March 19, 2026
8h40-17h00
A day to promote informal exchanges, sharing of ideas and friendly interactions within the scientific melting pot of the PhD students from DS4H Graduate school. Also designed to give Licence and Master's students a taste of what thesis work is like.
Any participation will make PhD candidates benefit from "training hours" via ADUM. Find out more...
You don’t have to provide any specific materials or produce any work as a participant.
Zoé (doctoral student in digital pedagogy) and Maha (doctoral student in Electronics) at Doctoriales 2025.
Fun Science and Networking!
What awaits you:
Keynote Speaker
- Serena VILLATA (Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, i3S), Head of the Inria MARIANNE research team, Scientific Director of 3IA Côte d'Azur, member of the Artificial Intelligence and Digital Council of the French Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty.
Pitch your thesis! Scientific speed datings
- Doctoral students volunteers present their research work in front of several successive groups of students from different backgrounds.
- After 10 minutes, the gong rings and the presenter/auditors groups mix... 3 times in a row!
- No specific support to prepare.
Round table: PhD career perspectives
Moderated by Michel BUFFA (Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, i3S) with:
- Fabien FERRERO, full professor (Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, LEAT) and founder of a deeptech startup
- Stéphanie MORALES, Startup Innovation Manager, Inria
- Frédéric PRECIOSO, full professor (Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, i3S and member of Inria MAASAI research team) - Academic careers
- Paolo SIMONELLI, European partnerships and innovation projects manager at Université Côte d'Azur's Inria center - European perspectives, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Funding and mobility opportunities in Europe: Cellule Europe Mutualisée Booth
- Alexandra Cornea and Paolo Simonelli, specialists in MSCA Marie Skłodowska-Curie grants
- Silvia Principe for ERC funding
- Sara Sidaoui for the Erasmus+ doctoral mobility programme.
ED STIC Best Theses Awards
We will have the pleasure of awarding the ED STIC thesis prizes. Join us in honoring these remarkable accomplishments and inspiring future PhD generations.