In this week's IRIF letter, the central meeting rooms are now open and bookable; a new FSMP “Horizon Maths” conference organized by Hugo Herbelin is planned.
The 8th of March is the International Day of Women's Rights! Read reflections to make the computer science field a better place for women.
The Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers organizes his first environmental conference on Planetary Boundaries.
You are invited to meet Guillaume Baudart, new researcher at IRIF, through is portrayal. It is the focus of this week.
Call for tenders are still open, such as AAPG 2024.

Enjoy reading and have a nice weekend!

• [REMINDER] Project Deadline: the deadline International Researcher Invitations is approaching: March 13th. It is very important that there are many applications issued from IRIF since the number of missions awarded by the university is proportional to the number of applications. You you can apply through this Limesurvey link. All the information needed can be found in this 2023 Vademecum.

• [REMINDER] Internships: all information about internship agreements and how to fill them is available here.

• The rooms 3063, 3071, 4071 and 4071a are now open and can be booked and used by everyone. These rooms are not equipped yet, if you bring your own furniture please take it back once finished.

• Webcontrat: all IRIF members who wish to host a research project at CNRS should have an access to Webcontrat. If this is not the case you can request this on this platform. Do notbhesitate to contact secretariate if help is needed.

• Missions: please always take exchangeable and refundable tickets and hotel bookings on the Notilus platform. In case of bug, which regularly occur, the booking confirmation is not sent but the lab still has to pay.

• “Horizon Maths” conference”: This conference series allows exploring the applications and interactions of mathematics around a different theme for each edition. The next topic is: Mathematical Proof and Software Reliability. Organized under the direction of Hugo Herbelin (Inria, IRIF), it will take place on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, from 9 am to 6 pm, at the Henri Poincaré Institute (5 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 5th), Hermite Amphitheater.

• Thematic schools: The thematic schools campaign for 2025 has been launched. To submit a project, you must send your statement of intent to IFSEM before March 15, 2024. You can find more information on this document. The guide for developing a thematic school as well as all document templates to be submitted are downloadable on the HRD website.

• International Day of Women's Rights: the 8th of March is the International Day of Women's Rights. Two IRIF researchers give us an insigh about how it is to have such a position in male dominated field, computer science :
  • Lélia Blin, professeur des universités : “Je ne crois donc pas que la discipline ait un problème en soit. En revanche, elle est sans doute victime de la reproduction sociale typique du système scolaire français, et d'une approche des sciences au lycée, dont les mathématiques, abordées comme une compétition. Il me semble qu'il y a un décrochage net des filles en mathématiques à ce moment-là de leur scolarité, et la vision française élitiste des mathématiques et des sciences comme un outil de sélection joue probablement un rôle négatif, alors que les sciences devraient être abordées comme une ouverture sur le monde, et un lieu de collaborations et de coopérations.”
  • Mariana Milicich, PhD student : “One way is to understand when and why this lack of women in computer science started, to help reverse the stereotypes that may create the barriers girls could have. […] Additionally, pursuing a career in research is challenging, and I believe it can be even more difficult for women. Therefore, we should question and improve the academic system globally.”
    
  • Monika Csikos, associate professor: “[…] during my masters internship, my supervisor interacted with me in a fair, professional way, and granted me respect and trust in my research abilities. This was a very impactful experience for me and surely contributed to me pursuing a PhD.”

• [REMINDER] Sexist & sexual violence - 2nd webinar: On Thursday, March 14th, 2024, the L’Oréal and IPSOS Foundation, ENS Paris-Saclay, and the L'Oréal Foundation are organizing a webinar on “violencemeter” (violentomètre) at 7 pm. You can register on this link.

• [REMINDER] Théâtre Forum : Organized by UPCité's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion mission and the College of Doctoral Schools a forum theatre session entitled “Ce qu'il en coûte” (What it costs) by the SYNERGIES company will take place on Monday 11 March from 12:00 to 14:00 in Amphi Turing. The theme of the play is identifying and preventing bullying and harassment in the doctoral student/thesis supervisor relationship. Please send an email to mentorat.sciences@u-paris.fr to register.

• The OSU-EFLUVE (Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers) is organizing its first Environmental Evening on Planetary Boundaries in partnership with the Cinemas of Palais de Créteil. You are invited to participate in the debate in the presence of Christophe Cassou, climatologist and CNRS research director, and Thomas Wagner, author of the BonPote blog and co-author of the book “Tout comprendre (ou presque) sur le climat” published by CNRS Éditions. The event will take place on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, from 8 pm to 10 pm, with the doors opening at 7:45 pm. This free event is open to all, but registration is mandatory.

• The next Computer Science UFR Council will meet on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, from 11 am to 1 pm (room 3058 at Sophie Germain). The agenda serves as a summons for its members, along with a proxy form.

• Quantum quiz: SoQET, the Student Organization in Quantum Technologies, organizes a quiz for PhD students. Form teams of 3 in order to win a 60€ in FNAC card prize. It will be on the 13th of March at 17h in Jussieu, Paris 5 - Tower 26, 1st floor, corridor 26-25, room 105. You can register here.

• AAPG 2024: Individual support for preparing proposals for stage 2 of the AAPG 2024 is offered by the Department of Engineering and Project Management at the Faculty of Sciences. Only researchers who have been selected and have chosen Université Paris Cité as their managing institution can benefit from this support.
  If you are interested, please send the acronym of the project, the Project Type (PRC, PRCE, PRCI, JCJC, PRME), and the team status (project coordinator or partner) to the email address: projets.recherche.sciences@u-paris.fr.
  To help you, two usefull documents: Budget model version 2024 and administrative data of Université Paris Cité with updated information. You can check this link leads to the ANR website for information about the ANR necessary documents.

• [LAST CALL] International Researcher invitation: UPCité has launched the 2025 International Researcher invitation campaign. The candidature campaign is open until 15th of March, 2024 and you can apply through this Limesurvey link. All the information needed can be found in this Vademecum

• Faculty positions are open at IRIF : two MCF and one full professor, see this page.

• CMM-CNRS Chair for young female researchers : Call reserved for young female researchers, for a CMM-CNRS Chair in Santiago (Chile). These are 4-year fixed-term contracts, which are intended to lead to a permanent contract before the end of the contract. More information here.

• Handicap PhD grant: A call for handicap PhD grants is open until April. This grant funds a doctoral contract over 3 years and extension months funded by the Ministry. For the procedure, please contact the doctoral school : ufr-ed386@math.univ-paris-diderot.fr.

• Intership funding: As part of the SMARTS-UP Graduate Schools project, Université Paris Cité is launching a call for proposals to fund master's internships for foreign students enrolled in a foreign university. In particular, the graduate schools Mathematical Sciences and Quantum science cover IRIF research themes. To apply, fill this form and send it to smarts-up.mobility@u-paris.fr.

Partner newsletter : Newsletters are sent sporadically to IRIF members. They are listed below.

• diiP's Newsletter from the 3rd of March 2024
• La lettre de l'INSMI of March 2024