November has been a vibrant month at LINCS. In addition to the regular activities, such as the reading groups and the seminar talks, that continued as per tradition, we had the pleasure of welcoming more new PhD students and postdocs to the laboratory, further enriching our community.
We also hosted a group of students from a Chinese university, accompanied by Calvin, which provided a wonderful opportunity for exchange and dialogue.
The most special moment of the month was undoubtedly the PhD Welcome Day. During this event, PhD students and postdocs affiliated with the Lincs were introduced to the laboratory’s work and mission. They also had the opportunity to present themselves, learn about each other’s research, and share a convivial lunch together, fostering connections and a sense of community.
We’re thrilled to see our LINCS community grow and thrive, and we look forward to more exciting activities in the months to come!
The PhD Welcome Day at LINCS, held on November 20, brought together the entire community at the Rose Dieng-Kuntz amphitheater at Telecom Paris for a day of introductions and presentations, with a special focus on welcoming our first-year PhD students. The event began with a warm speech from the director, Daniel Kofman, outlining the laboratory’s mission, spirit, and objectives
Following this, the coordinators of the reading groups Francesca Bassi et François Durand, took the floor to introduce the lab’s annual activities and the digital resources at their disposal.
The heart of the event was the series of presentations from PhD students, starting with first-years, followed by second- and third-year students, and postdocs, interspersed with talks from their supervisors.
This format provided a comprehensive overview of the lab’s research.
Here you have some pictures taken that day :
Tiphaine is a first-year PhD student at Telecom Paris, under a CIFRE contract in collaboration with Orange Innovation. She holds an engineering degree from ENSTA Paris specializing in Optimization and Operations Research and a master’s degree from the MPRO (Parisian Master of Operations Research). Her PhD focuses on the mathematical modeling of the circular economy applied to smartphones, specifically studying the integration of recycling and refurbishment into smartphones economy. The objective is to study the efficiency of circular economy practices for smartphones and to identify optimal strategies to minimize environmental impact. She is supervised by Marceau Coupechoux at Telecom Paris and Mikaël Touati and Aurélien Bechler at Orange Innovation.
Jules Sintes is a first-year PhD candidate in the ARGO team at INRIA Paris. With a background in Material Science and Complex Adaptive Systems, he worked in the industry as an R&D Data Scientist for two years, specializing in the development of autonomous agents for power grid management using supervised and reinforcement learning techniques. His doctoral research focuses on advancing reinforcement learning algorithms in decentralized settings, with a particular emphasis on energy systems applications.
Ashok Krishnan is a postdoc at Inria, Paris. He works on game and control theoretic analysis of electricity markets, under the supervision of Ana Busic and Hélène Le Cadre (Inria, Lille). His research has been in the areas of control of wireless networks,queueing and pricing.
On October 30, our colleague Calvin introduced our lab to a group of students participating in an exchange program focused on Education in France. They attended our seminar and we spent some time together over a snack in the Hedy Lamarr room.
