Philadelphia, PA--Francis Clarke of Université Claude Bernard is the recipient of the 2015 W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize, awarded by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).
Dr. Clarke has been awarded the Reid prize for his pioneering and influential work on the analysis of generalized derivatives and subdifferentials and for its applications in PDE optimization and control of nonsmooth systems.Clarke received the award, a cash prize of $10,000 and an engraved medal, at the SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications, held July 8-10 in Paris, France. His associated prize lecture, "Definitions and Hypotheses and All That Stuff," also delivered at the conference, was very well received.
A faculty member at Université Claude Bernard in Lyon, France, Clarke also holds a chair in mathematical control theory at L'Institut universitaire de France. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington.A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Clarke is a recipient of the Coxeter-James and Archambault research prizes, and a Killam Fellowship.
Clarke's research interests lie in nonsmooth analysis (a term he coined), differential equations, control theory, the calculus of variations, and optimization, as well as modeling in various interdisciplinary areas.Established by SIAM in 1993 to recognize outstanding work in, or other contributions to, the broadly defined areas of differential equations and control theory, the Reid Prize has been given annually since 2000, and may be awarded either for a single notable achievement or a collection of such achievements. The prize fund was endowed by the late Mrs. Idalia Reid to honor her husband.
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