Anne Gégout-Petit, president of the Société Française de Statistique, Grégoire
Allaire, president of the Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles, Marc
Peigné, president of the Société Mathématique de France are pleased to announce that the 2013 Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh Prize is awarded to
Koffi Wilfrid HOUEADANOU.
Koffi Wilfrid Houedanou is a Ph D student from Benin working at IMSP (Institut de
Mathématiques et Sciences Physiques) in Benin under the joint supervision of
Bernardin Ahounou in Benin and Serge Nicaise at Valenciennes in France. The subject of his thesis is a posteriori error analysis for transmission problems with isotropic and anisotropic discretizations.
The Prize "Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh" has been created in memory of our colleague Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh, professor and former rector of the University of N'Djamena. Former government minister, he was one of the leading figures of the democratic opposition in Chad. He was instrumental in inter-university agreements linking Chad to France and other African countries. He wanted these agreements to contribute to the quality of teacher education in his country. The Prize is designed to continue his commitment to Mathematics in Africa. The Prize "Ibni Oumar Mahamat
Saleh" is awarded annually. It allows a student of an institution of Central Africa or
West Africa, in mathematical sciences, at the graduate or post-graduate level, to benefit a scientific training in a country other than his/her own. Applications are evaluated by a scientific committee set up by CIMPA (International Center for Pure and Applied Mathematics). The prize is funded by a subscription of the international mathematical community and benefits from the support of IMU (International
Mathematical Union), AMU (African Mathematical Union ) and LMS (London
Mathematical Society) and CIMPA.
For more information, about Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh and the circumstances of his disappearance as well as about the Prize itself, one can consult the website http://smf4.emath.fr/PrixIbni/