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Julien Guyon comments on the new format of the UEFA Champions League live on French TV

Julien Guyon was interviewed live on French TV on August 29, 2024 to comment on the new format of the UEFA Champions League (L’Equipe du Soir, on La chaîne L’Equipe). You can see the replay here (from 11’45” to 22′). Julien Guyon was also interviewed by the daily sports newspaper L’Equipe, both in the print and online versions.

Nerea Vadillo’s doctoral thesis was awarded the Prix des Sciences du Risque 2024

Nerea Vadillo’s doctoral thesis was awarded the Prix des Sciences du Risque 2024 by the Fondation Optimind Part of Accenture, in partnership with AMRAE, France Assureurs and the Institut des Actuaires (https://www.sciencesdurisque.com/laureats2024). The award was presented on June 18 at the Pavillon Élysée in Paris, attended by over 200 insurance, risk management and academic professionals. With the growing demand for… Read more »

2024 Olympic Games: Sport and Science Teamed Up

Julien Guyon is invited to discuss with Rémi Carmignani, Brigitte Vinçon-Leite and Arthur Guillot-Le Goff how scientific innovations contribute to the development of athletic performance, to the creation of a better and fairer sporting environment, and to the creation of sustainable infrastructures for competitions. Watch the video here.

Gabriel Stoltz co-organizes the program “Materials Informatics” at IMSI, Chicago

The Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation (IMSI), located on the campus of the University of Chicago, hosts a program on “Data-Driven Materials Informatics” from March 4th to May 24th. Materials informatics is an emerging field defined by the use of simulation tools combined with methods from data sciences and machine learning to better understand materials properties and design innovative… Read more »

Nerea Vadillo has been awarded the 2024 prize by the Energy Finance Italia (EFI) association.

This prize, aimed at under-30s, is awarded for the best paper presented at the EFI9 conference held in Bari from 12 to 14 February. The prize-winning work concerns the joint modelling of temperature and the price of electricity, in order to better understand and manage the risk associated with climate insurance products. It stems from a CIFRE thesis with AXA… Read more »

Arrival of Loucas Pillaud-Vivien at CERMICS

Loucas Pillaud-Vivien joined the Applied Probability team at CERMICS on January the 2nd 2024. His research focuses on understanding the high-dimensional stochastic dynamics underlying the optimization procedures inherent to modern machine learning algorithms. He obtained his PhD at ENS/Inria Paris in 2020 under the supervision of Francis Bach and did his postdoctoral work at EPFL with Nicolas Flammarion, and then… Read more »

Julien Guyon live on French TV to comment on football draws probabilities

On December 18, 2023, Julien Guyon was live on the French TV network La chaîne L’Équipe. In what might well be a TV world premiere, he commented on the draw probabilities of the UEFA Champions League, Europa League, and Europa Conference League, and how they evolve during the draw. Due to the draw constraints and draw procedure, the probabilities are not easy… Read more »

Virginie Ehrlacher receives the “Young Female Scientist” Irène Joliot-Curie Prize

Virginie Ehrlacher received the 2023 Irène Joliot-Curie Prize in the “Young Female Scientist” category. Created in 2001 by the French Ministry of Research, the Irène Joliot-Curie Prize is designed to promote the role of women in research and technology in France. It highlights the exemplary careers of women in science who combine excellence and dynamism. It is awarded by the… Read more »