IX REUNI

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IX REUNIÓN DE DECANOS Y DIRECTORES DE MATEMÁTICAS

• Mathssomething
• in an international framework
• at Nice Sophia-Antipolis University

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Three examples

• Licence Mass
• Licence BIM
• Master IMAMIS (m2im)

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Licence MASS
http//math.unice.fr/Dept/2004/L-MASS.html
file///D/TRavailM/MesDocus/Tuning/Logroño/L-MASS
.html
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Some French Specificities

• A Baccalauréat suffices to enter University
• A Bac S or ES suffices to take a Math major
• Selective HE institutions exist outside Uni
• Probably not more then 25 get a Bachelor in 3 y
• Many students want to take a Math major
• Not many teachers accept to adapt their teaching
  to the knowledge and interests of students

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The Licence (Bachelor) MASS
MASS Mathématiques Appliquées aux Sciences
Sociales
Actually, often and in Nice, SS means Economics
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1992
MASS in Nice was created in 1992 as a demand of
economists
Martyrology Economy lab CEMaFI Claude
Berthomieux, Jean-Paul Guichard, Maths lab
Labo Dieudonné Georges Haddad, Francine Diener,
Daniela Zône-Soubiran, Marc D., Jean-François
Burnol Sciences Dean Michel Rouillard
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Lets have a glance on the synopsis

• (Swich to Logroño.xls-Lmass)
• Remark on 72/180
• 5/180 for internship (on the job training) and
  impact on the returning students

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Important features for the success

• Economists interested in Math (joint seminars)
• Mathematicians interested in Economy
• Common enthusiasm to create something new
  accessible to open-minded students
• Weekly seminar when somebody wanted to experiment
  an innovative course
• At least one person (FD) had a complete
  scientific view off all years and all matter

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Mottos for the Math teaching

• Students not allowed to be shy about mathematical
  subjects
• Teachers not allowed to assume that the content
  is important just because it is in the programme
• or interesting just because it is
  mathematically correct.
• Rigor is a tool, not a purpose (or a Grail)

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Some pleasant innovations

• Calculus taught with infinitesimals
• Probability taught by non-probabilists (no
  probabilists were/are available in Nice)
• Finance with discrete models (with infinitesimals
  in mind van den Berg created the teaching and
  published later a book )
• All this contributed to have enthusiastic teachers

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A convincing rumor among students

•  If you take MASS (and not Math) youll get
  1 point more (on 20) 

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Output

• 25 prefer to get immediately a job (banks,
  insurance, trade, )
• 50 enter in a fourth year in Nice (possibly
  leaving later for some selective HE school, such
  as ENSAE, Dauphine,)
• 25 leave immediately Nice to enter a Master
  programme elsewhere
• Last 50-25 tend to become 25-50

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A new adventure

• BIM
• Biology,Computer Science, Math
• Swich to logroño.xls-BIM for a synopsis

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BIM Main features

• Three tracks in the three Bachelor programmes
• Biology (with Math and CS)
• Computer Science (with Math and Biology)
• Maths (with Biology and CS)
• A clearly identified group of students in
  different Bachelor tracks, sharing common
  lectures and student-projects
• Again, the demand did not come from the
  mathematicians, but here from biologists (and CS
  support)

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Mottos for BIM teaching

• Each student will become a true Bachelor in
  Biology, or in Math, or in Computer Science,
  according to the chosen major.
• Thanks to the  projects  he will learn to speak
  with mates of the two other domains and
  understand and possibly share their centre of
  interests.

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IMAMIS

• An Asia Link supported teacher-training programme
  in the Philippines (and Vietnam)
• Swich to Imamis\IMAMIS.htm
• International Master in Applied Maths and
  Information Sciences

https//www.math.upd.edu.ph/imamis/
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Master M2IM(IMAMIS in Nice)

• Switch to Logroño.xls-IMAMIS(M2IM)
• Master International en Informatique et
  Mathématiques

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Master M2IM (IMAMIS)Main features

• Math and CS, with one major
• Students professional project oriented
• Choice of modules among most Math and CS teaching
  offer of Nice
• One semester (2nd or 3ed) outside France, in a
  IMAMIS partner university
• Last semester internship in one partner company
  or laboratory

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The IMAMIS Netwok

• Open to new partnerships
• Setup of an IMAMIS network
• Present in Manila (U. of Philippines)
• This will attract students who wish to have an
  organized international experience

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Please contact me for more details and/or
partnershipon IMAMIS/M2IM

• right now
• or this evening, at the Bodega
• or at diener_at_unice.fr

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Thank you for your attention!