The MathTech Challenge builds on the proven model of the SEME (Mathematics/Business Study Week) offered by AMIES, adding debriefing sessions and the option to incorporate cross-disciplinary training workshops before or after the challenge as part of the MathTech track.
MathTech challenge 2026
- Date: May 18–22
- Location: Orsay Institute of Mathematics
- Corporate Challenge: Michelin
- Two topics will be offered:
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Topic 1: Computational mechanics simulation for design at Michelin
Objective: Create a learning model or propose a methodological/theoretical approach to rapidly predict physical fields (deformation, pressure, displacement, etc.) on new geometries, to accelerate tire rolling simulations.
Why: Test dozens of possible geometries in seconds instead of weeks of simulation—more experimentation, more innovation.
Code/data provided: A turnkey code for rolling simulations and all the materials needed to create your own simulation more quickly.
Method ideas: Use operator networks (FNO/DeepONet), graphs/meshes (GNN), or implicit representations (SDF/NNs), or a mix of all three to leverage their strengths.
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Topic 2: Explainable Industrial Process Data Generator
Objective: To create a realistic data generator based on measurement series and a method for explaining the implicit relationships between parameters. The generator must be able to use both tabular data and time series.
Why: Data augmentation to perform advanced analyses or to train and test AI models. Explanation of the implicit relationships between parameter values.
Data provided: A set of measurements from a large-scale industrial machine (>15). A physics-inspired toy model to independently test and validate methodologies.
Program of the week
Monday, May 18
9:45 a.m., Room 2P8: Presentation of the topics, data, and provided codes, with the organizers and the Michelin team in attendance
Tuesday, May 19
Michelin video conference, Q&A between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.
Afternoon, Room 2P8: Yannig Goude will be present to answer participants’ questions
Wednesday, May 20
Morning, Room 2P8: Yannig Goude will be present to answer participants’ questions
Afternoon: one-on-one meetings between Michelin engineers and the teams
Thursday, May 21
Starting at 9:00 AM, Room 2P8: pitch coaching by Isabelle Jasiknowski and Mathilde Mougeot.
Friday, May 22
2:00 PM, Boardroom 1F12: Presentation to the jury composed of the Michelin team, the FMJH, and Yannig Goude. Debrief. Announcement of results. Closing reception, ending around 4:00 PM.
The winners of the challenge will each receive €400!
You can register on your ADUM account