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Internships and presentations

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Mathematics cursus

Internships

The mathematics curriculum includes an internship of at least 4 months, preferably abroad. The purpose of this internship is to familiarize the student with a different environment.

Students can choose any topic for this internship but must take some initiative to find this internship. The positioning of this internship within the three years of teaching or research, the scientific theme, the linguistic aspect are all parameters to be taken into account and this requires that the student think about it well in advance, and discuss it with his or her tutor and the DMA supervisors.

To help set up this internship, the members of the department suggest host universities and potential supervisors for stays abroad, in various fields, at the M2 level or higher.  Students are expected to contact the proposed foreign supervisors not directly, but through the members of the department.

The administrative information and formalities to be completed before any internship departure are detailed in the page that can be found by clicking on the following link.

First year presentation

This is an introduction to a current research topic. It is done in pairs under the direction of a supervisor belonging most often to the Department of Mathematics and Applications of the ENS or in the laboratory for subjects in the multidisciplinary programs. It is generally the presentation of a research article. A list of subjects (non-limitative) is presented in January, including those of the multidisciplinary courses.

The work consists of the writing of a summary text, known as the first-year thesis, and a presentation. This presentation is usually given in the second half of June. Writing and presentation skills (clarity, conciseness, fluency) are important.

Multi-disciplinary cursus

Internship and presentation of the mathematics/physics curriculum

This bi-disciplinary personal work, supervised by a teacher of each discipline, consists of :

  • A bibliographical work comparable to the first year presentation of the mathematics curriculum during the second semester, under the guidance of a mathematics teacher and/or a physics teacher, on a subject related to that of the internship;
  • An internship at the L3 level in a physics laboratory.

Internship and presentation of the mathematics/computer science curriculum

This bi-disciplinary personal work, supervised by a teacher of each discipline, consists of :

  • A bibliographic work comparable to the first year presentation of the mathematics curriculum during the second semester, under the supervision of a mathematics teacher and/or a computer science teacher, on a subject related to the internship, ending with the writing of a thesis and a defense;
  • A research internship at the L3 level in a public or private computer science research laboratory, outside the ENS and preferably in the provinces, leading to the writing of a report and a defense.

Thesis and presentation of the mathematics/biology interface

The students carry out a personal work based on a research article using mathematics associated with a biological theme. At the end of the year, this work will lead to the writing of a report and the presentation of a paper.

Prerequisites: S1 course “Introduction to life sciences”.