From California to Nancy: Kai Wehmeier, a world-renowned logician at the University of Lorraine

From California to Nancy: Kai Wehmeier, a world-renowned logician at the University of Lorraine
- November 21, 2025
- Kai Wehmeier, logic & philosophy of science, L’Est Républicain, Nov. 21, 2025 (in French)
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Since September, and until the end of the year, Kai Wehmeier has been hosted in Nancy as the recipient of the Tocqueville-Fulbright Chair, a program that highlights the close ties between the Henri-Poincaré Archives at the University of Lorraine and UC Irvine. ... Straddling mathematics — his original field of training — and philosophy, Kai Wehmeier teaches courses to students at the University of Lorraine for several weeks, working alongside Andrew Arana, director of the Henri-Poincaré Archives. His research deals with “methods and formalization” within the “formal sciences, such as mathematics, logic, theoretical linguistics, and digital fields including artificial-intelligence research.”
For the full story, please visit https://www.estrepublicain.fr/education/2025/11/21/de-la-californie-a-nancy-kai-wehmeier-un-logicien-de-renommee-mondiale-a-l-universite-de-lorraine.
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