My Outreach Activities
Public-facing Publications
• (cowritten with Paul Dequidt) From Biological Data to Models and Back, Image des Mathématiques (2019).
• “Face to Face”, Microscoop Magazine, CNRS Poitou-Charentes, 78 (2018), pp. 14–15.
• Interview, Docteurs SPI le blog (2023)
Local Co-organization – MATh.en.JEANS 2018
Managed logistics (venues, meals, lodging, transport, presentations) for over 700 participants over three days in Poitiers. More info.
On-site Research Activities
With the Nombredor team and under Madalina Petcu supervision, welcomed high-schoolers from Parthenay (2018)
Supervised high-school internships ("stage d’observation d’une semaine de 3eme", 2018 & 2020). Details.
Women & Science
Outreach in schools and community centers "MJC"
Femmes & Sciences (lycéens Raoul Mortier, Jean Moulin et Jean-Marie Bouloux, Montmorillon (86), 2017),
Sciences En Mouvement d'Elles organized by l’Espace Mendès France (cycle 4, 4ème, Jean Monnet Lusignan (86), 2020).
Online intervention for "3ème édition d'Ingénieur.e ? C' pour moi !" (2023).
Intervention for Lyon Data Science et Meetup Paris Data Ladies "In silico, speeding up drug approvals before you get a cold"(2024)
Annual Science Events
Booth management in the Science Festival (Poitiers 2017–2018) and Researchers' Night at CHU Poitiers (2018–2019) Vulgarization
Primary School Outreach
Cycle 3 students (CM1–CM2) at Saint-Agnès (06), with custom workshops and student-prepared questions, 4 stands, adapting the intervention based on submitted requests and questions (2018)
Some Personal Creations
- Mind Map of AI – with Paul Dequidt, 2020
- Flyer on Applied Mathematics in Biology – 2017
Recommended Resources
Websites and YouTube Channels
- Statistics How To - Stephanie Glen: "Elementary Statistics for the rest of us!" to continue learning statistics.
- Choux Romanesco, Vache qui rit et Intégrales curvilignes: a place to get lost while finding a lot.
- Image Des Mathématiques: undoubtedly the reference site for popularizing mathematics at all levels.
- Spurious Correlations: why you should be cautious when told that two variables are correlated.
- Science4All (YouTube channel): learn or keep loving mathematics, physics, and computer science.
- Dirty Biology (YouTube channel): biology from a much more playful perspective.
- Statistics Explained to My Cat (YouTube channel): finally understand statistics (continued by Le Chat Sceptique).
- Hygiène Mentale (YouTube channel): an essential kit for young scientists and other critical minds.
- Online training platforms: I particularly recommend Fun-Mooc and OpenClassrooms .
Additional Resources
- Statistics for Statophobes - D. Poinsot, 2004 (PDF): a great introduction to statistics for those reluctant to start.
- Mathematics Posters - University of Rouen: several posters to display in your classrooms or labs.
- Quick Draw - Google: when AI manages to understand your doodles.
- IA and Human - University of Nantes: games where content is generated either by a human or an AI — your task is to decide!
- Anscombe's Quartet: a striking example of why one should be cautious with statistical characteristics (to go further).
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