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Abstract We present i) a necessary and sufficient condition of optimality for transport and ii) a regularization of Wasserstein distances. …
11:15am - 12:30pm
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Sensory map in flattened mouse cortex visualized by thalamocortical axons (red) and counter-staining of cellular nuclei (cyan). The brain is an organ that develops in several sequential phases, well described by psychologists and neurobiologists alike. …
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A man works in his rooftop garden in Kolkata, India. Drought caused by climate change can have a significant impact on global food production. Using rooftops as a secondary source of food production can help alleviate the pressure of industrial …
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Towards less and less radical chemistry
Louis Fensterbank, chair Activations in Molecular Chemistry
Towards less and less radical chemistry
Louis Fensterbank, chair Activations in Molecular Chemistry
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Free radicals are generally associated with highly reactive and uncontrollable species, leading to degradative processes or pathologies. Paradoxically, this high reactivity also represents a unique opportunity for powerful synthetic chemistry. The aim of …
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International Peccot Lecture Series Created in 2023, the International Peccot Lecture Series specifically rewards young European mathematicians, who are invited to give a series of lectures at the Collège de France. Jessica Fintzen is the first winner of …
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Abstract This seminar will explore in detail the physical properties of Jupiter's Trojans. It will present NASA's LUCY mission, launched in 2021, which will encounter five Trojan objects between 2027 and 2033. We will also discuss the exciting discovery …
5:45 - 6:45pm
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One-hour lecture , followed by the seminar. Abstract After a brief introduction to the properties of the giant planets, we'll describe their satellite populations, focusing on the so-called " irregular " satellites due to their eccentric and inclined …
4:45 - 5:45pm
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10:30am - 12:30pm
François-Marie Bréon
The Disrupted Carbon Cycle
François-Marie Bréon
The Disrupted Carbon Cycle
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Abstract The increase in atmospheric CO 2 concentrations is the primary cause of the global warming observed over the past fifty years. However, the amounts of fossil carbon extracted from the ground and released into the atmosphere are small compared to …
6:00 - 7:00pm
François Charton
Artificial intelligence and mathematics - How language models learn arithmetic
François Charton
Artificial intelligence and mathematics - How language models learn arithmetic
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2:00 - 3:00pm
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Abstract The aim of this year's lecture is to describe random hyperbolic surfaces, their geometry and spectrum. We will also discuss random regular graphs, whose combinatorics and spectral theory are in many ways analogous to those of hyperbolic surfaces. …
10:00am - 12:00pm
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The seminar will continue with a reading of Ulpian's On the Duties of the Proconsul , a kind of guide that allows us to virtually see the Roman provincial governor in action, and to understand how his actions were bound by the bonds of law. The seminar …
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The lecture explores how Roman jurists, who were also writers, used metaphors to express and even forge their concepts, some of which are still ours today. Metaphors are a cognitive matrix, a way of thinking, not just speaking. Body, head, ears, hands, …
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Patrick Boucheron
Books at Notre-Dame de Paris in the Middle Ages : library, treasury and archives
Patrick Boucheron
Books at Notre-Dame de Paris in the Middle Ages : library, treasury and archives
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Abstract On the occasion of the exhibition " Feuilleter Notre-Dame : chefs-d'œuvre de la bibliothèque médiévale ", organized at the Musée de Cluny by the BnF, the session will bring together specialists in Notre-Dame manuscripts and archives. It will …
4:00 - 7:00pm
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Documents and média Download support (1) Download support (2) …
2:00 - 4:00pm
Epigenetics at the organism-environment interface
Edith Heard, chair Epigenetics and Cellular Memory
Epigenetics at the organism-environment interface
Edith Heard, chair Epigenetics and Cellular Memory
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Le Rêve , Henri Rousseau, 1910, MoMA. The lecture will focus on epigenetic mechanisms at the interface between organisms and their environment. We will see how these mechanisms play a fundamental role in the adjustment of organisms to environmental …
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Mikael Larsson
The blasphemous Bible - the reception of the Bible in some of Lars von Trier's films
Mikael Larsson
The blasphemous Bible - the reception of the Bible in some of Lars von Trier's films
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Dante's Boat , Eugène Delacroix, 1822 Mikael Larsson is invited by the Collège de France assembly at the suggestion of Prof. Thomas Römer. Prof. Larrson will speak in English, with a lecture in French. Abstract Danish director Lars von Trier is a …
11:00am - 12:00pm
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Abstract Comets are classified into two main families according to their orbital properties : comets of the Jupiter family and comets with an isotropic distribution. The former come from the Kuiper belt, more precisely from its sub-component known as the …
4:45 - 6:45pm