Prof. BENSOUSSAN Alain

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)

• 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

• 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

International Center for Decision and Risk Analysis