**Towards a more realistic analysis of algorithms** Impossibility to redo our own analysis, failing to re-execute an analysis described in a recent paper: we have all experienced computational reproducibility issues. Ten years ago, the bioinformatics community had to face with the …

**Feminism & programming language design** Programming was once a female only field, all 'computers" were women, many of color. However, that situation was short-lived, and today we live in a world in which almost all mainstream programming languages are created by men, many of a western …

Philippe Preux (from the SCOOL team) will talk about *Predicting post-bariatric surgery weight for better personalised patient follow-up* as part of the Digital for Life and Health seminar. Abstract: 'In collaboration with Professor F. Pattou's department at Lille University Hospital, we are …

The FR TTM will hold its annual seminar on Wednesday, 5 November 2025, in Valenciennes, at the IMTD (Institute for Sustainable Mobility and Transport), in the presence of the CNRS and the laboratories' supervisory authorities Participation of the PRETIL platform **Programme** 10:30 am Welcome …

**Towards a more realistic analysis of algorithms** Contemporary programming languages offer implementations of classical algorithms and classical data structures such as lists, hash tables, sorting, etc. Efficient algorithms for dealing with such issues have been known for several, decades, …

Defence of Pierre Laperdrix's HDR thesis, Monday 13 October 2025 at 1.30 p.m., Lecture Theatre B, Inria Centre, University of Lille. Title of the thesis: *Untangling the Web Tracking Ecosystem to Design Effective Defences* Composition of the jury: -**Supervisor:** Romain Rouvoy, Professor, …

You probably use artificial intelligence tools such as Chat GPT. But did you know that each question asked of these tools can consume as much energy as a light bulb left on for several tens of minutes? And that more than a billion questions are asked of them every day? Come and discover why …

To mark Science Day, Xperium is launching its brand new season. Researchers and PhD students will present a range of demonstrations and educational, interactive experiments that showcase their creativity and the excellence of research at the university. A stand will be set up by members of CRIStAL …

What we call AI has invaded society. AI helps us detect and treat diseases, guide us on holiday trips, find products that interest us, and so on. AI also makes it possible to create fakes to manipulate public opinion. We hear that it will soon render many jobs obsolete, that it is destroying the …

Friday, 3 October 2025 will mark CRIStAL's 10th anniversary ***On the agenda...*** 8:30 - 9:20 a.m.: Welcome with coffee 9:30 a.m.: Opening of the day by the supervisory authorities 9:40 a.m.: The history of CRIStAL, with - the birth of CRIStAL (by Sophie Tison and Philippe Vanheeghe) …