Ludovic Rifford

The purpose of the CNRS-AIMS Chair in Mathematics is to contribute to the intensification of scientific collaborations between mathematicians from France and Africa and to participate in the establishment of a visible and competitive research community between CNRS and AIMS. In addition to the three months I spend each year in Africa (usually at AIMS-Senegal), the Chair is used to finance various activities listed below. Feel free to contact me for further information.

• CIMPA School "Contrôle et Optimisation de Forme : théorie et applications", 13-24 Apr. 2026, Université Assane Seck, Ziguinchor (Senegal)
  Partial funding of the research school
• CIMPA School "Frontiers in Symplectic Geometry", 25 May-6 Jun. 2026, University of Buea and AIMS-Cameroon, Buea & Limbe (Cameroon)
  Partial funding of the research school

• Research visit of A. Ndiaye (Univ. Dakar, Senegal) at University Côte d'Azur, 23 Aug.-7 Sep. 2025, Nice (France)
  Funding for travel, accomodation, and meals expenses
• Workshop On Geometry and Topology at AIMS-Cameroon, 2-5 Jul. 2025, Limbe (Cameroon)
  Funding for most of the Workshop
• Workshop Géometrie Algébrique et Géométrie Complexe, 23-27 June 2025, AIMS-Senegal, Mbour (Senegal)
  Partial funding of the Workshop
• Mini-Workshop of Geometry AIMS-UCAD, 2 May 2025, Mbour (Senegal)
  
• Research visit of C. Khoule (Univ. Dakar, Senegal) at University Côte d'Azur, 12-27 Apr. 2025, Nice (France)
  Funding for travel, accomodation, and meals expenses
• Research School "Geometric structures and discrete group actions" at CIRM, 14-18 Apr. 2025, Marseille (France)
  Funding of the participation (travel expenses) of Cheikh Lo (Univ. Dakar, Senegal)
• Mini-Workshop of Geometry AIMS-UCAD, 28 March 2025, Dakar (Senegal)
  
• Research Visit of Séverine Rigot (Univ. Côte d'Azur, France) at AIMS-Senegal, 23-29 Mar. 2025, Mbour (Senegal)
  Funding for travel, accomodation, and meal expenses
• Conference "Frontiers in Sub-Riemannian" at CIRM, 25-29 Nov. 2024, Marseille (France)
  Funding of participations (travel expenses) of Cheikh Khoule (Univ. Dakar, Senegal) and Ameth Ndiaye (Univ. Dakar, Senegal)
• The Gabonese Workshop in arithmetic and beyond, 24 Oct.-4 Nov. 2024, Libreville (Gabon)
  Funding of participations (travel, accomodation, and meals) of Moustapha Camara (Univ. Ziguinchor, Senegal) and Moussa Fall (Univ. Ziguinchor, Senegal)
• Workshop "Géométrie différentielle à AIMS-Sénégal", 28 Oct.-1st Nov. 2024, Mbour (Senegal)
  Funding for the entire Workshop
• Research School "An introduction to dynamics on surfaces and random walks" and Workshop "Geometry, dynamics and randomness", Chair CIRM Pays du Sud "Geometry and Dynamics on surfaces", 22 Jul.-2nd Aug. 2024, Marseille (France)
  Funding of participations (travel expenses) of Cheikh Lo (Univ. Dakar, Senegal), Ameth Ndiaye (Univ. Dakar, Senegal) and Sylvain Sewanou (IMSP, Benin)
• Research visit of S. Tchuiaga (Univ. Buea, Cameroon) at CIRM, collaboration with Chair Pays du Sud "Geometry and Dynamics on surfaces", 7 Jul.-3 Aug. 2024, Marseille (France)
  Funding for travel, accomodation, and meal expenses
• Research visits of Vladimiro Benedetti (Univ. Côte d'Azur, France) at AIMS-Senegal and Univ. Ziguinchor, 2-8 June 2024, Mbour and Ziguinchor (Senegal)
  Funding for travel, accomodation, and meal expenses
• Research visit of André Belotto (Univ. Paris Cité, France) at AIMS-Senegal, 26 May-4 June 2024, Mbour (Senegal)
  Funding for accomodation and meal expenses
• Workshop "Differential Geometry @ AIMS-Cameroon", 8-10 May 2024, Limbe (Cameroon)
  Funding for the entire Workshop
• Research visit of Papa Badiane (Univ. Ziguinchor, France) at Univ. Toulouse, 24 Mar.-24 Apr. 2024, Toulouse (France)
  Funding for travel, accomodation, and meal expenses
• Les Journées Algébriques du Gabon, 4th edition, 4-16 Mar. 2024, Libreville (Gabon)
  Funding of the participation (travel expenses) of Moustapha Camara (Univ. Ziguinchor, Senegal)
• Mirror Research School at CIRM and IMPA "Brazil-France School on Foliation Theory", 26 Feb.-1st Mar. 2024, Marseille (France)
  Funding of the participation (travel expenses) of Bertuel Tangua Ndawa (Univ. Ngaoundéré, Cameroon)
• Research visit of S. Tchuiaga (Univ. Buea, Cameroon) at Université Côte d'Azur, 23 Nov.-23 Dec. 2023, Nice (France)
  Funding for travel, accomodation, and meal expenses
• Conference Afrimath 2023 "Topologie et Géométrie", 11-15 Sept. 2023, Dangbo (Benin)
  Funding of participations (travel expenses) of I. Bakayoko (Univ. N'Zérékoré, Guinea), F. Balibuno (Univ. Kinshasa, DR Congo), M. Koivogui (ESATIC, Ivory Coast), A. Ngendakumana (École Normale Supérieure, Burundi) and S. Tchuiaga (Univ. Buea, Cameroon)