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The French Académie des sciences brings together French scientists and foreign associates, both selected from among the most eminent.
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News of the French Académie des sciences
As described in Articles 2 and 3 of its Statutes (see Annex 1), one of the missions of the Académie des sciences is to study and make recommendations on scientific and technical issues. It may carry out expertises when the nature of the question addressed to it, or taken up on its own initiative, justifies it. It should be noted that not all notices and publications by the Académie constitute an expertise according to the definitions in Annex II [...]
The 20th March 2012, the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize for 2013 to Pierre DELIGNE, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, "for seminal contributions to algebraic geometry and for their transformative impact on number theory, representation theory, and related fields". Pierre DELIGNE is Foreign Associate Members of the French Académie des sciences.
Cf. further reading in of the Abel Prize Website
The 11th December 2012, Philippe TAQUET is elected President and Bernard MEUNIER is elected Vice-President of the French Académie des sciences for 2013-2014.
Alain CARPENTIER, President of the French Académie des sciences and Daniel RICQUIER, Vice-President Foreign Secretary, participate in the International Conference on the Impact of the Nuclear Plant Accident held on 10 October in Tokyo and organized by the InterAcademy Council and the Science Council of Japan.
Cf. "Lessons from Fukushima", the Alain Carpentier's lecture
Cf. further reading in the IAC Website
The Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Medal for the year 2013 is awarded to Alain CARPENTIER, President of the French Académie des sciences. The Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Medal has been awarded since 1990 for making contributions to international cooperation and public understanding in Science and Technology. This is the most prestigious international award of the lndian National Science Academy bestowed upon to distinguished foreign scientists of lnternational fame.
Cf. further reading in the lndian National Science Academy Website
Prizes of the French Académie des sciences
Adi SHAMIR, The "Grande Médaille" 2012
The "Grande Médaille" 2012 is awarded to Adi SHAMIR. His main area of research is cryptography.
Learn more about The "Grande Médaille"
Descartes-Huygens Prize for 2012 awarded to cell biologists Graça RAPOSO and Harry HEIJNEN
Graça Raposo and Harry Heijnen will receive the Descartes-Huygens Prize on 28 January 2013. They have been awarded the prize for their outstanding research and their contribution to Franco-Dutch relations.
Statements and Reports
October 2012
G-Science Academies Statements 2012
May 2012
Communiqué on Nuclear Power in France
January 2012
"Demography, climate and world food"
RST 32 - March 2011 - Ed. EDP Sciences - 33,00 €
Report in French, excepted: Recommendations
Colloquium
22-23 May 2013
French-Israeli Interacademic meeting on Mathematics / Colloque franco-israélien sur les mathématiques
Registration required, before May 20, 2013, to :
Learn more
Joint Meeting of leading officers representing the Academies of Science of France and of the United States
The leadership of the Academies of Science of France and of the United States meet from time to time, to discuss common interests. In particular, both academies have important roles as independent [...]
See also
Reports of the European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC) (December 2012)
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