Gérard Biau

Gérard Biau

Sorbonne Université — LPSM, Boîte 158, tour 15-25
4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
E-mail: gerard.biau@sorbonne-universite.fr
Phone: +(33) 6 10 02 71 40
Statistics Statistical learning Machine learning

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Gérard Biau is a full professor at the Probability, Statistics, and Modeling Laboratory (LPSM) of Sorbonne University in Paris. His research primarily focuses on developing new methodologies and mathematical theories in statistical learning and artificial intelligence. Gérard Biau was a junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France from 2012 to 2017 and served as the president of the French Statistical Society from 2015 to 2018. In 2018, he received the Michel Monpetit – Inria Prize from the French Academy of Sciences. Since 2024, he has been a senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France and was elected the same year to the French Academy of Sciences. Currently, he is the director of the Sorbonne Center for Artificial Intelligence (SCAI).

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May 13, 2026 — Montpellier, France
June 1–5, 2026 — Clermont-Ferrand, France
June 3, 2026 — Toulouse, France

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