Jean-Daniel Boissonnat

Jean-Daniel Boissonnat (born 18 May 1953) is a French computer scientist, who works as a director of research at the French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (INRIA).[1] He is an invited professor of computational geometry at the Collège de France, holding the Chair in Informatics and Computational Sciences for 2016–2017.[2]

Jean-Daniel Boissonnat
Born (1953-05-18) 18 May 1953
NationalityFrench
Alma materSupelec
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsInria
Doctoral studentsMonique Teillaud

Boissonat was one of the founders of the CGAL project for implementing geometric algorithms. With Mariette Yvinec, he is the author of the book Algorithmic Geometry (Cambridge University Press, 1998, translated from a 1995 edition in French).[3]

Awards and honours
  • 1987: IBM award in Computer Science
  • 2006: EADS award in Information Sciences
  • 2006: Knight of National Order of Merit
  • 2013: ANR Digital Technology Award
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References
  1. Curriculum vitae, retrieved 2017-01-13.
  2. Chair in Informatics and Computational Sciences, Collège de France, retrieved 2017-01-13.
  3. Review of Algorithmic Geometry by Hans-Dietrich Hecker (1999), MR1631175


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