Lenka Zdeborová facts for kids
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Lenka Zdeborová
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Lenka Zdeborová in 2020
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| Born | November 24, 1980 |
| Nationality | Czech |
| Education | Physics |
| Alma mater | Charles University Paris-Sud University |
| Awards | CNRS Bronze medal (2014) Philippe Meyer prize Irène Joliot-Curie Prize |
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| Institutions | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) |
| Doctoral advisor | Václav Janiš Marc Mézard |
Lenka Zdeborová (born 24 November 1980) is a Czech scientist. She is a physicist and computer scientist. She uses ideas from statistical physics to help computers learn. She also uses these ideas to solve tricky computer puzzles.
She is a professor at EPFL in Switzerland. She teaches physics and computer science.
About Lenka Zdeborová
Lenka Zdeborová was born in Plzeň, a city in the Czech Republic. When she was young, she went to a local school. She was very good at math and physics there.
Later, she lived in France with her family. She worked at a big research center called the CNRS. In 2020, she moved to Switzerland with her partner. They are raising their two children there.
Her Education and Work
Lenka Zdeborová studied physics at Charles University. She earned her master's degree in 2004. In 2008, she completed two doctorates at the same time. She earned them from Charles University and University of Paris-Sud. Her main teachers for her doctorate were Václav Janiš and Marc Mézard.
After her studies, she did more research in the United States. She worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. In 2010, she became a researcher for the French CNRS. She worked at a physics institute in Paris-Saclay.
In 2015, she earned a special qualification called a habilitation. This allowed her to lead research at the École normale supérieure (Paris). After this, she did more research in Los Alamos.
Since 2020, she has been a professor at EPFL. She teaches physics and computer science. She also leads a special lab there. This lab studies how statistical physics can help with computing.
Awards and Achievements
Lenka Zdeborová has received several important awards for her work.
- In 2014, she won the CNRS Bronze medal. This award is for young researchers in France.
- In 2016, she received the Philippe Meyer Prize. This prize is for her work in theoretical physics. It recognized her studies on complex systems.
- In 2018, she won the Irène Joliot-Curie Prize. This award celebrates young female scientists who have done amazing things in their careers.
- In 2021, she was honored with the Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship. This is a special lecture given by the American Mathematics Society.
