ISIMA Celebrates Science Festival with Workshops on AI and Cryptography

Middle and high school students explored artificial intelligence, cryptography, and programming during an open day at the school.

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Generic image of a modern science laboratory with students and interactive equipment.

On October 13, 2025, ISIMA opened its doors to middle and high school students for the Science Festival, providing an immersion into the world of artificial intelligence and creativity.

The Cézeaux scientific hub, and particularly ISIMA, welcomed middle and high school students on October 13, 2025. These young visitors were able to dive into the universe of artificial intelligence and creativity within the school, through various workshops.
Among the proposed activities, participants explored autonomous exploration missions with robots learning through trial and error, thanks to the workshop ARIA: Autonomous Exploration Mission led by Christophe Tilmant. A cryptographic mission was also on the agenda, presented by Charles Olivier-Anclin and Malika More.
The workshop Let's Program with Circles and Arrows: Automata, led by Christian Laforest, introduced the basics of programming. Cybersecurity issues were addressed by Alexandre Guitton with the workshops How to Break a Secret Code? and AI and Security.
The world of gaming met artificial intelligence through the workshop ChatJeuPT Application of an LLM AI in Gaming, presented by Stéphane Guillet. Participants also discovered graphs with Florent Foucaud, and conducted an investigation using graph theory during the workshop Murder at LIMOS – Solve the Case Using Graph Theory, led by Cléante Ravinet.
This day, rich in presentations, immersions, and encounters, offered a varied program for curious young minds.
Based on information from the official source: ISIMA (14/10/2026)