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Introduction This year, Xavier Leroy’s course will focus on the problem of program equivalence: how can we establish that two programs behave identically or are compatible? This question arises in several fields, ranging from compiler verification to …

Admission Policy Due to high attendance, the public is advised to arrive at least 45 minutes before the event begins. Seats cannot be reserved and are assigned strictly on a first-come, first-served basis. If the venue reaches capacity, the public may be …

Introduction The 2026–2027 course on creative work will continue its exploration of one of the research areas to which Pierre-Michel Menger devoted his work: the arts. The 2025–2026 course demonstrated how the arts constitute a rich yet enigmatic subject …

Introduction Following the course on intracellular transport, Jean-François Joanny’s course this year will focus on the physical aspects of energy consumption by cells and metabolism. This course will be held in conjunction with Thomas Lecuit’s course, …

Introduction Following a series of lectures in which Anne Cheng explored the relationships between despotism and monism, autocracy and freedom in the Chinese tradition, she now feels it is necessary to revisit the famous Dao 道: is it essentially cosmic, …

Myrrhinè lekythos , 5th c. BC (Athens Archaeological Museum no. 4485). g. Dall'Orto Study day organized by Adrien Zirah (research engineer at Collège de France, associate member of ANHIMA and LIER-FYT) with the support of Professeure Pirenne-Delforge It …

Introduction This year’s course by Thomas Lecuit will focus on bioenergetics. A cell in equilibrium is dead. A living system is open, traversed by energy flows that maintain its organization, growth, dynamics, and information processing. The course …

Introduction Metagenomics has profoundly changed our understanding of biodiversity, the evolutionary relationships between organisms, and their extraordinary adaptive capabilities. In particular, the exploration of environments on a global scale has …

Execrable Human Traffick, or The Affectionate Slaves , oil on canvas by George Morland, c. 1788. Colloquium organized in partnership with the BnF as part of the postdoctoral contract co-funded by the Collège de France and the Bibliothèque nationale de …

Présentation Nos sociétés sont confrontées à des défis sans précédent : changement climatique, érosion de la biodiversité, inégalités croissantes, transformations technologiques et fragilisation du lien social. Dans ce contexte, comment évaluer le progrès …

Christopher Domínguez Michael has been invited by the Assembly of the Collège de France at the recommendation of Professor William Marx. Christopher Domínguez …

Gilles Bransbourg has been invited by the College of France on the recommendation of Professors Jean-Luc Fournet and Frantz Grenet. …

Drosophila embryo dendritic neuron. iBDM, Marseille. Les systèmes biologiques traitent de l’information à toutes les échelles et présentent des propriétés computationnelles associées remarquables. Par exemple une cellule isolée comme une bactérie détecte …