Claude Le Bris has been appointed as a senior Zuse Fellow at the Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB). The ZIB is an interdisciplinary research institute for applied mathematics and data-intensive high-performance computing. Its research focuses on modeling, simulation and optimization with scientific cooperation partners from academia and industry. Claude Le Bris would like to take the opportunity of this fellowship to also create new collaborations between CERMICS and mathematical departments in Berlin.