• Maths and society seminar Brussels – Presentations
    Thursday 27 June 2024Day dedicated to conferences 8:30-9:15 ▪️ Welcoming participants 9:15-9:30 ▪️ Introduction by Goéric Timmermans, President of the Convivial Planet association, and  Dr. Nahla Dhib (HÉTIS/LARIIS) 9:30-10:00 ▪️What is a number? Sociology and history of numerical practices by Olivier Martin, Professor at Université Paris Cité and researcher at CERLIS (CNRS)[pdf file] 10:00-10:30 ▪️ Understanding Long-Term Poverty Trends in Belgium Through Integrated Data Analysis by Anna Mergoni, FWO PhD Fellow KULeuven      [pdf file] 10:30-11:00 ▪️ Break 11:00-11:30 ▪️  Construction of a composite indicator to measuring the performance of education systems  by Giovana D’Inverno, Assistant Professor of Quantitative Methods (RTDb), University of Pisa [pdf file] 11:30-12:00 ▪️  What is a Mathematical Model? The example of Markov chains with income to modelmicrocredit by Francine Diener, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics from the J.A. Dieudonné Laboratory Université Cote d’Azur[pdf file] 12:00-12:30 ▪️  Mathematical modeling of insect populations for precision farming practices by Luca Rossini, Ph.D in Ecological Modelling[pdf file] 12:30-13:30 ▪️ Lunch break (zero-waste, local and organic catering Freddy met curry) 13:30-14:00 ▪️  Multiregional macroeconomic modelling at the Federal Planning Bureau: the HERMREG model by Didier Baudewyns, Macroeconomist, Expert and Project Coordinator at the Federal Planning Bureau[pdf file] 14:00-14:30 ▪️  Methodologies for the energy communities diversity : example of MAMCA by Maria Luisa Lode, postdoctoral researcher VUB[pdf file] 14:30-15:00 ▪️  Sustainable development goals: translation in Wallonia and measuring progress by Natacha Zuinen, Head of Sustainable Development Unit, Secretariat General – Walloon Public Service[pdf file] 15:00-15:30 ▪️  Topology and geometry for tomorrow’s economy  by Gaël Giraud, Mathematician  and  economist,  Senior  researcher CNRS[pdf file] 15:30-16:00 ▪️Sustainability metrics in BRICS: evaluating performance  through green finance data  by Majid Sameti, Research  Fellow in Economics, HETIS (Nice)[pdf file] 16:00-16:30 ▪️ Break 16:30-17:00 ▪️  The gift economy as a starting point to explore alternative narratives and practices in philanthropy and beyond by Zdena Middernacht, Ph.D senior research consultant and co-director at Organisation Development Support[pdf file] 17:00-17:30 ▪️What controls for AI systems in personalised medicine? by Noémi Bontridder, Researcher at the Centre for Research in Information, Law […]