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Cédric Villani
Cédric Patrice Thierry Villani is a French mathematician and politician working primarily on partial differential equations, Riemannian geometry and mathematical physics. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 2010, and he was the director of Sorbonne University's Institut Henri Poincaré from 2009 to 2017. As of September 2025, he is a professor at the École normale supérieure de Rennes.
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Born 5 October 1973 · Q334065
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2026· 2 entries
Le télégramme: Jack Lang, Cédric Villani, Michel Hazanavicius… Ces personnalités françaises dont les noms figurent dans le dossier Epstein
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2025· 2 entries
Ouest-France: PORTRAIT. Cédric Villani : rencontre avec la star des mathématiques chez lui, dans la campagne bretonne
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Ouest-France: Cédric Villani sera présent aux 1res Assises nationales de l’IA, organisées à Caen par Ouest-France
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2024· 4 entries
Le télégramme: À Quimper, Cédric Villani donnera une conférence à la salle Michel-Gloaguen le 12 décembre
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MidiLibre: Cédric Villani : "Une société qui respecte les peuples premiers est une société qui va bien"
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Libération: Cédric Villani : «Ce n’est pas la science ou la technologie qui vont nous sauver»
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Published “Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021” in The Lancet — cited 2,605 times.
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2023· 2 entries
Gala: Cédric Villani moqué : rallié à Jean-Luc Mélenchon, l’ex-macroniste n’assume pas vraiment…
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Gala: PHOTO - Cédric Villani : l'ex-député retrouvé là où on ne l'attendait pas !
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2022· 1 entry
Under the banner of the NUPES, ultimately losing his seat to LREM candidate Paul Midy by 19 votes
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2020· 1 entry
A supposed new spider species of the family Araneidae, Araniella villanii, was named after him
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2019· 1 entry
Villani applied to be selected to lead the LREM candidate slate for the 2020 Paris election
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2018· 1 entry
The French economics magazine Challenges said that Villani has been approached by Europanova thinktank
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2017· 3 entries
It was announced that Villani had been selected as a candidate for En Marche
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Published “Single-cell RNA-seq reveals new types of human blood dendritic cells, monocytes, and progenitors” in Science — cited 2,327 times.
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Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (2017–2022).
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2016· 1 entry
Published “Dissecting the multicellular ecosystem of metastatic melanoma by single-cell RNA-seq” in Science — cited 4,854 times.
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2014· 2 entries
Awarded Joseph Doob Prize (2014).
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Won Pius XI Medal (2014).
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2013· 3 entries
Awarded Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (2013).
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Awarded Prix François-Mauriac (2013).
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Awarded Peano Prize (2013).
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2012· 1 entry
Awarded Gili Agostinelli Prize (2012).
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (2011).
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2010· 2 entries
Won Fields medal (2010).
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And he was the director of Sorbonne University's Institut Henri Poincaré from 2009 to 2017
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2009· 4 entries
Awarded Fermat Prize (2009).
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Awarded Henri Poincaré Prize (2009).
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Career landmark: director (2009–2017).
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Published “Optimal Transport” in Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften — cited 3,481 times.
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2008· 1 entry
Awarded EMS Prize (2008).
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2007· 1 entry
Awarded Jacques Herbrand Prize (2007).
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2002· 1 entry
Awarded Cours Peccot (2002).
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1998· 1 entry
Under the supervision of Pierre-Louis Lions, and became professor at the École normale supérieure de Lyon in 2000
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1973· 1 entry
Born 1973-10-05.
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