With a PhD in mathematics from the University of Paris-Sud, Yves Laszlo is a world-renowned specialist in algebraic geometry. After a career at the CNRS and Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC), he became an associate professor at École polytechnique in 2004, in the Laurent-Schwartz Mathematics Centre (CMLS), which he headed from 2006 to 2010. He then became a professor at the University of Paris-Sud, before going on to launch and head the Jacques-Hadamard Mathematics Foundation and its LabEx LMH, which brings together mathematicians from the Plateau de Saclay. From 2012 and 2019, he was deputy director for Sciences at École normale supérieure de Paris.
El Mahdi El Mhamdi’s research is motivated by the understanding of robust information processing in nature, machines and society, with a focal line of research on the mathematics of collective information processing and distributed learning. He is the co-author of the upcoming book “The Fabulous Endeavor: Robustly Beneficial Information” on the scientific and social challenges of large-scale information processing, already available in French under “Le Fabuleux Chantier” (EDP Sciences, November 2019)
Valentin Weber holds a degree in psychology and is currently preparing his PhD in cognitive sciences at ENS-PSL. His research interests lie at the intersection of philosophy, neuroscience, and psychology and his current work focuses on iconic memory and other issues in the philosophy of cognitive science. Previously, he has studied psychological methods and has worked on psychometric models.
Clément Boulle is a journalist and entrepreneur. A graduate of École supérieure de journalisme (ESJ) in Lille, he holds an executive MBA from INSEAD. Before joining Polytechnique Insights, he spent six years developing digital marketing company Local Media, an online advertising agency for local advertisers, which he then sold. Early on in his career, he was a journalist and editor-in-chief in the La Dépêche du Midi media group. He also worked for the French Red Cross as a consultant, helping design and develop a social innovation incubator.
After her initial studies in molecular biology, Agnès Vernet trained as a science journalist at ESJ-Lille. For the past 14 years, she has been writing for various media, scientific magazines, professional titles and general press, in France and Switzerland. Since 1st February 2021, she is the elected President of the French association of science journalists (AJSPI).
Jérôme Fourquet is the director of Ifop's Opinion Department and author of "L'archipel français" (Prix du livre politique 2019) and "La France sous nos yeux", co-written with Jean-Laurent Cassely.
