Scientific board

The board of the Doctoral School decides on the organisation matters, pedagogical issues, awarding grants, financial suppports for training, PhD student follow-up...

Members :

  • Director of the Doctoral School: Jean-Paul Comet (Université Côte d'Azur)
  • 6 representatives of the laboratories: Nicolas Nisse (centre INRIA d'Université Côte d'Azur), Sylvie Icart (I3S), Benoît Miramond (LEAT), Xavier Pennec (centre INRIA d'Université Côte d'Azur), Bruno Martin (I3S), Valérie Roy (CMA et PSL/MINES ParisTech)
  • 2 representatives of the students: Romain Michelucci, Artem Muliukov, substitute: Amélie Gruel.
  • 2 representatives of external laboratories of the UCA: Didier Auroux (Mathematics), Franck Delaunay (Biology)
  • 1 representative of the socio-economic world: Matilde Gonzalez (QuantifiCare, R&D Director), substitute: Ingrid Grenet (MyDataModels, Data scientist)
  • 2 representatives of the administrative staff of UCA: Ali Beikbaghban (Campus SophiaTech), Stéphanie Sorres (INRIA RH)


The Thesis Council within the board monitors the composition of the thesis committees:

  • properly qualified reviewers, impartiality and sufficient national/international notoriety,
  • independence of committee members and so on.

Members: Nicolas Nisse, Sylvie Icart, Benoît Miramond, Jean-Paul Comet, Xavier Pennec.