Background
Glowinski, Roland was born on March 9, 1937 in Paris. Son of Nathan and Anna (Cukiernik) Glowinski.
Glowinski, Roland was born on March 9, 1937 in Paris. Son of Nathan and Anna (Cukiernik) Glowinski.
B, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, 1960; M, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, Paris, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Paris, 1971.
Research engineer, Office de Radio et Télévision Françaises, Paris, 1963-1968;
research engineer, Institut National de Recherches en Informatique et Automatique, Paris, 1968-1970;
professor, U. Paris VI, since 1970;
chairman math Department, University Paris VI, 1981-1985;
Distinguished professor, U. Houston, since 1985. Adjunct Professor Rice U., Houston, since 1986. Sherman Fairchild Distinguished visitor California Institute Technology, 1988-1989.
Consultant Centre National d'Études des Télécommunications, Paris, 1968-1985, Science Research.Coun., London, 1978-1981. Board directors Electricite de France, Paris, 1990-1996, U. Leonardo da Vinci, Paris. Director Centre Europèen de Recherches et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique, Toulouse, France, 1992-1994.
Lieutenant France Signal Corps, 1958-1961. Member Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, French Academy Sciences (correspondent 1987), Academia Europea (London).
Married Angela Rimok, November 3, 1963. Children: Anne, Tania.