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Habib Ammari  

Director of Research at CNRS 
Department of Mathematics and Applications
Ecole Normale Supérieure

Adjunct Professor
Department of Applied Mathematics
Ecole Polytechnique 

Email: habib.ammari@ens.fr
Phone: 33(0)144322137, Fax: 33(0)144322069

Postal address:
DMA, Ecole Normale Supérieure
45 Rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France


Biographical Sketch (bio-english, bio-french)

  • Born on June, 28, 1969 in Eljem, Tunisia
  • Baccalaureate, June 1988, Tunisia, Presidential Prize
  • BS, Ecole Polytechnique, July 1992
  • MS, Ecole Polytechnique, June 1993
  • Ph.D., Ecole Polytechnique, May 1995
  • Habilitation, University of Paris VI, January 1999

    Visiting Professorships

    MSRI, UC Berkeley (2001), IPAM, UCLA (2003), Seoul National University (2006), Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2012).


    Research Interests

    Asymptotic imaging, medical imaging, non-destructive testing, integral equations, asymptotic analysis, electromagnetics.


    Prizes and Awards

    European Research Council Advanced Investigator Grant, 2010.


    Selected Publications

    Authored Books

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    Edited Books

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    Industrial Grants and Collaborations

    • CEA-LIST, THALES, L'OREAL, and SCHLUMBERGER.

    Grants for International Collaborations

    • PHC STAR (South Korea), PHC AMADEUS (Austria), ALLIANCE (Columbia University).

    Agency Funds

    • Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), Délégation Générale pour l'Armement, Digiteo, Région Ile de France.

    Patents

  • Electrical Impedance Tomography by Elastic Deformation (with E. Bonnetier, Y. Capdeboscq, M. Tanter, and M. Fink), WO 2008037929.

    • Vulgarization Articles

    Former PhD Students

    • N. Vialle-Béreux (supervised with J.C. Nédélec), Resonances for Maxwell's Equations, PhD Thesis, Ecole Polytechnique, December 1998 (Reviewers: M. Costabel and P. Joly).
    • C. Latiri (supervised with J.C. Nédélec), Approximate Boundary Conditions in Electromagnetics , PhD Thesis, Ecole Polytechnique, November 1999 (Reviewers: G. Bao and P. Monk).
    • A. Khelifi, Electromagnetic Scattering From Small Dielectric Inhomogeneities, PhD Thesis, Ecole Polytechnique, February 2002 (Reviewers: O. Bruno and M. Yamamoto); HDR 2012.
    • F. Triki, Asymptotics of Resonant Frequencies in Electromagnetics, PhD Thesis, Ecole Polytechnique, December 2002 (Reviewers: G. Bouchitté and F. Santosa).
    • K. Touibi, Imaging Microstructures, PhD Thesis, Ecole Polytechnique, April 2004 (Reviewers: E. Beretta and H. Tuong).
    • S. Soussi , Mathematical Modeling in Optics, PhD Thesis, Ecole Polytechnique, September 2004 (Reviewers: D. Dobson and E. Bonnetier).
    • E. Iakovleva (supervised with D. Lesselier), Inverse Scattering from Small Inclusions, PhD Thesis, Ecole Polytechnique, November 2004 (Reviewers: J. Blum and M. Vogelius).
    • H. Zribi, Layer Potential Techniques for Sensitivity Analysis, PhD Thesis, Ecole Polytechnique, December 2005 (Reviewers: G. Dassios and L. Greengard); HDR 2012.
    • K. Louati, Mathematical Modeling for Corrosion Detection in Pipelines, PhD Thesis, Ecole Polytechnique, December 2006 (Reviewers: I. Ionescu and B. Maury).
    • A. Dossevi (supervised with L. Garnero), Methods of Reconstruction of Functional Networks from Cortical Sources Dynamics in Electro- and Magneto-encephalography, PhD Thesis, Ecole Polytechnique, December 2007 (Reviewers: H. Benali and J. Garnier).
    • A. Kozhemyak, Mathematical Models and Reconstruction Methods for Emerging Biomedical Imaging, PhD Thesis, Ecole Polytechnique, June 2008 (Reviewers: M. Asch and V. Komornik).
    • W.K. Park (supervised with D. Lesselier), Inverse Scattering from Two-Dimensional Thin Inclusions and Cracks, PhD Thesis, Ecole Polytechnique, February 2009 (Reviewers: E. Beretta and O. Dorn).
    • P. Garapon, Multiscale Elasticity Imaging, PhD Thesis, Ecole Polytechnique, June 2009 (Reviewers: L. Greengard and G. Uhlmann); Best Thesis Prize.
    • S. Khan (supervised with S. Baillet), MEG Source Imaging and Dynamic Characterization, PhD Thesis, Ecole Polytechnique, January 2010 (Reviewers: A. Djaffari and J. Garnier).
    • L. Guadarrama Bustos, Transient Wave Imaging, PhD Thesis, Ecole Polytechnique, June 2010 (Reviewers: Y. Capdeboscq and K. Solna).
    • J.B. Bellet (supervised with G. Berginc), Mathematical and Numerical Methods for Skin Imaging with Polarized Light, PhD Thesis, Ecole Polytechnique, December 2010 (Reviewers: D. Auroux and D. Fedbacq).
    • V. Jugnon, Modelling and Simulation in Photoacoustics, PhD Thesis, Ecole Polytechnique, December 2010 (Reviewers: M. Hanke, J. Schotland, and H. Zhao); Best Thesis Prize.
    • A. Wahab, Modeling and Imaging of Attenuation in Biological Media, PhD Thesis, Ecole Polytechnique, November 2011 (Reviewers: M. Bergounioux and O. Scherzer).

    Current PhD Students
      T. Boulier, L. Giovangigli, P. Millien, L. Seppecher (all supervised with J. Garnier).

    Former Post-Docs

    Current Post-Docs
      Y. Deng, W. Jing, L. Nguyen, M.P. Tran, H. Wang.

    Selected Recent Synergetic Activities
    • Member of the European Research Council Starting Grant Panel (PE1), 2013--.
    • Member of the Cancer Plan Panel of the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, 2011--2014.
    • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Photoacoustic Network, Austria, 2011--2014.
    • Member of the Scientific Committee of Applied and Inverse Problems Conference, Daejeon, Korea, 2013; Member of the Calderon Prize Committee 2013.

    Editorial Boards

    Organization of Seminars, Minicourses, and Conferences

    Selected Invited Addresses

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