The third edition of the Σ-Tech Days Fall School took place from October 5 to 7, 2021 with the theme “Explore the world of biomaterials with advanced photonics and artificial intelligence”. The event, which aimed to bring together international experts and give an overview of the academic landscape on a targeted research area, was a great success and gathered more than 60 participants.

The scientific program of this fall school was structured around three themes:

• Biomaterials, elaboration and biological properties.
• Optical microscopy and spectroscopy
• Data analysis and artificial intelligence

The event brought together 13 expert speakers: Christophe Drouet (CIRIMAT, CNRS, University of Toulouse, France), Laurent Cognet (LP2N, CNRS, University of Bordeaux, France), Paul Dequidt (XLIM, CNRS, University of Poitiers, France), Mathieu Naudin (University hospital of Poitiers, LabCOM I3M, France), Rainer Detsch (LASIR, CNRS, University of Erlangen, Germany, Philippe Carré and Thierry Urruty (XLIM, CNRS, University of Limoges, France), Hideaki Kano (Kyushu University, Japan), Vincent Rodriguez, (ISM, CNRS, University of Bordeaux, France), Karine Anselme (IS2M, CNRS, UHA Mulhouse, France), Ludovic Duponchel (LASIR, CNRS, University of Lille, France), Joel Brie (University hospital of Limoges, France) and Frédéric Alexandre (Inria Bordeaux, France).

For more information: https://www.unilim.fr/sigmatech-days/