Ugo Boscain

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
97 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Ugo Boscain is a scholar working on Applied Mathematics, Geometry and Topology and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ugo Boscain has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Applied Mathematics, 27 papers in Geometry and Topology and 23 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Ugo Boscain's work include Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows (28 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (18 papers) and Advanced Differential Geometry Research (17 papers). Ugo Boscain is often cited by papers focused on Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows (28 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (18 papers) and Advanced Differential Geometry Research (17 papers). Ugo Boscain collaborates with scholars based in France, Italy and United States. Ugo Boscain's co-authors include Paolo Mason, Mario Sigalotti, Francesco Rossi, Jean-Paul Gauthier, G. Charlot, Thomas Chambrion, Andrei Agrachev, Davide Barilari, Christiane P. Koch and Thomas Schulte‐Herbrüggen and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Automatica and Communications in Mathematical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Ugo Boscain

91 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Training Schrödinger’s cat: quantum optimal control

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Brian C. Hall United States

Velimir Jurdjevic Canada

Alberto Ibort Spain

A. Vourdas United Kingdom

Maurice A. de Gosson Austria

V. S. Varadarajan United States

Bernard Gaveau France

José F. Cariñena Spain

Chris Doran United Kingdom

S P Novikov United States

Brian C. Hall United States

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Countries citing papers authored by Ugo Boscain

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ugo Boscain

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ugo Boscain

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ugo Boscain. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ugo Boscain based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ugo Boscain. Ugo Boscain is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Boscain, Ugo, et al.. (2025). Ensemble control of n -level quantum systems with a scalar control. Automatica. 185. 112733–112733.

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Leibscher, M., et al.. (2024). Quantum control of rovibrational dynamics and application to light-induced molecular chirality. Physical review. A. 109(1). 5 indexed citations

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Koch, Christiane P., Ugo Boscain, Tommaso Calarco, et al.. (2022). Quantum optimal control in quantum technologies. Strategic report on current status, visions and goals for research in Europe. EPJ Quantum Technology. 9(1). 2 indexed citations

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Boscain, Ugo, et al.. (2022). Chattering phenomenon in quantum optimal control. New Journal of Physics. 24(12). 123037–123037. 1 indexed citations

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Boscain, Ugo, et al.. (2020). Effective adiabatic control of a decoupled Hamiltonian obtained by\n rotating wave approximation. arXiv (Cornell University). 10 indexed citations

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Boscain, Ugo, et al.. (2020). Semi-conical eigenvalue intersections and the ensemble controllability problem for quantum systems. Mathematical Control and Related Fields. 10(4). 877–911. 5 indexed citations

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Boscain, Ugo, Robert W. Neel, & Luca Rizzi. (2017). Intrinsic random walks and sub-Laplacians in sub-Riemannian geometry. Advances in Mathematics. 314. 124–184. 8 indexed citations

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Boscain, Ugo, et al.. (2016). Generic singularities of line fields on 2D manifolds. Differential Geometry and its Applications. 49. 326–350. 4 indexed citations

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Boscain, Ugo, et al.. (2015). Highly corrupted image inpainting through hypoelliptic diffusion. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 13 indexed citations

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Boscain, Ugo, et al.. (2014). Image Reconstruction Via Non-Isotropic Diffusion in Dubins/Reed-Shepp- Like Control Systems. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations

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Boscain, Ugo, Marco Caponigro, & Mario Sigalotti. (2014). Multi-input Schrödinger equation: Controllability, tracking, and application to the quantum angular momentum. Journal of Differential Equations. 256(11). 3524–3551. 37 indexed citations

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Boscain, Ugo, et al.. (2013). The Laplace-Beltrami operator on conic and anticonic-type surfaces. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Boscain, Ugo & Camille Laurent. (2013). L’opérateur de Laplace-Beltrami en Géométrie presque-Riemannienne. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 20 indexed citations

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Boscain, Ugo, et al.. (2012). Normal forms and invariants for 2-dimensional almost-Riemannian structures. Differential Geometry and its Applications. 31(1). 41–62. 1 indexed citations

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Boscain, Ugo, et al.. (2010). Normal forms and invariants for 2-dimensional almost-Riemannian\n structures. arXiv (Cornell University). 9 indexed citations

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Boscain, Ugo, et al.. (2010). A Normal Form for Generic 2-Dimensional Almost-Riemannian Structures at a tangency point. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations

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Agrachev, Andrei, Ugo Boscain, Jean-Paul Gauthier, & Francesco Rossi. (2009). The intrinsic hypoelliptic Laplacian and its heat kernel on unimodular Lie groups. Journal of Functional Analysis. 256(8). 2621–2655. 71 indexed citations

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Boscain, Ugo, Thomas Chambrion, & G. Charlot. (2005). Nonisotropic 3-level quantum systems: complete solutions for minimumtime and minimum energy. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - B. 5(4). 957–990. 50 indexed citations

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Boscain, Ugo & Benedetto Piccoli. (2001). Extremal Synthesis for Generic Planar Systems. Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems. 7(2). 209–258. 15 indexed citations

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Boscain, Ugo & Benedetto Piccoli. (2000). Abnormal extremals for minimum time on the plane. 123(1). 169–74. 1 indexed citations

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