Thomas Seiller - Algorythms seminar

Algorythms seminar

The algorythms seminar is organised as part of the AlgoFormI project, financially supported by the CNRS through the MITI interdisciplinary programs. It is meant as a monthly / bi-monthly interdisciplinary seminar gathering invited talks the notion of algorithm in different fields, its use and/or impact.

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Future meetings

May 4th, 2023

This is the first meeting.
Location: centre Lourcine de l'Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (1 rue de la Glacière), room 03.
  • 10h30-11h20: Baptiste Mélès (CNRS, Archives Henri-Poincaré, UMR 7117), « Programmes sans algorithme »
  • 11h20-11h30: pause
  • 11h30-12h20: Denis Merigoux (INRIA, Équipe Prosecco), « Applying the law by computing its effect with a program : which specification for which algorithm? »
  • 12h20-14h00: pause déjeuner
  • 14h00-14h50: Ksenia Ermoshina (CNRS, Centre Internet et Société, UPR 2000), « Algorithmes de chiffrement, architectures de communication : anthropologie sociale des messageries chiffrées »
  • 14h50-15h00: pause
  • 15h00-15h50: Marylou Le Roy (Univ. Paris 1, Observatoire de l'IA), « Un droit à l'explicabilité et à la "maîtrise" des algorithmes ? »
  • 15h50-16h10: pause
  • 16h10-17h00: Philippos Papayannopoulos (IHPST, UMR 8590), « Defining algorithms and explicating computations. Some methodological remarks »
  • 17h00-17h30: discussion générale