decision Analysis, Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, College of Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, since 2013.

Activities and Scientific Responsibilities

• Member of the editorial board of Scientific Journals

• Editor in Chief of Asymptotic Analysis Journal (IOS Press)

• Co-Chief Editor of Risk and Decision Analysis (IOS Press)

• Member of the French Academy of Sciences (since 2003)

• Member of the Academy of Technologies (since 2000)

• Member of the Academia Europae (since 1995)

• Member of the International Academy of Astronautics (since 2002)

Fields of Interest and Scientific Publications

• Applied Mathematics and Automatic Control

• Stochastic Processes and Estimation

• Operations Management and Inventory Control

• Finance

• Differential Games

• Risk Analysis

• 12 books

• Over 400 scientific articles

Distinctions

• Ordre National du Mérite (Commandeur) - 2000

• Légion d'Honneur – [Officier] – 2003

• Bundes Verdienst Kreuz – [Officier] – 2003

• Von Humboldt Price – 1984

• Fellow IEEE – 1985

• NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, October 2001

• Special Award AAAF, June 2002

• Fellow SIAM – 2009

• Fellow AMS – 2012