Below is a selection of my invited talks, conference presentations, workshops, seminars, and posters.
Invited speaker
○ March 08, 2026; Association Science pour l’Afrique (ASA) seminar. A talk on ``Steering control for control-affine systems via nonlinear controllability Gramian''; Online via Zoom, link.
○ May 10-15, 2025; Session: MS46 Modeling Neural Dynamics at SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems (DS25). A talk on ``A Generic Synthesis for Controlling Neural Field Equations''; Denver, Colorado, USA, link, slides (open with Adobe Reader for a dynamic view).
○ November 07, 2023; Washington University School of Medicine; CTCN Seminar Series. A talk on ``On the mathematical replication of the MacKay-type effects via control of the Amari-type equation''; Online via Zoom, link, slides.
○ July 09-14, 2023; Session: Control Theory in Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Engineering at the 22nd International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) World Congress. A talk on ``Cortical origins of MacKay-type visual illusions: A case for the non-linearity''; Yokohama, Japan.
Conferences
○ March 25-29, 2024; SMAI MODE 2024. A talk on ``Contrôlabilité et illusions visuelles''; Lyon, France.
○ October 16-18, 2022; 2022 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP). A talk on ``Reproducing sensory induced hallucinations via neural fields''; Bordeaux, France.
○ August 21-September 02, 2022; IX Partial differential equations, optimal design and numerics. A talk on ``Reproducing sensory induced geometric visual hallucinations'' and on ``Null controllability of parabolic spherical Grushin equation''; Benasque, Spain.
Workshops
○ June 19-20, 2023; Neural fields equations, from Wilson-Cowan to neural engineering (NFW 23). A talk on ``MacKay-type visual illusions via control of neural fields equations''; Paris, France, slides.
Seminars
○ December 17, 2025; Brain Dynamics & Control Lab. A talk on ``Predicting neural patterns in V1 via control of neural fields", slides (open with Adobe Reader for a dynamic view); St. Louis, MO, USA.
○ June 22, 2023; ``Jean-Pierre Aguilar'' PhD Students’ Day organized by the CFM Foundation for Research. A talk on ``MacKay-type visual illusions via control of neural field equations"; Paris, France.
○ Sep 15, 2022; PhD Students Welcome Day at L2S; Université Paris-Saclay-CentraleSupélec. A talk on ``Reproducing sensory-induced geometric visual hallucinations''; Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
○ June 23, 2022; ``Jean-Pierre Aguilar'' PhD Students Day organized by the CFM Foundation for Research. A talk on ``Reproducing sensory induced hallucinations via neural fields''; Paris, France.
○ April 25, 2022; Seminar of the Mathematics and Computer Science Laboratory, Université de Douala. Une présentation sur ``Reproduire des hallucinations sensorielles via l’équation des champs neuronaux''; Douala, Cameroun.
Posters
○ Sep 28-Oct 02, 2026; NITMB workshop on Data-driven modeling, simulation, and inference for neurobiological problems. A poster on ``Midpoint linearization and attractor geometry explain nonlinear control energy in individualized brain models''; Chicago, USA, poster.
○ Oct 16-18, 2022; 2022 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP). A poster on ``Reproducing sensory induced hallucinations via neural fields''; Bordeaux, France, poster.
○ May 16, 2022; Plateau de Saclay’s ICST doctoral students’ day, First edition; Université Paris Saclay and École Polytechnique de Paris. A poster on ``Reproducing sensory induced hallucinations via neural fields''; Paris, France.