Outreach
MATh.en.JEANS — MEJ
Since 2015 I am coordinator of the MATh.en.JEANS — MEJ association (Prix Wernaers 2015) in Belgium. This association, of which a complete and detailed description is given at the address www.mathenjeans.be, organises research projects in secondary schools at all levels (from the first to the last year) throughout the entire Fédération Wallonnie Bruxelles.
More specifically, we
Coordinate weekly research sessions animated by University researchers and secondary school teachers for secondary school students
Organise and dispense introductions to programming for young students (Python and Geogebra)
Organise general audience talks
Organise conferences (500 students in Liège in 2017, 600 in Louvain-La-Neuve in 2019)
Coordinate the travels of students to and from their school to the conferences (Paris in 2015, Liège in 2016, Metz in 2017, Louvain-La-Neuve in 2018, Luxembourg in 2019)
Brussels Summer School of Mathematics
In 2008 I co-founded the “Brussels Summer School of Mathematics" http://bssm.ulb.ac.be/ (Prix Wernaers 2012). This yearly conference is still going strong to this date and is, in continuation with the tradition started 10 years ago, still animated by motivated by PhD students and PostDocs.
Calendar (non exhaustive list)
2022
May: PhD day in Liège (co-main organiser) http://dwispc8.vub.ac.be/nieuwBMS/index.php?id=phd-day-2022
April: Sole organiser of the Congrès MATh.en.JEANS à l'ULB https://www.mathenjeans.be/congres2022
2021
From September 2021 to May 2022: research workshops in secondary schools
December: Sole organiser of the Recent breakthroughs in Mathematics event for the BMS (online http://dwispc8.vub.ac.be/nieuwBMS/index.php?id=recent-breakthroughs-and-general-assembly-2021 )
November: Maison de la culture, Arlon, conference "Formule de l'amour"
Octobre: Luxembourg Science Center, conference "Comme par hasart" https://luxstat.lu/2021/10/11/comme-par-hasart/
May: tournage de la vidéo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLGPtvkB4ww
2020
May: MEJ congres in Luxembourg (cancelled)
February: two talks during "après midi inédit" at ULB
February: invited talk at Collège Saint François-Xavier 1, Verviers
February: discussion of maths careers and studies at ISND, Anderlecht
2019
13 novembre: organisation of MEJ afternoon at ULB
24 octobre: co-organisaion of the “Bourgain day” at the Academy
23 octobre: Python afternoon at ULB for MEJ
Since September: animation of MEJ research group at Lycée Français Jean Monnet, Uccle
August: stand at annual congres of the SBPMeF
May: MEJ Congres in Louvain-La-Neuve
2018
May 25: Gent, PhD Day (scientific committee): http://bms.ulb.ac.be/phdday
April : coordination of transport from Belgium to Nancy (22-24 avril) for MEJ congress
April: ULiège, invited talk to exchange students from Romanian secondary school
February: ULiège, invited talk at AMULg seminar
January: ULiège, organisation and Geogebra tutoring for MEJ
2017
November: invited talk at the "maths" colloquium in HE Francisco Ferrer
May: invited talk at Collège Don Bosco Woluwé
April: invited talk at ISMA, Arlon
April: organiser of the Congrès MATh.en.JEANS (500 secondary school students in Liège University over 3 days)
May: co-organiser of BMS day at "the math conference" in Brussels
February: invited talk at the “day of statistics” at the Aquarium in ULiège
January: talk at the “journée d'accueil du secondaire” in ULiège Math Department
2016
May: invited talk at Athénée Thil Lorrain, Verviers
May: Metz, Colloque Maths en Jeans
April: organiser of MATh.en.JEANS colloquium at ULiège Math Department
January: talk at the “journée d'accueil du secondaire” in ULiège Math Department
2015
January: talk at the “journée d'accueil du secondaire” in ULiège Math Department
October: invited talk at the “Journées Catalan” at the Aquarium in Liège
March: ENS Paris, Colloque Maths en Jeans
January: talk at the “journée d'accueil du secondaire” in ULiège Math Department