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Welcome to MCM 2025
Posted in Statistics with tags Chicago, conference, Illinois, Illinois Institute of Technology, Lake Michigan, Markov chain Monte Carlo, MCM 2025, memory lane, Mies campus, Monte Carlo methods, probabilistic numerics, Purdue University, quasi-Monte Carlo methods, USA, West Lafayette on July 7, 2023 by xi'an
new campus
Posted in pictures, Running, Travel, University life with tags Balard, boulevard périphérique, commute, memory lane, NATO, Paris, PariSanté campus, Porte Dauphine, Porte de Versailles, PSL Research University, The Prairie Chair, Université Paris Dauphine, urban cycling on September 4, 2022 by xi'an
While I am keeping my office at Porte Dauphine, undergoing major renovations (of the 1955 NATO building!), I am now spending most of my time in a more modern campus, called PariSanté, located at Porte de Versailles, with medical research teams and startups. This is where our master MASH will be located. The place is very luminous and despite the close proximity with the Paris beltway (le périf’), quiet (and much quieter than Paris Dauphine). It is also an ecological absurdity, with a huge sunroof that could not be shaded during the heat waves, plastic trees, self-induced lights, and compulsory lifts. On the memory lane, it is a trip back 35 years ago, as it sits across the road from the Balard military compound where I spent most of my military service in 1987 (working on my PhD in a research department). And it is conveniently located half-way between home and Paris Dauphine, although not skipping the tough hill of Porte de Versailles on the way back..!
