Live from Giens — Semi-plenaries

The CSMA’s biannual conference (https://csma2026.sciencesconf.org) is in full swing! Valentine Rey (Institut de Recherche en Génie Civil et Mécanique (GeM), Université de Nantes/École Centrale de Nantes/CNRS) gave a great presentation on « Coulomb friction contact: analysis of a problem with multiple solutions »

and Robin Bouclier (Institut Clément Ader, Université de Toulouse/INSA-Toulouse/IMT-Albi/ISAE-SUPAERO/CNRS & Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse/INSA-Toulouse/CNRS & Institut Universitaire de France) gave an equally great presentation on « Image Data Assimilation in Materials Mechanics: CAD-Based Digital Twins and Material Property Identification Using PINNs » !