Fatiha Alabau facts for kids

Fatiha Alabau-Boussouira (born in 1961) is a French mathematician. She specializes in a field called control theory. This is about using math to control how things change over time, like how a robot moves or how a rocket flies.

Fatiha Alabau-Boussouira works with complex math problems called partial differential equations. These equations help describe how things like heat, sound, or water move and change. She is a professor at the University of Lorraine in France. She also used to be the head of a French group for applied mathematics called the Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles.

Early Life and Studies

Fatiha Alabau-Boussouira was born on August 27, 1961, in a town called Montmorency, Val-d'Oise, in France.

She studied at Pierre and Marie Curie University. In 1984, she earned a special high-level degree in numerical analysis. This is a part of math that uses computers to solve hard problems.

In 1987, she finished her PhD. For her PhD, she wrote a big research paper called a doctoral thesis. Her professor, Roland Glowinski, helped her with her research.

Career in Mathematics

After her PhD, Fatiha Alabau-Boussouira did more research in the United States. She was a visiting assistant professor at Arizona State University.

In 1988, she became a teacher at the University of Bordeaux 1 in France. Later, in 1997, she became a professor at Louis Pasteur University.

In 1999, she moved to Paul Verlaine University – Metz. This university later became part of the University of Lorraine. She has been a professor there ever since.

Leadership in Math

Fatiha Alabau-Boussouira is not just a great mathematician; she also helps lead the math community.

From 2014 to 2017, she was the president of the Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles. This is a big group in France for people who use math to solve real-world problems.