About the
LAMSADE and its future
This is a text in
French about the future of the LAMSADE.
About the
recent recruiting policy of the CNRS
This is a text in French concerning the recent
recruiting policy of the CNRS (not really brilliant …)
Quelque réflexion sur la politique de recrutement
des chercheurs de la part du CNRS
About Bibliometrics
It is becoming increasingly frequent the use of
"scientometric indices" aiming to assess
both the researchers as individuals and their institutions. Most
of the time the result is totally meaningless since there is no model (what is
a good researcher or what is good research?). In the following I sample
some documents treating this issue. People interested to read serious stuff on
these issues can visit the page of Anthony Van Raan
at Leiden University (NL) at http://www.cwts.nl/TvR/TvRpublications.html
The official document of the International
Mathematical Union (IMU), the International Council of Industrial and Applied
Mathematics (ICIAM) and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS)
published in June 2008 (here).
Two papers by Thierry Marchant
from Ghent University (BE) on the axiomatic characterisation
of bibliometric indices (h-index and score based rankings).
A paper by Denis Bouyssou, Jean Charles Billaut
and Philippe Vincke about the Shanghai ranking.
You find here a couple of texts I have written
in 2004 with respect to the ongoing discussion in France about the research
conducted in Universities and other public institutions, namely the CNRS. These are texts in french (obviously ...).
Quelque réflexion sur le projet de reforme
du CNRS (en 2004).
Les enjeux de l'évaluation, dans la
"Vie de la recherche Scientifique", N. 357, Avril 2004.