Gabriel Peyré

Gabriel Peyré is a CNRS Research Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Applications (DMA) of École normale supérieure (ENS) in Paris, France. A specialist in data science and artificial intelligence, he is renowned for his work on optimal transportation theory and its applications to imaging, machine learning, and neural network training. His research bridges mathematical theory with computational algorithm design, earning him the CNRS Silver Medal (2021) and multiple European Research Council (ERC) grants, including the 2024 Advanced Grant.

Research interests include:

• Optimal Transport
• Machine Learning
• AI Theory
• Image Processing
• Computational Mathematics
• Neural Network Training

His recent publications focus on advancing optimal transport methods in AI, with applications in neural network learning, spatial transcriptomics, and unsupervised data analysis. He has developed algorithms for large-scale optimal transport computations and contributed to theoretical understanding of transformer models and residual networks.

Scientific awards:

• CNRS Silver Medal (2021)
• ERC Advanced Grant (2024)
• ERC Consolidator Grant (2016)
• ERC Starting Grant (2011)
• Blaise-Pascal Prize from the Academy of Sciences (2017)

He supervises PhD students and postdoctoral researchers, including Raphaël Barboni, Valérie Castin, and Geert-Jan Huizing. His work involves collaborations with institutions like INRIA, MIT, and Heriot-Watt University. Peyré's affiliations include the Center for Data Sciences at ENS, where he contributes to interdisciplinary projects in biology and physics.