The Paris-South 11 University held a ceremony to honour its alum Prof. Ngo Bao Chau, who was awarded the prestigious Fields Medal this year.
In his opening speech, the university’s chairman Guy Couarraze, said Chau serves as a valuable link in promote France-Vietnam cooperation in tertiary education and scientific study, manifested by a cooperation project between the Paris 11 University and the Hanoi University of Science and Technology.
The university chairman highlighted Chau’s passion for scientific research and his love of Vietnam –where he was born.
Minister of Education and Research Valeria Pecresse affirmed Chau’s Fields Medal is a noble award for mathematics in general and Vietnam in particular as well as an honour for France ’s mathematics, especially the Paris 11 University.
She expressed her pleasure with Chau’s decision to create a scientific research bridge between Asia, Europe and America , affirming that Chau is a professor of three countries – Vietnam , France and the US who represents three continents.
Vietnamese Ambassador to France Le Kinh Tai thanks to the support said Vietnam will create all conditions for Prof. Chau to make more contributions to the development of local mathematic research.
About 6,000 Vietnamese students and researchers are studying in France , he added.
Prof. Chau said his time spent studying and researching at the university marked a milestone in his scientific career and shared his belief that the institution will continue fostering more talented mathematic.
Chau was awarded the 2010 Fields Medal for his proof of the Fundamental Lemma in the theory of automorphic forms, by introducing new algebro-geometric methods, at the 26th International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in India in August.
Ngo Bao Chau, born in 1972 in Hanoi , studied at the Paris VI University and then completed his PhD Degree at the Paris 11 University under the supervision of Gérard Laumon.
He took up a new appointment at the University of Chicago in September.
Along with Laumon, Chau was awarded the Clay research award in 2004 and in 2007, he was awarded the Sophie Germain prize and the Oberwolfach prize.
In 2009, his evidence proving the Langlands fundamental lemma was selected by Time Magazine as one of the 10 most outstanding scientific discoveries of the year./.
In his opening speech, the university’s chairman Guy Couarraze, said Chau serves as a valuable link in promote France-Vietnam cooperation in tertiary education and scientific study, manifested by a cooperation project between the Paris 11 University and the Hanoi University of Science and Technology.
The university chairman highlighted Chau’s passion for scientific research and his love of Vietnam –where he was born.
Minister of Education and Research Valeria Pecresse affirmed Chau’s Fields Medal is a noble award for mathematics in general and Vietnam in particular as well as an honour for France ’s mathematics, especially the Paris 11 University.
She expressed her pleasure with Chau’s decision to create a scientific research bridge between Asia, Europe and America , affirming that Chau is a professor of three countries – Vietnam , France and the US who represents three continents.
Vietnamese Ambassador to France Le Kinh Tai thanks to the support said Vietnam will create all conditions for Prof. Chau to make more contributions to the development of local mathematic research.
About 6,000 Vietnamese students and researchers are studying in France , he added.
Prof. Chau said his time spent studying and researching at the university marked a milestone in his scientific career and shared his belief that the institution will continue fostering more talented mathematic.
Chau was awarded the 2010 Fields Medal for his proof of the Fundamental Lemma in the theory of automorphic forms, by introducing new algebro-geometric methods, at the 26th International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in India in August.
Ngo Bao Chau, born in 1972 in Hanoi , studied at the Paris VI University and then completed his PhD Degree at the Paris 11 University under the supervision of Gérard Laumon.
He took up a new appointment at the University of Chicago in September.
Along with Laumon, Chau was awarded the Clay research award in 2004 and in 2007, he was awarded the Sophie Germain prize and the Oberwolfach prize.
In 2009, his evidence proving the Langlands fundamental lemma was selected by Time Magazine as one of the 10 most outstanding scientific discoveries of the year./.
