David Lannes

Creation of the “Institute of the Mathematics for Planet Earth”

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Laure Saint-Raymond. After five years at the ENS of Lyon, Laure Saint-Raymond will join the Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques as a permanent professor in September 2021. Her work focuses on the asymptotic analysis of systems of partial differential equations, in particular those governing the dynamics of gases, plasmas or fluids. In particular, she has made important contributions to Hilbert's sixth problem concerning the axiomatization of mechanics. In parallel, she works on fluid mechanics models describing ocean currents...

The UN general assembly has proclaimed the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-30). The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) is among the world's leading research institutions. Its scientists explore the living world, matter, mathematics, the universe, and the functioning of human societies in order to meet the major challenges of today and tomorrow. How does this institution plan to address the specific issue of the ocean, and what role may mathematics play?

Anne Corval, advisor to the scientific director of the CNRS, coordinated a Task Force Ocean to...