CIMPA is pleased to announce the appointment of Christophe Ritzenthaler as Executive Director of CIMPA. He will take up his new duties on September 1, 2020. His term of office is 4 years.

Christophe Ritzenthaler defended his PhD, which was prepared under the supervision of Jean-François Mestre, at Paris VII university in 2003. After two years abroad as post-doc, he started as assistant professor at Aix-Marseille university. In 2013, he took up a professor position at Rennes 1 university.

The CIMPA congratulates Professor Giulia Di Nunno, who was awarded the  the Su Buchin prize!

Giulia Di Nunno, Professor of stochastic analysis at the University of Oslo and member of the Executive Team of CIMPA, was awarded the ICIAM Su Buchin Prize for 2019 for her work in promoting mathematical research in African countries

The prize was created and first awarded in 2007.

CIMPA is happy to announce the list of CIMPA Courses that will be funded for the period September 2019 - February 2020 :

AFRICA

Cotonou (Benin): " Apprentissage statistique et datamining " by Simplice DOSSOU-GBETE (Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, France) at Université d’Abomey-Calavi.

Bobo Dioulasso (Burkina Faso): "An Introduction to Algebraic Geometry" by Tony EZOME (Université des sciences et techniques de Masuku, Gabon) at Nazi Boni University.