Math Matters - Emmanuel Candès

Emmanuel Candès, a former student of the Ecole polytechnique,
is teaching as a full professor in mathematics and statistics at Stanford University. He was awarded the 2011 ICIAM Collaz Prize, which provides international recognition to individual scientists under 42 years of age for outstanding work on industrial and applied mathematics

Applied mathemics is a specialty of mathematical science focusing on practical problems, typically on the short to medium term, while pure mathematics tackle theoretical issues that could lead to potential applications on the longer term. Applied mathematics generate mathematical models which are used in a variety of fields such as science, industry, engineering and business.