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Gérard Berry

French computer scientist

Gérard Philippe Berry (born 25 December 1948) is a French computer scientist, member of the French Academy of Sciences, French Academy of Technologies, and Academia Europaea. He was the Chief Scientist Officer of Esterel Technologies from 2000 to 2009.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Gérard Berry (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Dec 25, 1948.¹

About

He held the 2007-2008 yearly Liliane Bettencourt chair of Technological Innovation at the Collège de France. He was Director of Research at INRIA Sophia-Antipolis and held the 2009-2010 yearly Informatics and Digital Sciences chair at the Collège de France. Berry's work, which spans over more than 30 years, brought important contributions to three main fields:

lambda calculus and functional programming

parallel and real-time programming languages

design automation for synchronous digital circuits

From Wikipedia’s article on Gérard Berry, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Esterel TechnologiesFounder¹⁶

Early life and education

1967 to 1970École polytechnique³
1970 to 1972Mines ParisTech³
Date not recordedParis Diderot University doctorate in France; mathematics³

Career

Occupation: researcher, engineer, computer scientist.^{7 8}

2009 to 2012Directeur de recherche, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique⁴
2001 to 2009Worked at Esterel Technologies⁴
1977 to 2001Directeur de recherche, Mines ParisTech⁴
1970 to 1977Researcher, Mines ParisTech⁴
Date not recordedWorked at Collège de France^{4 5}
Date not recordedFounded Esterel Technologies⁶

Known for: Esterel.⁹

Personal life

CitizenshipFrance¹⁰

Awards

2022Officer of the National Order of Merit¹¹
2016Officer of the French Order of Academic Palms¹¹
2014CNRS Gold medal^{11 13}
2012Knight of the Legion of Honour^{11 12}
2008Knight of the National Order of Merit¹¹
1990Michel Monpetit Prize¹¹
1979CNRS bronze medal^{8 11}

Sources

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WikidataGérard Berry on Wikidata
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WikipediaGérard Berry on Wikipedia
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WikidataGérard Berry: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataGérard Berry: Worked at Collège de France, on Wikidata
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WikidataWorked at Collège de France, as reported
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WikidataGérard Berry: Founded Esterel Technologies, on Wikidata
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WikidataGérard Berry: occupation, on Wikidata
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Wikidataoccupation, as reported
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WikidataGérard Berry: notable work, on Wikidata
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WikidataGérard Berry: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataGérard Berry: award, on Wikidata
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Wikidataaward, as reported by Journal officiel de la République française
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Wikidataaward, as reported
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WikidataGérard Berry: Official website, on Wikidata
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WikidataGérard Berry: LinkedIn, on Wikidata
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WikidataEsterel Technologies, Founder
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Wikimedia CommonsGérard Berry photo by David.Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0