Michel Talagrand Scientist

Michel Pierre Talagrand (born February 1952) is a French mathematician. Docteur ès sciences since 1977, he has been, since 1985, Directeur de Recherches at CNRS and a member of the Functional Analysis Team of the Institut de Mathématique of Paris. Talagrand was elected as correspondent of the Académie des sciences of Paris on March 1997, and then as a full member on November 2004, in the Mathematics section.Talagrand studies mainly functional analysis and probability theory and their applications.

Personal facts

Birth date	January 01, 1952
Nationality	France
Education	Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University (University of Paris 6)
Known for	Talagrand's concentration inequality