​The joint EPFL-UM6P initiative “Excellence in Africa” has released the names of the first 10 students selected after the 1st call for proposals of the 100 PhDs for Africa programme. Three of which are from UM6P:

AMAL MACHTALAY 

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•    Institution: Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
•    Supervisor: Prof. RATNANI, Ahmed
•    Co-supervisor (at EPFL): Prof. Daniel Kressner 
•    PhD title: From mean-field games to agent-based models (and back) through Markov Chain aggregation.
•    Research domain: Mathematics

Link to project summary:
100PhD_Machtalay_EN.pdf (epfl.ch)

ISSA COULIBALY

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•    Institution: Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
•    Supervisor: Prof. El Hammouti, Hajar
•    Co-superviseur (at EPFL): Prof. Anne-Marie Kermarrec
•    PhD title: Communication-efficient techniques for federated learning.
•    Research domain: Informatics

Link to project summary:
100PhD_Coulibaly_EN.pdf (epfl.ch)

ACHRAF DELHALI

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•    Institution: Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
•    Supervisor: Prof. Belmabkhout, Youssef
•    Co-supervisor (at EPFL): Prof. Agrawal, Kumar Varoon
•    PhD title: Evaporative cooling aided by dehumidification combined with water harvesting.
•    Research domain: chemical engineering

Link to project summary:
100PhD_Delhali_EN.pdf (epfl.ch)

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