Held the chair of Analysis and Geometry at Collège de France
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Alain Connes is a French mathematician, known for his contributions to the study of operator algebras and noncommutative geometry. He was a professor at the Collège de France, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Ohio State University and Vanderbilt University. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1982.
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Held the chair of Analysis and Geometry at Collège de France
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Awarded honorary doctor of the Université libre de Bruxelles (2010).
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Won CNRS Gold medal (2004).
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Awarded Crafoord Prize in Mathematics (2001).
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Awarded Peano Prize (2001).
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Received (together with his co-authors André Lichnerowicz and Marco Schutzenberger) the Peano Prize for his work Triangle of Thoughts
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the University of Oslo (1999).
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Awarded honorary doctorate at the University of Rome Tor Vergata (1997).
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The Russian Academy of Science in 2003 and the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium in 2016
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Won Fields medal (1982).
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Career landmark: Director of Research at CNRS (1981–1984).
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Awarded Prix Ampère (1980).
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The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in 1983, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1989, the London Mathematical Society in 1994, the Canadian Academy of Sciences in 1995 (incorporated since 2002 in the R
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Awarded Honorary doctorate from Queen's University (1979).
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University of Rome Tor Vergata in 1997, University of Oslo in 1999, University of Southern Denmark in 2009, Université libre de Bruxelles in 2010 and Shanghai Fudan University in 2017
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Won CNRS silver medal (1977).
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Returned to France and worked as professor at Pierre and Marie Curie University until 1980 and at CNRS between 1981 and 1984
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The Ampère Prize in 1980, the Fields Medal in 1982, the Clay Research Award in 2000 and the Crafoord Prize in 2001
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Awarded Cours Peccot (1975).
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At Vancouver and in 1986 at Berkeley, and a plenary speaker at the ICM in 1978 at Helsinki
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Obtained a PhD from Pierre and Marie Curie University, under the supervision of Jacques Dixmier
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Studied at Pierre and Marie Curie University, doctorate in France (1971).
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Born 1947-04-01.
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