Horizon Maths
Annual conference on applied and/or industrial mathematics topics
The Paris Mathematics Sciences Foundation facilitates meetings between mathematicians from its laboratories and scientists from either the industrial world or other scientific disciplines thanks to Horizon Maths.
2026 Edition: Mathematics and Music
The 2026 edition ofHorizon Maths took place on Thursday April 9 and Friday April 10, 2026 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Amphitheater Hermite of the IHP (11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 5th). Organized under the leadership of Moreno Andreatta (CNRS, University of Strasbourg), the conference will have the theme: Mathematics and music.
The first editions of the Horizon Maths event were co‑organized by the Foundation in partnership with a company (EADS in 2010, AREVA in 2011, TOTAL in 2012, GDF SUEZ in 2013, IFP Energies nouvelles in 2014, IBM France in 2015, Huawei in 2017).
In this very "industry"-oriented configuration, the major themes of reflection around which the presentations are structured are proposed and discussed between the Foundation and the company, who also agree on the choice of speakers from the academic world and industry, of which they share the solicitation. The establishment of the final program is done in a concerted manner. The event is generally hosted by the co-organizing company.
Since 2018, the conference format has become more flexible. The 2018 edition, although also focusing on industrial applications, was not designed in partnership with a particular company. The 2019 and 2022 editions concerned interactions of mathematics with another scientific discipline (respectively chemistry and astrophysics) in an academic and (to a lesser extent) industrial context.
In all cases, in addition to the conferences, ample space is given to discussions between participants, allowing them to clarify certain points, to go further on the themes addressed or to initiate a more in-depth exchange which may continue after the event. The conferences are filmed, with the agreement of each speaker and their company. The videos are then broadcast on the Foundation’s website.
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Previous editions
The 2025 edition of Horizon Maths took place on Monday May 12, 2025 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Amphitheater Chaudron of the ENSCP (11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 5e).
Organized under the leadership of Patrice Bertail (Modal'X, Paris-Nanterre University), the conference had as its theme : Mathematics and food safety.
The 2024 edition of Horizon Maths took place on Wednesday March 27, 2024 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Hermite Amphitheater of the IHP (11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 5th) on the theme: Mathematical proof and software safety.
Hugo Herbelin (Inria, IRIF) coordinated this edition. The organizers would like to thank Catherine Dubois (ENSIIE) and Xavier Leroy (Collège de France) for their help.
In fall 2023, the FSMP decides to exchange the dates of its annual conferences Mathematics in Motion and Horizon Maths: the first will now be held in the fall, the second in the spring. This transition year therefore saw two Mathematics in Motion conferences (spring and fall) while the Horizon Maths audience had to wait until spring 2024.
The Horizon Maths 2022 day, on the theme of Mathematics and Gravitation, will take place on Tuesday December 6, 2022 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Sorbonne Université (4 place Jussieu 75005 Paris), Amphithéâre 25. This conference is organized under the leadership of Jérôme Pérez (ENSTA Paris) and Emmanuel Trélat (Sorbonne University).
The Horizon Maths 2021 day, on the theme of Mathematics and Transport, took place on Tuesday November 30, 2021 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Institut Henri Poincaré (11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie 75005 Paris, see access here). This conference was organized under the leadership of Fabien Leurent (ENPC, Île-de-France Mobilités Chair) and Bertrand Maury (ENS-PSL and Université Paris-Saclay).
Due to the COVID 19 epidemic, there was no Horizon Maths conference in 2020
The 2019 edition of Horizon Maths took place on Tuesday December 3, 2019 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Charpak amphitheater of Sorbonne University (4, place Jussieu, Paris 5th).
Organized under the leadership of Gabriel Peyré (DMA, CNRS, ENS), Francis Bach (DI ENS) and Cordelia Schmid (Inria).
The 2017 edition of Horizon Maths is organized with Huawei under the leadership of Gabriel Peyré (DMA, CNRS, ENS) and Merouane Debbah (Huawei), on the theme Mathematics and networks. This day of conferences will be held on November 30, 2017 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Institut Henri Poincaré (11, rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris).
Exceptionally, there was no edition of Horizon Maths in 2016, the FSMP was co-organizer with the IHP of the major conference Mathematics, digital oxygen
Horizon Maths 2015 - Health and data. A conference organized by the Fondation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris and IBM France on December 14 and 15, 2015 at IBM.
Horizon Maths 2013 Conferences organized by the FSMP and GDF SUEZ on December 16 and 17, 2013 at GDF SUEZ Topics covered: Big data, Model reduction, Mean field games theory, Large-dimensional problems, Incomplete markets, Learning.
New climate models, discretization of physics equations, in relation to the evolution of computers, by Thomas Dubos (LMD, Ecole Polytechnique). Horizon Maths 2012, December 19 and 20, 2012 at the Total Auditorium - Conferences organized by the FSMP and Total around two themes: optimization and massively parallel computing.
Euler 2D in non-regular domains by Christophe Lacave (IMJ, U. paris-Diderot). A video proposed as part of the Horizon Maths 2011 days, organized on December 12 and 13, 2011 by the Fondation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris, in partnership with AREVA.
Measurement and counting of real plane curves, by Jean-Yves Welschinger. A presentation presented during Horizon Maths 2010, two days of mathematical conferences for industrialists organized by the Fondation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris and EADS.