Lettre MODE 
mars 2013

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Table des matières 

Renouvellement comité de liaison MODE
0- Renouvellement du comité de liaison MODE - Appel à candidature

-- Thèses et Postes
1- PhD study at the Singapore University of Technology and Design
2- Post-doctoral positions in stochastic optimization at Princeton University
3- Post-doctoral position in optimization at University of Calgary
4- Post-doc position in optimization, U. Edinburgh
5- Poste MC 26/27 : Optimisation et analyse de sensibilité
6- Poste MC 0436 (26) à Dijon 
7- Poste PR 26 à Paris 1
8- Faculty positions at the Singapore University of Technology and Design

-- Conférences et évènements 
9- Annonces de séminaires
10- Optimization and Big Data (Workshop, Trek & Colloquium) 
11- Optimization: Theory, Applications, and Algorithms
12- Journées du GDR MOA
13- Recent Advances on Optimization, July 24-26, 2013, Toulouse, France
14- Nonconvex Programming: Local and Global approaches" at the EURO-INFORMS Conference
15- International workshop on advances in Regularization, Optimization, etc...
16- MOPTA Conference, Lehigh University, August 14-16, 2013
17- 16th French-German-Polish conference on Optimization, Krakow, Poland

-- Autres 
18- In Memoriam: Robert R. Phelps (1926-2013)
19- Appel à projets pour écoles de recherche CIMPA 2015

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0- Renouvellement du comité de liaison MODE - Appel à candidature
(source: budeau MODE)

Chers collègues,

Comme chaque année, le groupe SMAI-MODE va renouveler un tiers (5 membres
cette année) de son comité de liaison. Le résultat des élections sera proclamé lors
de la réunion du groupe prévue le mardi 28 mai lors de la conférence de la SMAI.

Voici la liste des sortants :
- Samir Adly
- Philippe Bich
- Frédéric Bonnans
- Marc-Olivier Czarnecki
- Michel de Lara

Seuls P. Bich et M. de Lara sont rééligibles. 
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Les membres sont invités à faire acte de candidature avec profession de foi de
5 à 10 lignes auprès de:

Frédéric.Bonnans@inria.fr, corvellec@univ-perp.fr
ou Aude.Rondepierre@math.univ-toulouse.fr

La date limite de candidature est le 25 mars prochain.

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1- PhD study at the Singapore University of Technology and Design
(source: J. Renault)

There exist excellent opportunities for bright and motivated students
who want to pursue PhD study at the newly established Singapore
University of Technology and Design (SUTD) within the Engineering
Systems and Design (ESD) Pillar.

SUTD has been established in collaboration with MIT with a mission to
advance knowledge and nurture technically grounded leaders and
innovators to serve societal needs. Professor Thomas Magnanti, former
Dean of Engineering at MIT (and former President of INFORMS), is the
Founding President of SUTD.

The faculty in ESD is growing rapidly with a steady-state target of
over 70 faculty members, making it one of the largest such
multidisciplinary programs in the world, blending the fields of
operations research, management science, applied probability and
statistics, applied mathematics, and decision sciences.

Based in one of the world’s biggest financial and technological hubs,
with an ever-growing academic community, and a culturally diverse and
vibrant population, the ESD PhD program at SUTD  aims to provide
students with a strong technical foundation that emphasizes
inter-disciplinary and collaborative research. The program is
mentoring-intensive with a unique flexible advising structure that
allows students to work with multiple faculty members and vice-versa.
Qualified PhD applicants are offered highly attractive financial
packages covering tuition, a monthly stipend and support for
conference and workshop travel.

Additional information about SUTD and the ESD Pillar may be found at
http://esd.sutd.edu.sg/

Specific information about the PhD program can be found at
http://esd.sutd.edu.sg/phd/

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2- Post-doctoral positions in stochastic optimization at Princeton University
(source: F. Bonnans)

We are looking to fill several post-doctoral or more senior research positions in the broad area of computational stochastic optimization (broadly defined) under the supervision of Professor Warren Powell in the Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering. 
Two positions will work in the area of energy systems focusing on the development of stochastic optimization models of problems arising in energy markets, control of energy generation and demand response, pricing, bidding and storage.  We have special interest in high performance computing, and we will be looking to parallelize algorithms to exploit this architecture.
A third position will work in the area of optimal learning in the context of materials science (see http://optimallearning.princeton.edu).  Some background in chemistry and laboratory science is useful but not required.
Applicants for all positions should have a strong background in probability and statistics/machine learning, demonstrated skills in writing journal quality papers, a high comfort level with computational research, and an ability to work as a member of a vibrant team in stochastic optimization (http://castlelab.princeton.edu) and energy systems (http://energysystems.princeton.edu).
A Ph.D. in operations research, computer science, applied math, electrical engineering or related field is required.  We are looking for people who can start the summer of 2013. Appointments are for one year with the possibility of renewal pending satisfactory performance and continued funding.
Applications will be considered from the date of this announcement until filled.  To apply, please visit our website at http://jobs.princeton.edu, create an online application, and submit a CV and cover letter with contact information for three references to Requisition Number 1300104.
Princeton University is an equal opportunity employer and complies with applicable EEO and affirmative action regulations.
Warren B. Powell
Professor, Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering
http://www.castlelab.princeton.edu

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3- Post-doctoral position in optimization at University of Calgary
(source: M. Mongeau, M. Théra)

As a part of Collaborative Research Group on Optimization: Theory, Applications
and Algorithms

http://www.pims.math.ca/scientific/collaborative-research-groups/optimization-theory-algorithms-and-applications-2012-2015

partly funded by Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS), applications
are invited for a post-doctoral position in optimization at University of Calgary,
Calgary AB Canada. The position is for 1-year, with possible extension to 2 years,
with a tentative starting date of September 1 2013.

A successful candidate should hold a PhD in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics,
Computer Science, Operations Research or related area.

Of primary interest are applicants interested in the following topics:
- computational methods for solving conic optimization problems over p-cones, and/or
- applications of optimization to optimal radiotherapy treatment planning, and/or
- curvature of the central path.
Alternative PDF research proposals will also be considered.

Applicants are required to submit a CV, a statement of research interests, and provide
two letters of reference. Application materials must be submitted by e-mail to Dr. Yuriy
Zinchenko (http://people.ucalgary.ca/~yzinchen/) at yzinchen@ucalgary.ca
with the subject line “CRG PDF application”.

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4- Post-doc position in optimization, U. Edinburgh
(source: P. Armand, J.-C. Gilbert)

I look for a talented young researcher who would like to work on very large scale optimization,
in particular, might take the matrix-free interior point method

http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~gondzio/reports/mtxFree.html

a step further. I would be grateful if you could pass this advert to any person who might be
interested in a one-year post-doc position:

https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=009782

Regards, Jacek Gondzio 

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5- Poste MC 26/27 : Optimisation et analyse de sensibilité
(source: D. Aussel, F. Bonnans)

Etablissement: LJK
Descriptif: Il existe une forte demande d’outils mathématiques et algorithmiques nouveaux
de l’optimisation en grande dimension appliquée dans les domaines de l’apprentissage
statistique et du traitement de données nonhomogènes. Les jeux de données à traiter, mais
aussi les modèles qui les régissent contiennent par ailleurs des incertitudes dont il s’agit
d’estimer et de maitriser l’impact.
L’optimisation dans le contexte de données massives, l’analyse d’incertitudes et l’optimisation
robuste pour minimiser leur influence, sont des problématiques qui apparaissent dans plusieurs
domaines applicatifs dans lesquel le LJK est beaucoup investi et a obtenu une reconnaissance
internationale : traitement et indexation d’images, climatologie et sciences de l’environnement,
développement durable, génomique, analyse de données multi-media, de données bancaires
et financières.
Le LJK souhaite recruter un maître de conférence, qui cherche à développer des aspects
méthodologiques ou applicatifs de ces thématiques, transverses à plusieurs équipes et
départements du laboratoire. La priorité sera donnée aux candidats possédant un excellent
dossier de recherche, souhaitant mener leur recherche dans un environnement multidisciplinaire,
notamment au travers des activités du labex Persyval-lab ou de la maison de la modélisation
Maimosine.

Contacts : Anatoli Iouditski Anatoli.Iouditski@imag.fr
Zaid Harchaoui Zaid.Harchaoui@inria.fr

Une description plus détaillée :

http://lear.inrialpes.fr/job/2013/mdc_2627_997.html

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6- Poste MC 0436 (26) à Dijon 
(source: D. Aussel)

Profil : controle, optimisation, transport 

L'Universite de Bourgogne souhaite recruter pour septembre 2013 un maitre 
de conferences en mathematiques appliquees. La personne recrutee sera 
affectee au Departement de mathematiques et rattachee a l'Institut de 
mathematiques (UMR CNRS 5584). Les competences du laboratoire recouvrent 
des domaines varies tels que la geometrie et les systemes dynamiques, la 
physique mathematique, le controle et l'optimisation, les probabilites et 
les statistiques. Les axes de recherche prioritaires pour ce poste sont : 
- le controle optimal, 
- l'optimisation, 
- le transport optimal. 

Institut de mathematiques de Bourgogne : http://math.u-bourgogne.fr 
(contact : Luis Paris, mailto:luis.paris@u-bourgogne.fr) 

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7- Poste PR 26 à Paris 1
(source: P. Gourdel)

Profil : Mathématiques de la décision : Assurance, Finance, Actuariat

Enseignement : Le besoin en enseignement résulte du départ en retraite du
responsable du master Pro IRFA (Ingénierie du Risque en Finance et Assurance)
en septembre 2013. Ce master est l’unique spécialité professionnelle de notre
master et joue un rôle central dans notre offre de formation. Elle accueille la
majorité des étudiants de M1 qui poursuivent en M2 dans notre UFR.
Le candidat recruté devra prendre des responsabilités au sein de ce master M2.

Recherche : le candidat rejoindra le Centre d’Economie de la Sorbonne, équipe
Economie Mathématique et Jeux en renforçant le potentiel d’encadrement
doctoral et en animant la recherche sur la thématique de la théorie de la
décision qui s’inscrit à l’interface de l’économie mathématique, de la finance
et de l’assurance.

Contact : Pascal Gourdel : 01 44 07 89 40
e-mail : gourdel@univ-paris1.fr

https://www.galaxie.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/ensup/ListesPostesPublies/ANTEE/2013_1/0751717J/FOPC_0751717J_4133.pdf

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8- Faculty positions at the Singapore University of Technology and Design
(source: J. Renault)

The Engineering and System Design (ESD) Pillar of Singapore University
of Technology and Design (SUTD) has several openings at all levels in
different fields.

http://faculty.sutd.edu.sg/~marco_scarsini/?page_id=209

SUTD is a public university recently established in collaboration with
MIT. The faculty in ESD is growing rapidly with a steady-state target
of over 70 faculty members, making it one of the largest such
multidisciplinary programs in the world, blending the fields of
operations research, management science, applied probability and
statistics, applied mathematics, and decision sciences.

Additional information about SUTD and the ESD Pillar may be found at
http://esd.sutd.edu.sg/

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9- Annonces de séminaires 
(sources: P.L. Combettes, J.B. Hiriart-Urruty, R. Laraki, N. Igbida, G. Mercier) 

Une rubrique pour signaler succinctement les séminaires ayant 
lieu ce mois-ci et organisés dans nos laboratoires. 
N'hésitez pas à l'alimenter, préférentiellement via un lien vers 
la page du séminaire et une liste de conférenciers, 

** 
Séminaire Parisien d'Optimisation (attention : Jussieu, salle 101, barre 15-16) 

http://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/spo.html 

Lundi 18 mars
15h00 : M. Schweighofer (U. Konstanz, Allemagne) 
16h00 : A. Lemenant (U. Pisa, Italie) 
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** 
Séminaire Parisien de THéorie des Jeux 

http://sites.google.com/site/theoriedesjeux/ 

Lundi 18 mars : B. Sandholm (Wisconsin) 
Lundi 25 février : M. Nunez (Cergy) 
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** 
Séminaire de l'équipe MOD à Limoges (salle 203, batiment XLIM) 

http://www.unilim.fr/pages_perso/noureddine.igbida/mod.html 

Vendredi 8 mars : C. Jean-Alexis (U. Antilles-Guyane)
Vendredi 15 mars : B. Maury (U. Paris Sud)
Vendredi 22 mars : P. Weiss (Institut de Math. Toulouse)
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Séance du Groupe de Travail Calcul des Variations (U. Orsay, bat. 425, salle 121-123) 

lundi 18 février 
14h : S. Masnou (U. Lyon I) 
15h15 : G. Croce (LMAH, Le Havre) 
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10- Optimization and Big Data (Workshop, Trek & Colloquium) 
(source: D. Aussel)

Edinburgh, Scotland, May 1-3, 2013 

Website + Registration: 
http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~prichtar/Optimization_and_Big_Data 

No registration fee thanks to EPSRC funding (Mathematics for Vast 
Digital Resources + The Centre for Numerical Algorithms and 
Intelligent Software) 

May 1-2: Workshop (Fourteen 40-minute talks, 7 on each day) 

Confirmed speakers: 
Olivier Fercoq      (Edinburgh) 
Jacek Gondzio       (Edinburgh) 
Zaid Harchaoui      (INRIA) 
Desmond Higham      (Strathclyde) 
Martin Jaggi        (Ecole Polytechnique) 
Anatoli Juditsky    (Joseph Fourier) 
Imre Polik          (SAS) 
Shai Shalev-Shwartz (Jerusalem) 
Martin Takac        (Edinburgh) 
Steve Wright        (Wisconsin-Madison) 

Poster Session (best poster wins an iPad mini - sponsored by SAS) 

May 3: Morning: Trek to Arthur's Seat (a 350m years old extinct 
volcano in the city centre), Afternoon: Colloquium Talk by Steve 
Wright, Best Poster Award Ceremony, Networking Reception 

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11- Optimization: Theory, Applications, and Algorithms
(source: M. Théra)

Sponsored by Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences (PIMS), www.pims.math.ca,
and one of the 2013 Thematic Activities of PIMS Collaborative Research Group
"Optimization: Theory, Applications, and Algorithms", the 2013 Summer School on
Optimization will be taking place at University of Calgary from June 14 till June 28.

The school will consist of three individual lecture blocks, compressed into an
equivalent of a one semester graduate level course. Block lectures will be led by
the corresponding mentors --distinguished optimizers external to U of Calgary--
with each block followed by a mid-term type evaluation. We are happy to announce
that Drs. Miguel Anjos (CRC, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal), Heinz Bauschke
(CRC, UBCO), Antoine Deza (CRC, McMaster),Warren Hare (UBCO), Yves Lucet (UBCO),
and Shawn Wang (UBCO) will be mentoring the summer school. Tentatively classes
will run daily 9am-12 noon, followed by students group work and free time.
For more detials of the course content please consult the attached PDF description.

It is the intent to offer the sumer school as a graduate course registered with U of
Calgary (approval pending). Therefore, participants from Western Deans' Agreement
affiliated sites, wcdgs.ca, will be eligible for a graduate course credit via the
agreement. Students from other universities wishing to obtain an equivalent credit
will have to work with their graduate school or equivalent on individual basis.

The summer school will provide partial to full financial support to selected students.
To apply for participation, submit a resume and a support level from the supervisor
by e-mail to yzinchen@ucalgary.ca with exact subject line:

Application 2013 Summer School 

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12- Journées du GDR MOA
(source: D. Aussel)

Chers membres du GdR, ne tardez pas à vous inscrire (inscription gratuite mais
obligatoire sur http://gdrmoa.math.cnrs.fr/activites/journees-annuelles-gdr-moa-2013/) 
pour les 
     Journées 2013 du GdR MOA
     Du 17 au 19 juin 2013
     Institut Henri Poincaré (IHP) Paris

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13- Recent Advances on Optimization, July 24-26, 2013, Toulouse, France
(source: A. Rondepierre)

An international conference on optimization will be organized under the umbrella
of a research programme supported by the RTRA STAE foundation in Toulouse from
the 24th to 26th of July 2013.
The conference will address topics in unconstrained and constrained optimization,
with and without derivatives. It will be also the occasion to celebrate the many
contributions made by Philippe L. Toint  to the field. A half-day session related to
the RTRA data assimilation project "ADTAO" will be part of this conference.

Contributed talks and posters related to the topics of the conference are welcome,
and will be added to the programme as far as schedule constraints permit.

Deadlines:

01.01.2013: Online registration open
15.03.2013: Due date for contributed presentations
30.03.2013: Due date for poster presentations
15.04.2013: Notification of acceptance
15.05.2013: Registration deadline

Registration:

Thanks to our sponsors, no registration fees are required. However registration
is mandatory.
Registration information (name, firstname, affiliation) should be sent directly to
Brigitte Yzel (yzel@cerfacs.fr).

Information on how to submit your contribution can be found on the webpage
of the conference:

http://www.fondation-stae.net/fr/optimization-july2013.html

Looking forward to welcoming you in Toulouse,
On behalf of the scientific and local organization committees,
Coralia Cartis, Nick Gould, Serge Gratton and Xavier Vasseur.

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14- Nonconvex Programming: Local and Global approaches" at the EURO-INFORMS Conference 
(source: P. D. Tao)

XXVI EURO-INFORMS Joint International Conference, July 1-4, 2013, Rome.

The XXVI EURO-INFORMS Joint International Conference "All roads lead to OR" will be held in
Rome on July 1 – 4, 2013. Please visit http://euro2013.org/ for all currently available key details.

We would like to invite you and your interested colleagues to contribute to the "Nonconvex
Programming: Local and Global approaches" stream organized by Le Thi Hoai An and Pham
Dinh Tao, in the "Continuous optimization" area.

All works on "Nonconvex Programming: Local and Global Approaches - Theory, Algorithms
and Applications"are welcome.

Our stream is partitioned into four sessions:

1) Recent developments from Nonconvex Programming (the session's code is b6d5d0b3)

Recent developments from different Nonconvex Optimization fields: Nonconvex Programming,
Global Optimization, Multicriteria Optimization, Mixed Integer Programming, Large-scale
Nonlinear Programming, Complementarity and Variational Inequality Problems, Mathematical
Programs with Equilibrium Constraints

2) Recent advances in DC (Difference of Convex functions) programming and DCA
(DC Algorithms): theory, algorithms and applications (the session's code is cf8a3aec)

3) Nonconvex Programming approaches for Machine Learning and Data Mining
(the session's code is 454bec3f)

In traditional areas such as Classification, Regression, Clustering, Probabilistic Modeling, and
Association Analysis, and in new paradigms such as stream data, uncertain data, massive
data, feature selction.

4) Novel opportunities of Nonconvex Programming for Industry and Finance
(the session's code is d7c5a43b)

Models and Optimization Methodes for various applications such as Communication
Network, Transport, Supply Chain Management, Auto Manufacturing, Aerospace Engineering,
Air Traffic Management, Genomics, Biomedical Engineering, Computational Biology, Financial
Optimization, Mechanical and Structural Engineering, Optimal Control, Robotics, Pattern
Recognition, Computer Vision, Image Processing, ...

Your are invited to submit an Abstract to a session in our stream at

http://www.euro-online.org/conf/display.php?page=welcome

section "Abstract in an invited session" by using the option 'submit invited abstract' and
introducing the code of session.

The extended deadline of submission is March 15th.
Please feel free also to circulate this announcement.
Le Thi Hoai An hoai-an.le-thi@univ-lorraine.fr, http://lita.sciences.univ-metz.fr/~leth and Pham Dinh Tao pham@insa-rouen.fr

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15- International workshop on advances in Regularization, Optimization, etc...
(source: M. Théra)

July 8-10, 2013, Leuven, Belgium

http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/sista/ROKS2013

Scope One area of high impact both in theory and applications is kernel methods
and support vector machines. Optimization problems, learning and representations
of models are key ingredients in these methods. On the other hand considerable
progress has also been made on regularization of parametric models, including
methods for compressed sensing and sparsity, where convex optimization plays
a prominent role. The aim of ROKS-2013 is to provide a multi-disciplinary forum
where researchers of different communities can meet, to find new synergies along
these areas, both at the level of theory and applications. 

Call for abstracts : The ROKS-2013 program will feature invited plenary talks, oral
sessions and poster sessions. Interested participants are cordially invited to submit
an extended abstract (max. 2 pages) for their contribution. After the workshop a
number of selected contributions will be invited for an edited book.

For further information see http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/sista/ROKS2013 .

Important dates :
- Deadline extended abstract submission: March 4, 2013
- Notification of acceptance: April 8, 2013
- Deadline for registration: June 3, 2013
- International Workshop ROKS-2013: July 8-10, 2013 

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16- MOPTA Conference, Lehigh University, August 14-16, 2013
(source: M. Théra)

The thirteenth annual Modeling and OPtimization: Theory and Applications (MOPTA)
Conference will be held at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA, on August 14-16
(Wednesday to Friday), 2013.

This is an invitation for session organizers, contributed talks, and posters. 
If interested, then please contact: Frank E. Curtis <frank.e.curtis@lehigh.edu>

Current conference and program information is available at:

http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta

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17- 16th French-German-Polish conference on Optimization, Krakow, Poland
(source: J.-B. Hiriart-Urruty)

Voici depuis peu le site web du prochain colloque FGP'13

http://www.fgp13.agh.edu.pl/

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18- In Memoriam: Robert R. Phelps (1926-2013)
(source: M. Théra)

By Jon Borwein, on February 17th, 2013
Robert Ralph Phelps born March 22, 1926 died on January 4, 2013 aged 86, and we invite you to read the following :
http://experimentalmath.info/blog/2013/02/in-memoriam-robert-r-phelps/

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19- Appel à projets pour écoles de recherche CIMPA 2015
(source: M. Théra)

Le CIMPA lance son appel à projets annuel pour des écoles de recherche en 2015. Nous vous prions de bien vouloir publier et diffuser le plus largement possible l'annonce ci-jointe.
D'avance merci pour votre collaboration.
Bien cordialement,
Claude Cibils
Directeur du CIMPA

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