Master of Applied Mathematics - Grenoble

2021-2022 Admissions

Tue, 03 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Application for the M1 AM program 2022-2023 will open in January 2022.

Do not hesitate to browse the specific pages to get precise ideas about our offer.

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Admission

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Applied probability and Statistics

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Credits

6 ECTS, CM 22.5h, TD 18h, TP 9h

Instructor

Frédérique Leblanc and Clémentine Prieur

Description

The aim of this course is to provide basic knowledge of applied probability and an introduction to mathematical statistics.

Applied probability

Estimation (parameter)

Sample comparison

Statistical tests

This course includes practical sessions.

Assessment

1/2 for the applied proba part 1/2 for the statistics part

Computing science for big data and High Performance Computing

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Credits

6 ECTS, CTD 33h, TP 16.5h

Instructors

Silviu Maniu and Martin Schreiber

Description

This course is composed of two parts “Introduction to database” and “High Performance Computing”. Its aim is to give an introduction to numerical and computing challenges of large dimension problems.

Content

Introduction to database
Introduction to big data
Introduction to high performance computing (HPC)
Numerical solvers for HPC

This course relies on practical sessions.

Prerequisites

C++, Python, Algorithm, Data-structure

Geometric modeling

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Credits

6 ECTS, CTD 33h, TP 16.5h

Instructor

Boris Thibert

Description

This course is an introduction to the differential geometry of curves and surfaces with a particular focus on spline curves and surfaces that are routinely used in geometrical design softwares.

Differential geometry of curves

Approximation of curves with splines, Bézier and spline curves, algorithms,…

Differential geometry of surfaces, metric and curvature properties,…

This course includes practical sessions.

Assessment

1/2 practical

1/2 final written exam

Prerequisite

Elementary notions of linear algebra and analysis.

Graduate School project

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Credits

6 ECTS

Person in charge

Faouzi Triki (Faouzi.Triki@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr)

Description

A student selected in the Graduate School track will have to work with a researcher from the Grenoble environment on a research project.

Please contact Faouzi Triki if you have any question.

Internship

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Credits

3 ECTS

Instructor

Sylvain Meignen, Boris Thibert

Description

Industrial and/or research internship.

The students have to do an internship (of at least 8 weeks from mid May to end of August, see the planning) in a company or in a laboratory. No report is required (except for Ensimag students that follow the double diploma, who have to give a report to ensimag).

Introduction to cryptology

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Credits

6 ECTS, CTD 36h, TP 18h

Instructor

Bruno Grenet and Clément Pernet

Description

The goal of this course is to acquire the main theoretical and practical notions of modern cryptography: from notions in algorithmic complexity and information theory, to a general overview on the main algorithms and protocols in symmetric and asymmetric cryptography.

Content

Part 1. Cryptology

Symmetric cryptography: encryption (AES, block ciphers), Message Authentication Codes (HMAC), hash functions (SHA-2, SHA-3)
Public-Key cryptography: key exchange (Diffie-Hellman), encryption (ElGamal, RSA), signatures (Schnorr, RSA)
TLS protocol

Part 2. Algebraic Algorithms for cryptology

Integer and polynomial arithmetic (multiplication, GCD, exponentiation, …)
Finite groups, rings and fields (mathematical context algorithms and implementation aspects)
Applications: error correcting codes, asymmetric ciphers

Living and studying in Grenoble

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

ISSO International Student Office

ISSO, the international office for students has a very complete website dealing with:

required administrative procedures,
health and social security,
lodging, etc.

ISSO’s office is located on campus and incoming students are highly encouraged to visit them upon arrival (map can be found here).

Quick access

International students in Grenoble

This organisation proposes activities, mentoring, meetings, see their website for more information.

Why choose Grenoble ?

Grenoble is a wonderful city to live in, with a very large and dynamic student population, and a lot to discover.

For a good presentation of the life as a student in Grenoble: take a look at this short film

Presentation of Grenoble University and Technology Institute:

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What to do in Grenoble:

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M1 AM program

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Modeling Project

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Credits

3 ECTS,

Instructor

Marek Bucki

Numerical optimisation

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Credits

6 ECTS, CTD 33h, TP 16.5h

Instructors

Hadrien Hendrikx and Ieva Petrulyonite

Description

This program provides the mathematical and numerical backgrounds for solving standard optimisation problems using (mostly) first-order methods, with a thorough understanding of which algorithm to choose when, how to tune the parameters, and what is the theory behind. Concrete examples will be investigating, and in particular the training of machine learning models.

Content

Introduction, classification, examples.
Theoretical results: convexity and compacity, optimality conditions, duality
Algorithmic for unconstrained optimisation (gradient descent, line search, stochastic methods)
Algorithms for non differentiable problems (prox, subgradient).

This course includes practical sessions in Python.

Prerequisites

Basic algebra (linear spaces, matrix computation) Basic calculus (Norm, Banach spaces, Hilbert spaces, basic differential calculus) The students should be able to compute the gradient and the Hessian of real functions on IR^n and also differentials of simple functions such as quadratic forms. Knowing how to code in Python is required to pass the course, as there will be graded practical sessions.

Object-oriented & software design

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Credits

3 ECTS, CTD 15h, TP 18h

Instructor

Laurence Pierre and Martin Schreiber

Description

This course is an introduction to the main concepts of object-oriented programming, elaborated on C++. It mainly considers: Basics on classes, instances, constructors and destructors, aggregation. Memory management, pointers, references. Operator overloading. Genericity, template classes. STL (Standard Template Library) objects. Inheritance, polymorphism. The objective of this course is to present the computer sciences basics useful for applied mathematics.

Assessment

1/2 practical 1/2 final written exam

Prerequisite

Good knowledge of C programming (including low-level concepts such as pointers and memory allocation)

Operations Research

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Credits

6 ECTS, CTD 36h, TP 18h

Instructor

Nadia Brauner, Jérôme Malick

Description

Operations Research offers scientific methods for better decisions. The idea is to develop and use mathematics and informatics tools to solve complex organization problems. Historical applications are in the management of large systems of humans, machines, materials in industry, service, humanitarian aid, environment…

At the end of this course, students should be able to propose a modelization and implement practical solutions (dedicated or industrial tools) to solve a decision or optimization problem. Interested students can continue in master 2 Operations Research, Combinatorics and Optimization (ORCO).

This course is divided into two parts : an introduction to operations Research modelling and solving methods (common with M1 Mosig) and a complementary part for M1 Math (AM and MG) students only.

Part 1: introduction to OR (common with M1 Mosig)

Skills

Recognize a situation where Operations Research is relevant.
Know the main tools of Operations Research.
Have the methodological elements to choose the solution methods and the tools the most adapted for a given practical problem.
Know how to manipulate the software tools to solve a discrete optimization problem.

The course covers various topics:

Linear Programming (modelling, solving, duality)
Mixed Integer Linear Programming (modelling techniques, solving with Branch and Bound)
Dynamic Programming
Bonus (riddles, elsewhere on the web, OR News)

Prerequisites

Classical algorithms (sort, divide and conquer)
Algorithms complexity calculation
Programming: basic notions (variables, fonctions, if, for, while, tables)
Language Python or Java
Basic notions on graphs (basic definitions, graph search, trees, shortest paths)
Basic notions on linear algebra and matrix analysis (matrix multiplication, invertible matrix definition)
Basics of statistics and probability

More details for the first part : https://moodle.caseine.org/course/view.php?id=42

Part 2: OR Complementary for M1 AM students

In this part, we will investigate in more details some mathematical notions related to operations research. We will focus on three aspects: Spectral graph theory, Game theory, and Numerical Optimal transport.

Partial differential equations and numerical methods

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Credits

6 ECTS, CM 16.5h, TD 16.5h, TP 16.5h

Instructors

Emmanuelle Crépeau

Eric Blayo, Ibrahim Cheddadi, Martin Schreiber

Description

Give an overview of modelling using partial differential equations.

Types of equations, conservation laws

Finite differences methods

Laplace equation

Parabolic equations (diffusion)

Hyperbolic equations (propagation)

Non linear hyperbolic equations

This course include practical sessions.

Course Organization

3ECTS = Lecture 16.5h + Lab 16.5h - Course Joined with Ensimag 2A 4MMMEDPS

3ECTS = Lecture 16.5h + Lab 1.5h - MSIAM specific course (in-depth and practical session)

Assessment

1/2 practical 1/2 final written exam

Prerequisite

Basic notions of real analysis, including Taylor formula
functions of several real variables
partial derivatives methods for solving first order ordinary differential equations (linear case, variation of constants method, separable ODEs…)
Basic notions on Fourier series and Fourier transform.

https://moodle.caseine.org/enrol/index.php?id=137

Research in Grenoble

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Signal and image processing

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Credits

6 ECTS, CTD 33h, TP 16.5h

Instructor

Sylvain Meignen

Description

The aim of this course is to provide the basics mathematical tools and methods of image processing and applications.

Image definition Fourier transform, FFT, applications Image digitalisation, sampling Image processing: convolution, filtering. Applications Image decomposition, multiresolution. Application to compression This course includes practical sessions.

Assessment

1/2 practical 1/2 final written exam

Statistical learning and applications

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Credits

6 ECTS, CTD 36h, TP 18h

Instructor

Pedro Rodrigues (Lectures) + Razan Mhanna (Labs)

Description

The aim of this course is to present the statistical approaches for analysing multivariate data. The information age has resulted in masses of multivariate data in many different field: finance, marketing, economy, biology, environmental sciences. The theoretical and practical aspects of multivariate data analysis are given equal importance. This balance is achieved through practicals involving actual data analysis using Python.

Content

Multiple linear regression. Least squares, Gaussian linear model, test of linear hypotheses, one-way analysis of variance.
Principal Components Analysis (PCA).
Classification, linear discriminant analysis, perceptron, Naive Bayes
Text mining, numeric representation of texts, connexion with graph clustering.

Prerequisites

Elementary notions in probability theory (probability distribution, joint probability density function for random vectors, conditional distribution, expectation, variance, covariance, Gaussian distribution)

Elementary notions in mathematical statistics (estimator, confidence interval, statistical tests).

As a bonus: simple linear regression, linear algebra (matrix reductions), elementary notions in Rstudio and the R software.

Variational methods applied to modelling

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Credits

6 ECTS, CTD 36h, TP 18h

Instructor

Clément Jourdana and Frédérique Charles

Description

The aim of this course is to get deep knowledge of PDE modelling and their numerical resolution, in particular using variational methods such as the Finite Elements method.

Content

Introduction to modelling with examples.
Boundary problem in 1D, variational formulation, Sobolev spaces.
Stationary problem, elliptic equations.
Finite element method: algorithm, errors…
Evolution models, parabolic equations, splitting methods
Extensions and applications, FreeFEM++

This course include practical sessions.

Prerequisites

notions of distribution theory, linear algebra, integral calculus, some notions of programming in some high level language, basic numerical analysis, as numerical integration of differential equations, basic notions on Hilbert spaces, usual partial differential operators (gradient, divergence, laplacian…)