Save the date for the MNO Conference !
Originally slated for november 2020, the fifth International Workshop on Metallic Nano-Objects (MNO 2020) will be held at the University Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne from 17th to 19th of november 2021.
This workshop aims to provide an overview on recent advances and challenges in the development of metallic nano-objects and their applications.
This year, 13 PhD students will be granted free registration fees to attend the conference and poster awards will be granted to give the poster session a larger place in the workshop.
9 invited speakers will deliver tutorials or overviews of their latest research in their field of expertise. People will have the chance to discuss their scientific questions during the breaks and poster sessions but also to get acquainted during the social event organized in the evening.This year guest speakers :
- Alasdair Clark (Associate Professor, School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, UK)
- Natalia Del Fatti (Professor, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, IUF, France)
- Nordin Felidj (Professor, University of Paris Diderot, France)
- Olivier Martin (Director of Research, INRAE, France)
- Laura Na Liu (Professor, University of Stuttgart, Germany)
- Virginie Ponsinet (Senior researcher, CNRS, University of Bordeaux, France)
- Martina Schmid (Professor, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
- Nahid Talebi (Professor, University of Kiel, Germany)
- Thomas Zentgraf (Professor, University of Paderborn, Germany)
More info : mno-2020.sciencesconf.org/
Vincent Duveiller, awarded the Best Student Paper Award at the Color Imaging Conference 2020
Since his last year of study at the Institut d'Optique Graduate School and in the OIVM master's program at Jean Monnet University, AIMA track, Vincent Duveiller has been interested in the appearance of materials used in dental clinics. He began his thesis at the Hubert Curien laboratory (Image team) in September 2020 under the direction of Mathieu Hébert and Raphaël Clerc, a thesis labelled EUR Manutech Sleight. His first work, presented in a paper entitled "Reflectance and transmittance of flowable dental resin composite predicted by the two-flux model: on the importance of analyzing the effective measurement geometry" for the IS&T Color Imaging Conference (CIC28), held online from November 15 to 17, 2020, was awarded the Best Student Paper Award, after a vote by the approximately 200 conference participants. Congratulations!
Compared to other fields of medicine, dental surgery has the particularity of having to satisfy very strong aesthetic constraints, in addition to medical constraints. Most of the 5 million procedures performed each year in France alone are concerned by these constraints, especially the perfect match between the color of the dental repair and that of the rest of the teeth under any lighting. To help material manufacturers and dentists in the aesthetic success of surgical procedures, which are still mainly performed empirically and with the naked eye, it is necessary to determine the intrinsic optical properties of these materials (light absorption and scattering) in order to predict their appearance according to their thickness and the support on which they are applied. Since the few existing methods rely on optical models that are far too simplistic to be satisfactory, Vincent Duveiller aims to develop more efficient optical models, while respecting the constraint of using measurement equipment that is affordable for professionals in the sector. In the study presented at CIC28, he showed the limitations of the gold standard approach in the community (the Kubelka-Munk theory, or two-flux model), and proposed a correction that already provides a considerable improvement in the predictive performance for the color of dental composites, by focusing on the angular distribution of light at the interfaces of the composite layer. He has since achieved even more pronounced improvements thanks to more sophisticated optical models, based in particular on the four-flux theory.
To be continued...
ANNOUNCEMENT : Our LinkedIn and our YouTube Channel are opened
https://www.linkedin.com/school/manutech-sleight
Discover our first video of the third Graduate Interdisciplinary Session organized in January, 2021.
In the next few weeks, you will be able to watch interviews of master students, of PhD students of MANUTECH SLEIGHT Graduate School.
Now, enjoy !
The SLEIGHT Science Event #6
MACHINE LEARNING
held from 5th to 9th July, 2021
Séminaire LabEx MANUTECH SISE - 14 et 15 octobre 2021
Tous les deux ans, le LABEX organise un séminaire interne qui permet à notre communauté de partager les fruits du travail effectué au cours des deux années écoulées. En 2021, ce sera l’occasion, pour les doctorants et post-doctorants, de présenter leurs travaux. Ce sera également l’occasion, pour les porteurs de projets achevés courant 2020, de présenter une synthèse finale de leur projet.
Vous pouvez consulter le programme provisoire en cliquant ici.
Les inscriptions sont ouvertes jusqu'au 15 mai 2021.
The Imaging and eXtended Reality technology - IXR - platform
This modular room will soon provide access to technological equipments dedicated to :
- imaging (with innovative cameras),
- 2D/3D visualization (with very powerful graphic stations and numerous screen technologies),
- virtual reality (with several types of headsets),
- mixed reality (with a Varjo XR-3 headset),
- 3D capture (with a 3D scanner),
- 360° capture (with several 360° cameras),
- etc.
The IXR platform will be used for training and research activities. The master students of the Eramus Mundus Joint Master Degree - EMJMD - IMLEX and of the ITXR master track will use this platform during their pratical sessions and their research projects.
The IXR platform is financially supported by the Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
First lecture “Photonics and Health” : introduction to ophthalmology and ocular biology, by prof. Philippe Gain from the Universitary Hospital of Saint-Etienne
6 April 2021. Students of Institut d’Optique in second year of engineering studies in Saint-Etienne attended the new lecture Introduction to ophthalmology and ocular biology by prof. Philippe Gain from the Universitary Hospital of Saint-Etienne, created this year by Institut d’Optique in the framework of the interdisciplinary lectures “ Photonics and Health “ of the Manutech Sleight Graduate School.
Prof. Philippe Gain is one of the leading figures of research in clinical ophthalmology in France, director of the BiiGC laboratory which is member of the Manutech Sleight Graduate School, as well as creator of several innovative companies. During his lecture, he was assisted by a MSc student of Institut d’Optique, Anthony Aïn, who is presently working has an intern in BiiGc laboratory.
Agenda of the lecture
During 2 hours, a theoretical lecture introduced the physiology of the human eye and the different techniques based on optics and photonics used in clinical analysis, in four steps: the whole eye, the cornea, the lens, and the retina. Prof. Gain also presented the main innovations issued from the research in his laboratory, as well as future challenging projects.
The 2 following hours where dedicated to a visit of the BiiGC laboratory and its impressing high-tech equipements, including numerous laser-based technologies for surgery or clinical observation. The visit continued in the ophthalmology service of the hospital, by following the same four steps as in the theoretical lecture. Live demonstrations of various imaging technologies on voluntary students were organized, thus offering a perfect illustration of the concept learned before.
The Manutech Sleight Graduate School and the Institut d’Optique express all their gratitude to prof. Gain and his assistants for their warm welcoming and the quality of the lecture and its interactiveness. This lecture will be organized each year.
The “Photonics and Health” lectures organized by Institut d’Optique also include a lecture by prof. Jean-Luc Perrot from Saint-Etienne Hospital on Dermatology and skin imaging. The first edition will be on the 22th April 2021.
Picture taken at the entrance of the BiiGC laboratory. In the background, in white coat, prof. Gain (center of the picture) and his assistants, among which Anthony Aïn (second from the right side).
1st call for abstracts WTC 2021 - July 10 to 15 2022
This event has been postponed until July 10-15 2022 due to the coronavirus outbreak
It is our great pleasure to announce the opening of abstract submission for the 7th World TribologyCongress. This international event will be an opportunity to bring together a large scientific community, to promote international exchanges and collaborations on the current topics on tribology. The conference will be organized around the ten following scientific themes and a partner event (more details here)
Originally slated for november 2020, the fifth International Workshop on Metallic Nano-Objects (MNO 2020) will be held at the University of Saint-Etienne from 3th to 5th of november 2021.
This workshop is built on the success of the previous editions (Saint-Etienne 2012, Lille 2014, Lyon 2016, Lyon 2018). It aims to provide an overview on recent advances and challenges in the development of metallic nano-objects and their applications.
MORE INFORMATIONS ON THE WEBSITE : https://mno-2020.sciencesconf.org/
MNO 2020 is cofinanced by MANUTECH Sleight Graduate School
MORE INFORMATIONS ON THE WEBSITE : https://mno-2020.sciencesconf.org/
RADOPT 2020. Radiation Effects on Optoelectronics and Photonics Technologies
Due to the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19), they made the decision to postpone the RADOPT 2020: Workshop on Radiation Effects on Optoelectronics and Photonics Technologies, expected in June 2020 in Saint-Etienne, to the end of 2020. They will inform all as soon as possible when the new dates are fixed. The submission deadline is also postpone.
They hope that this delay will not prevent you to attend the RADOPT 2020.
MORE INFORMATIONS ON THE WEBSITE : https://radopt.sciencesconf.org/
RADOPT 2020 is cofinanced by MANUTECH Sleight Graduate School
GRADUATE INTERDISCIPLINARY SESSIONS #3 & #5
& PAGE GRADUATE INTERDISCIPLINARY SESSION #3
or PAGE GRADUATE INTERDISCIPLINARY SESSION #5
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW WANTED
MATEIS, materials science laboratory member of the MANUTECH SLEIGHT’s consortium, is looking for a postdoctoral fellow for an 18-month contract. The research will be oriented towards the Study of the biological behaviour of PVD thin film metallic glasses: effect of an ultrashort laser treatment.Three laboratories are involved in the project: MATEIS Laboratory, Hubert Curien Laboratory and SAINBIOSE Laboratory.
- Experimental: laser processing, advanced electron and confocal microscopies, biological experiments
- International experience
- High proficiency in English
Download the offer here
