Inauguration Jean-Morlet House for Researchers Friday 22 March 2013 Marseille Luminy

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1 Inauguration Jean-Morlet House for Researchers Friday 22 March 2013 Marseille Luminy Centre International de Rencontres Mathématiques SMF (French Mathematical Society) CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research) - MESR (French Ministry for Higher Education and Research) - AMU (University of AixMarseille)

2 Top row : Patrick FOULON (Director - CIRM); Dominique LÉGER (Vice-President - Fondation du Patrimoine); François TRIBOT LASPIÈRE (Deputy Director for Public Affairs - Total) Bottom row : Guy MÉTIVIER (Director - INSMI CNRS); Aline BONAMI (President - Société Mathématique de France); Yvon BERLAND (Rector - Aix-Marseille Université); Catherine GINER ( Local Councillor - Ville de Marseille)

3 Jean-Mars Pons, Dean of the Faculty of sciences; Corinne Morlet, Jean Morlet s daughter; Nicola Kistler, current Jean- Morlet Chair holder, ERCOM (European Research Centres on Mathematics) members, etc.

4 The Maison du jardinier (Gardener s House) becomes the Maison de chercheurs Jean-Morlet (Jean-Morlet House for Researchers) The Centre International de Rencontres Mathématiques has renovated the Gardener s House, which will now been known as the Jean-Morlet House for Researchers. For this renovation, CIRM has received funds essentially from the Société Mathématique de France (French Mathematical Society) and from the MESR (French Ministry for Higher Education and Research). The Fondation du Patrimoine also supported this project thanks to the patronage of the Fondation Total.

5 The historic heart of Luminy A few important dates 11th century: the property belonged to the monks of Abbaye de St Victor. 1242: renamed Abbaye du Mont-Sion to house young girls of the Provençal aristocracy. 16th century: becomes the property of the d Ollières family. Wheat is cultivated, olive trees, orchards and vineyards are planted (wine is produced for the monks of St Victor). 1819: the estate is sold to the Fabre family, wealthy ship builders from Marseille to 1945: the Maison du Jardinier, built in somewhat picturesque style, was the servants quarters for the Fabre family. 1945: Luminy is handed to the state. The building of a hospital is envisaged. 1966: a university campus is built. 1981: CIRM is created.

6 After nine months of works, the Jean-Morlet House for Researchers opens in March 2013

7 Creation of the Jean-Morlet Chair In order to support the development and expansion of mathematical research, as well as interactions with other scientific disciplines, Aix-Marseille University, CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research) and the Société Mathématique de France have created a professorial Chair in mathematics with the name of Jean Morlet ( ), who pioneered work in the field of wavelet analysis. The Jean-Morlet Chair is also financially supported by the City of Marseille, as part of its continuing policy of funding higher education, research and student life in the region. Other public and private partnerships may be forged in the future to reinforce this collaboration. The Jean-Morlet Research Chair is a new initiative to promote ambitious scientific programs on the site of Marseille in the fields of mathematics, computer sciences and their interactions with other sciences. Focusing on existing developments, it endeavours to enhance new directions for the future. The programme implies three main ingredients: an original and ambitious scientific program lasting one semester, supported by a Program of Invitations and strongly linked with local research in mathematical sciences; a visiting researcher from a foreign institution selected by means of an international competition and who will be in residence at CIRM for a semester; finally, a locally-based project leader who plans and coorganizes the events with the visiting researcher and looks for synergies with the local mathematical sciences units. Proposals undergo a multilevel peer review process that includes evaluation by CIRM s international scientific committee as well as members of a College of regional mathematical sciences units including the Institut Mathématiques de Luminy (IML), Laboratoire d Analyse Topologie Probabilités (LATP), Laboratoire d Informatique Fondamentale (LIF), Laboratoire des Sciences de l Information et des Systèmes (LSIS), Centre de Physique Théorique (CPT) and the Fédération de Recherche des Unités de Mathématiques de Marseille (FRUMAM).

8 Hommage to Jean Morlet Jean Morlet was born in Fontenay-sous-Bois on 13th January 1931 and died in Nice on 27th April A former student of École polytechnique (X1952), he was a French geophysicist who pioneered work in the field of Wavelet Theory together with Alex Grossmann, whose works were continued by Yves Meyer. Jean Morlet was working as a Research Engineer for ELF Aquitaine when he invented wavelets to resolve the problem of how to process signals in the oil industry. In 2001 he obtained First prize in the Prix Chéreau Lavet - Grand Prix de l'académie des technologies. (Photo : Jean Morlet Ecole polytechnique)