Emmanuel Candès
Emmanuel Candès | |
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| Born | 27 April 1970 |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | Stanford University École Polytechnique |
| Known for | Wavelet theory, Curvelets, Compressed sensing |
| Spouse | Chiara Sabatti |
| Awards | Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (2001) James H. Wilkinson Prize in Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing (2005) Vasil A. Popov Prize (2006) Alan T. Waterman Award (2006) Information Theory Society Paper Award (2008) George Pólya Prize (2010) Collatz Prize (ICIAM) (2011) Lagrange Prize in Continuous Optimization (2012) Dannie Heineman Prize (2013) MacArthur Genius Grant (2017) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistics Electrical engineering |
| Institutions | Stanford University California Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | David Donoho |
| Doctoral students | Vlad Voroninski |
Emmanuel Jean Candès (born 27 April 1970) is a French statistician most well known for his contributions to the field of compressed sensing and statistical hypothesis testing. He is a professor of statistics and electrical engineering (by courtesy) at Stanford University, where he is also the Barnum-Simons Chair in Mathematics and Statistics. Candès is a 2017 MacArthur Fellow.