Jean Daniel Boissonnat
About Jean Daniel Boissonnat
Jean Daniel Boissonnat is a Senior Researcher at Inria, with a career spanning several decades in computer science and geometric understanding. He has held various leadership roles at Inria and has published extensively, including over 180 research papers and several books.
Work at Inria
Jean Daniel Boissonnat has had a long-standing career at Inria, where he has held several significant positions. He began as a Senior Researcher from 1984 to 1986 in Rocquencourt, Paris Area. He continued in this role from 1986 to 2003 in the Sophia Antipolis Méditerranée center, accumulating 17 years of experience. He served as Vice President for Science from 2001 to 2005 and later as Chairman of the Evaluation Committee from 2005 to 2009. Since 2003, he has returned to his role as Senior Researcher in Sophia Antipolis, contributing to various research initiatives.
Education and Expertise
Jean Daniel Boissonnat has a strong educational background in Computer Science and Information Sciences. He studied at CentraleSupélec from 1973 to 1976 and later pursued a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) at the University of Rennes from 1977 to 1979. He achieved Habilitation à diriger des recherches while studying at the University of Nice, a qualification he maintained from 1992 to 2019. His expertise encompasses geometric understanding and computational geometry.
Research Contributions
Boissonnat founded and led the Prisme project-team at Inria from 1987 to 2002. His research contributions include over 180 published research papers and several books. He serves as an associate editor for prominent journals, including the Journal of the ACM, Algorithmica, and Discrete and Computational Geometry. His work has significantly influenced the fields of computational geometry and higher-dimensional geometric understanding.
Achievements and Grants
In 2014, Jean Daniel Boissonnat received an ERC advanced grant for the GUDHI project, which focuses on Geometric Understanding in Higher Dimensions. This grant highlights his contributions to advancing research in geometric computation and understanding complex geometric structures.