Daniel Totouom-Tangho: “Supporting research spurs innovation and sustainable development”

Friends of IHES | July 28, 2021

Daniel Totouom-Tangho, here on the left with John Terilla, also a member of the Friends of IHES Board of Directors, first discovered the Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques when he was a student at Ecole Polytechnique. His professor Jean-Pierre...

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Cécile DeWitt-Morette and Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat: a tribute to two of the women who shaped IHES

Friends of IHES | July 2, 2021

When looking back at the researchers that most importantly marked IHES, two women immediately come to mind: Cécile DeWitt-Morette and Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat. Both of them were great scientists who contributed to theoretical physics and to mathematics at a time...

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H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco visited IHES

Friends of IHES | June 18, 2021

Friday 11 June 2021, H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco came to the Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, along with Patrice Cellario, the Principality of Monaco’s Minister of Interior.  After having been formally greeted by Marwan Lahoud, President of...

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Friends of IHES welcomes a new member to its Board, Benjamin Servenay

Friends of IHES | May 25, 2021

Mike Douglas, President and Chairman of Friends of IHES, is delighted to now count Benjamin Servenay among the members of the Board. Benjamin is Chief Data Scientist at Squarepoint Capital. Prior to that, he held various positions in Quantitative...

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Alexandra Lauvaux, secretary of the Friends, visited the Institute

Friends of IHES | May 20, 2021

Although Alexandra Lauvaux has served as secretary for close to ten years for Friends of IHES, she never had a chance to come to the Institute until this week. She may not have been familiar with the place, but...

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