The researcher, affiliated with the LAMSADE at Université Paris Dauphine – PSL, was selected upon the recommendation of Timothy Gowers, a professor at the Collège de France. The Peccot Course, awarded since 1885, recognizes young mathematicians for the quality of their theoretical or applied work.
Edwige Cyffers' research focuses on trustworthy machine learning and the protection of personal data. She develops mathematical tools to ensure data confidentiality in decentralized systems and studies the long-term consequences of machine learning deployment.
A former student of ENS de Lyon, she completed her thesis on differential privacy for decentralized learning. Her scientific career is marked by distinctions, including the Young Talents France L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science program in 2023, the SSFAM thesis prize, and a finalist position for the AFIA thesis prize in 2025.
Committed to the role of women in science, she contributed to the organization of the European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad in 2026.
