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2025

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Computer Science

D-Index
62
Citations
19087
World Ranking
2857
National Ranking
43

Mathematics

D-Index
62
Citations
19366
World Ranking
466
National Ranking
22

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in France Leader Award
  • 2015 - INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize
  • 2015 - Khachiyan Prize of the INFORMS Optimization Society
  • 2014 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to global polynomial optimization and the generalized problem of moments.

Overview

Jean B. Lasserre is affiliated with the Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems in France. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Mathematics and Computer Science, with substantial contributions to Numerical Analysis, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Computational Mechanics, and Control and Systems Engineering.

Their main topics of work include:

  • Advanced Optimization Algorithms Research
  • Polynomial and Algebraic Computation
  • Matrix Theory and Algorithms
  • Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design
  • Mathematical Functions and Polynomials
  • Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques
  • Markov Chains and Monte Carlo Methods

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Lasserre cover both theoretical and applied aspects of optimization and data analysis:

  • "TSSOS: A Moment-SOS Hierarchy That Exploits Term Sparsity," 2021, SIAM Journal on Optimization
  • "Chordal-TSSOS: A Moment-SOS Hierarchy That Exploits Term Sparsity with Chordal Extension," 2021, SIAM Journal on Optimization
  • "CS-TSSOS: Correlative and Term Sparsity for Large-Scale Polynomial Optimization," 2022, ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software
  • "Stranded in the high tide line: Spatial and temporal variability of beached microplastics in a semi-enclosed embayment (Arcachon, France)," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "The Christoffel-Darboux Kernel for Data Analysis," 2022, Cambridge University Press eBooks

Lasserre's collaborative work includes frequent cooperation with researchers such as Victor Magron, Didier Henrion, Mihai Putinar, and Edouard Pauwels.

The scientist has published extensively in several journals and venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in arXiv (Cornell University), followed by Comptes Rendus Mathématique, Mathematical Programming, SIAM Journal on Optimization, and Optimization Letters.

In addition to journal publications, Lasserre has authored books, including the title "The Moment-SOS Hierarchy," published by Imperial College Press in 2020.

Lasserre's professional recognitions include:

  • INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize, 2015
  • Khachiyan Prize of the INFORMS Optimization Society, 2015
  • SIAM Fellow, 2014, for contributions to global polynomial optimization and the generalized problem of moments

Best Publications

  • Global Optimization with Polynomials and the Problem of Moments

    Jean B. Lasserre

  • Discrete-time Markov control processes

    Onésimo Hernández-Lerma;Jean Bernard Lasserre

  • Moments, Positive Polynomials And Their Applications

    Jean Bernard Lasserre

  • Further Topics on Discrete-Time Markov Control Processes

    Onésimo Hernández-Lerma;Jean Bernard Lasserre

  • GloptiPoly 3: moments, optimization and semidefinite programming

    Didier Henrion;Jean-Bernard Lasserre;Johan Lofberg

  • GloptiPoly: Global optimization over polynomials with Matlab and SeDuMi

    Didier Henrion;Jean-Bernard Lasserre

  • Handbook on semidefinite, conic and polynomial optimization

    Miguel F. Anjos;Jean-Bernard Lasserre

  • Detecting global optimality and extracting solutions in GloptiPoly

    Didier Henrion;Jean-Bernard Lasserre

  • Convergent SDP-Relaxations in Polynomial Optimization with Sparsity

    Jean B. Lasserre

  • An Introduction to Polynomial and Semi-Algebraic Optimization

    Jean Bernard Lasserre

  • Nonlinear Optimal Control via Occupation Measures and LMI-Relaxations

    Jean B. Lasserre;Didier Henrion;Christophe Prieur;Emmanuel Trélat

  • An Explicit Exact SDP Relaxation for Nonlinear 0-1 Programs

    Jean B. Lasserre

  • Markov chains and invariant probabilities

    Onésimo Hernández-Lerma;Jean Bernard Lasserre

  • Convergent relaxations of polynomial matrix inequalities and static output feedback

    D. Henrion;J.-B. Lasserre

  • An Explicit Equivalent Positive Semidefinite Program for Nonlinear 0-1 Programs

    Jean B. Lasserre

  • A modified shifting bottleneck procedure for job-shop scheduling

    S. Dauzere-Peres;J.-B. Lasserre

  • An analytical expression and an algorithm for the volume of a convex polyhedron inR n

    J. B. Lasserre

  • Multi-resource shop scheduling with resource flexibility

    Stéphane Dauzère-Pérès;W. Roux;Jean B. Lasserre

  • Semidefinite Programming vs. LP Relaxations for Polynomial Programming

    Jean B. Lasserre

  • Introduction to Semidefinite, Conic and Polynomial Optimization

    Miguel F. Anjos;Jean B. Lasserre

  • SIAM Journal on Optimization

    C Audet;H H Bauschke;L T Biegler;P L Combettes

  • Convergent SDP-relaxations for polynomial optimization with sparsity

    Jean B. Lasserre

Frequent Co-Authors

Didier Henrion
Didier Henrion Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems
Onésimo Hernández-Lerma
Onésimo Hernández-Lerma Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Stéphane Dauzère-Pérès
Stéphane Dauzère-Pérès École des Mines de Saint-Étienne
Mihai Putinar
Mihai Putinar University of California, Santa Barbara
Francisco Facchinei
Francisco Facchinei Sapienza University of Rome
Monique Laurent
Monique Laurent Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
Roberto Cominetti
Roberto Cominetti Adolfo Ibáñez University
Bernard Mourrain
Bernard Mourrain French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA
Fabrice Gamboa
Fabrice Gamboa Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Kim-Chuan Toh
Kim-Chuan Toh National University of Singapore

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