With the Académie des Sciences in 2015

AVEC L’ACADÉMIE DES SCIENCES

2015

Irène Joliot-Curie Prizes

Created in 2001 by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research and organized in coordination with the EADS corporate

Foundation

since 2004, this award is designed to promote women’s position in research and technology in France. On the occasion of

its tenth anniversary, its scientific relevance has been highlighted by its partnership with the Académie des Sciences and the Académie

des Technologies, in charge of empanelling the members of the jury who designate the laureates. The Irène Joliot-Curie Prize comprises

three categories: Female Scientist of the Year (€40,000), Young Female Scientist (€15,000) and Women in Enterprise (€15,000).

2015 Laureates

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Female Scientist of the Year

Leticia Fernanda Cugliandolo, professor at the University Pierre-et-Marie-Curie (UPMC),

theoretical physics and high energy laboratory;

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Young Female Scientist

Rut Carballido Lopez, research director at INRA (National Institute for Agricultural Research),

Food Microbiology for Human Health research unit;

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Women in Enterprise

Agnès Bernet, professor at the University Claude-Bernard Lyon 1,

director of the scientific council of the simplified joint-stock company Netris-Pharma.

INRIA-Académie des Sciences Prizes

Since 2013, INRIA (the French National Institute for Computer Science and Applied Mathematics) and the Académie des Sciences

jointly single out the laureates of the three following INRIA-Académie des Sciences scientific awards: the Great Prize, Young Researcher

Prize (under 40 years old) and Innovation Prize (in partnership with Dassault Systèmes). Such a partnership has given a new impetus

to the system of the INRIA Prizes , as it highlights their primary purpose: to promote the contributions and success of the men and

women who, within French institutions, whatever their nationalities or affiliations, drive computer science and mathematics forward,

thus participating to the development of the digital world.

2015 Laureates

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INRIA-Académie des Sciences Great Prize

(€25,000 €):

Benoît Perthame, director of the Jacques-Louis Lions laboratory, UPMC, Paris;

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INRIA-Académie des Sciences-Dassault Systèmes Innovation Prize

(€20,000 €):

Marc Lavielle, research director at INRIA, Popix research team scientific leader, Saclay;

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INRIA-Académie des sciences Young Researcher Prize

(€20,000 €):

Véronique Cortier, CNRS research director, Loria Laboratory, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy.

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