An item of news I had missed in the June issue of the ISBA Bulletin is that the 2028 ISBA World meeting will take place in Milwaukee, USA. As pointed out by Michelle Guindani, this is is the first time the main conference of ISBA takes place in the United States since 1993 (which I did not attend). Rotation of locations between strategically located places makes sense, esp. in countries with a large IBSA membership like the US. Unfortunately, and as for BayesComp 2027 at Texas A&M, this will take place during the Trump administration, administration that set an entry prohibition for citizens of only dog knows how many countries by then and arbitrary border checks linked with activism that runs counter to their far right ideology. I thus hope hybrid options will be available for those who cannot or fear to attend in person, with many mirror gatherings like the one we ran for ISBA 2022, towards more inclusivity and social interactions.
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Rumpe Cuou, Sormiou, in an electricity ad
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Travel with tags advertising, big wall, CIRM, climbing, CO2, EDF, Electricité de France, electricity, greenwashing, Le Monde, Luminy, Marseille, massif des Calanques, mountain guide, Rumpe Cuou, Sormiou on July 15, 2025 by xi'an
Marseille – Cassis [45ième]
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Running, Travel, University life with tags 20k, Bouches du Rhône, Cassis, CIRM, Luminy, Marseiile, Mediterranean Sea, Mont Puget, mythical race, Parc National des Calanques, road race on October 27, 2024 by xi'an
Loup du Pic
Posted in Mountains, Travel, Wines with tags Chateau Puech-Haut, CIRM, Coteaux du Languedoc, French wines, Luminy, mourvèdre, Pic Saint Loup, Syrah on February 20, 2024 by xi'an
yet another conference scam
Posted in Travel, University life with tags Bristol, Brunel, CIRM, conference, email, England, FIMI, functional inference, hotel reservation, Luminy, Marseiile, scam, University of Bristol, workshop on February 12, 2024 by xi'an
Within a few days of the online appearance of the programme of the Workshop on Functional Inference and Machine Intelligence (FIMI) at the University of Bristol, which I am attending, I received the following email about accommodation, which did not sound right despite the focus on the right conference at the right time. After contacting the organisers, it proved to be a scam. A similar thing happened a few months ago with our workshop at CIRM, when one participant was asked to pay for an hotel room that happened to be 100km away… Again taking advantage of a published list of participants to the workshop. There as well the participant found the email suspicious and contacted us.
From: BOOKINGS GTE <bookings@g-travelexperts.com> To: christian.robert@ceremade.dauphine.fr Subject: Accommodation in Bristol, England - March 25-27, 2024 - University of Bristol Dear Christian, For your upcoming conference visit to Bristol in March. Kindly provide your arrival and departure dates for us to finalize your reservation. Once confirmed, we will email you an invoice and an itinerary including detailed information about your booking. Your booking is fully flexible for alterations, modifications, or complete cancellations up to 14 days before your scheduled check-in date. Thanks, Contact the Global Travel Experts Team via our Call Centres: Our team is ready to assist.
