1.4. Internal animation and lab life 1.

General information

of around 22% of our forces measured in Equivalent Full-Time research (see Table 1.3). Despite
this unfavorable situation, we can observe that the decrease of the scientific production was less
important than expected (11% less publications in journals, 12% less in conferences). This can be
explained by the fact that part of the former CNRS members of the LTCI continued working and
publishing with their former teams. Globally, the ratio between the number of publications and
the number of Equivalent Full-Time Researchers is almost stable over the period: slightly above
6 conference papers per year and per full-time researcher (6.1 in 2013 and 6.8 in 2017), and above
2 journal papers per year and per full-time researcher (2.3 in 2013 and 2.8 in 2017).
Note that in these figures, every publication is counted only once. However, some cited publi-
cations can be co-authored by members of different teams and may appear in the publication list
of each of these teams (with a unique number). This is due to some team reconfigurations, and
also to common publications from members of different teams.

Involvement in teaching at the M2 (second year of master) level

The members of the LTCI are highly involved in masters organization and teaching:

– direction of the master in Computer Science (mention informatique) at Paris-Saclay,

– direction or co-direction of several master tracks: ACN, Data & Knowledge and Data
Sciences at Paris-Saclay, Image at Sorbonne Université, Biomedical Engineering at Paris
Descartes....
– responsibilities of numerous courses in the master in Computer Science at Sorbonne Uni-
versité, the masters in Mathematics, Computer Science, Electronics, and Physics at Paris-
Saclay...

They are also involved in the Doctoral Schools, have participated in creating some of them,
and are co-directors, or members of organization or managing structures of

– EDITE Paris,
– ED STIC Paris-Saclay,
– EDMH Paris-Saclay...

1.4 Internal animation and lab life

Direction of the lab The director of the LTCI is assisted by three research deputies, from each
department. They meet regularly, at least once a month, also with the department heads. These
meetings aim at preparing the lab council meetings and at strengthening the relations between
the direction of the labs, the departments and the team.
The director was chosen by the director of Télécom ParisTech, after the formal approval of the
lab council (based on a vote).
The director has an assistant and one administrative staff (on part-time base) in charge of the
communication (Website, News, the organization of events for the laboratory, etc.). He also has
the help of the administrative staff of the departments, for the management of the registrations
of the PhD students, and the access to the information which concerns the contractual activity of
the teams (contracts, revenues, etc.).

Lab council The lab council is composed of the director and the three deputy directors, 9
members (7 faculties, 1 administrative/technical representative, 1 PhD candidate), along with
substitute members. Among the 9 members, 7 are elected and 2 faculties are chosen by the
direction team to guarantee a good balance between the scientific domains and the teams.
The department heads and the director of the doctoral studies are invited at the council
meetings.

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