Nationality French Institutions University of Rennes 1 Name Marie-Francoise Roy | Fields Mathematics Doctoral advisor Jean Benabou | |
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SHM - 16/01/15 - Constructivismes en mathématiques - Marie Françoise Roy
Marie-Francoise Roy (born 28 April 1950 in Paris) is a French mathematician noted for her work in real algebraic geometry. She has been Professor of Mathematics at the University of Rennes 1 since 1985 and in 2009 was made a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour.
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Marie-Francoise Roy got her education at Ecole Normale Superieurede jeunes filles and was an assistant professor at Universite Paris Nord during 1973. She received her PhD at Universite Paris Nord in 1980, supervised by Jean Benabou. From 1981 she spent two years at Abdou Moumouni University in Niger. In 1985 she became a professor at University of Rennes 1 in Rennes, France.
Roy works in real algebraic geometry in particular real spectra and, most recently, in complexity of algorithms in real algebraic geometry and also the applications.
Roy was president of Societe Mathematique de France from 2004 to 2007.
In 1986, Roy was one of the founders of European Women in Mathematics, EWM, and is the convenor (president) of EWM 2009-2013. In 1987 she co-founded the French organization for women in mathematics, Femmes et Mathematiques, and became the organization's first president.
Roy is scientific officer for Sub-Saharan Africa in Centre International de Mathematiques Pures et Appliquees,CIMPA. Roy is president of Association d'Echanges Culturels Cesson Dankassari (Tarbiyya-Tatali) an organization working for joint activities in a commune Dan-Cassari in Niger and the French commune Cesson-Sevigne.