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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Today, a funding agency ask me for a scientific report on a grant I got ... 16 years ago ! #Ididntseethatcoming #believeinyourdream

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PICo Lab (Photonics, Information & Complexity) @picolablkb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#NewPreprint "Quantifying structural nonlinearity in a disordered Fabry-Pérot cavity" by Dr. Morgan Facchin arxiv.org/abs/2609.17030

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PICo Lab (Photonics, Information & Complexity) @picolablkb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A big congratulation to our one and only YoonSeok Baek, who was awarded an ERC starting grant (FOSCADE) to explore deep computational imaging in tissues. Looking forward to amazing science ahead! @lkblab.bsky.social @sorbonne-universite.fr

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Lab. Kastler Brossel @lkblab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Portrait of Tom Chevry, scientific glassblower at LKB! “A unique profession at the intersection of craftsmanship, scientific instrumentation and fundamental research 👉 Portrait by @sorbonne-universite.fr : sciences.sorbonne-universite.fr/portraits/to... @cnrs.fr

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Tom Chevry

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CNRS Ingénierie @cnrsingenierie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

#RésultatScientifique 🔎 | L'imagerie térahertz gagne en précision grâce à la ptychographie de Fourier 🔬 #IMS 🤝 #BordeauxINP @cnrs.fr @univbordeaux.bsky.social 📍 @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social ➡️ insis.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/limagerie-terahertz-gagne-en-precision-grace-la-ptychographie-de-fourier

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Frédéric Restagno @frestagn.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Ce matin, petit cadeau : l’expérience de Jean Perrin en notebook. La question : comment a-t-il fait ? Qu’a-t-il mesuré ? C’est le 100eme anniversaire de son prix Nobel.

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Jørgen Heszlein @heszlein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

A wonderful 3 years working with Ziao -- I mean Dr. Wang -- very proud of what you achieved, and sure you will do great whatever you do next!

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

... I found my first prompt injection in a paper I was reviewing. Well hidden, but a simple copy-paste in word revealed it. Interesting times ahead!

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Optica Publishing Group @opg.optica.org · 16/06/2026

Via #OPG_Optica: Non-classical optimization of entangled photons through complex media bit.ly/4upZYDG #QuantumOptics #CCDCameras @sorbonne-universite.fr @lkblab.bsky.social💡⚛️

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I hear that some senior PIs are seriously giving talks about replacing PhD students with armies of robotic arms and agents. Personally I’m not sure PIs aren’t easier to replace… in what world are we living.

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I am at the stage in my career where my biggest contribution is sometimes just to remind people about old (meaning >10y) papers, so they don't reinvent the wheel.

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Extremely happy and proud about this one - a tour de force and a scientific marathon by our outstanding PhD student Ziao Wang, Kilian Muller, and many collaborators in particular @krzakalaf.bsky.social @ldaudet.bsky.social and many at @lightonai.bsky.social,

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Concluding the GRC in image science 2026 in beautiful Braga, Tuscany. 130+ participants keen on sharing insight and learn about imaging in all its diversity. See you in 2028 !

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Having a great time at the « image Science » GRC in Italy, we took time for a photo with current group members, alumni, and friends of @picolablkb.bsky.social !

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Maxime Trebitsch @maximetrebitsch.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

This articulates incredibly clearly some of the reasons I'm scared of widespread LLM usage in my corner of academia.

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Pierre van de Weghe @pvandeweghe.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Le doyen de la faculté des sciences de l’Université libanaise, à Hadath, Hussein Bazzi, ainsi que Mortada Srour, un professeur sont décédés suite à une frappe israélienne d’un drone a visé le bâtiment universitaire. Hussein Bazzi : ul.edu.lb/en/teachers/... #ESR

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Frappe israélienne sur l’Université libanaise à Hadath : un directeur et un professeur tués

Une frappe de drone de l’armée israélienne a touché jeudi la Faculté des sciences de l’Université libanaise (UL), à Hadath, dans la banlieue sud de Beyrouth, tuant le directeur de la faculté,...

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 28/02/2026

“We are falling dangerously behind our competitors.” ERC President Maria Leptin on the next EU R&I budget: “Maintaining the Commission proposal is the minimum. Strengthening it would be strategic.” Listen to the hearing at the European Parliament (9’32’30) 🎥 bit.ly/4scILfc

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

me sitting in front of my new 34 inch panoramic external screen 🚀

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

The manga exhibition at Guimet museum 👘💯

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

ridiculously nice panoramic ride through the alps on my way back from Innsbruck. my moving office 🚂 >> your static office 🖥️

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

On my way to Innsbruck by train through Zurich - since there is no direct flight, train is (i) cheaper (~150€) (ii) faster (8.5h) and (iii) infinitely more comfortable. Looking forward to giving a colloquium and visiting old friends! 🛤️ 🗻

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I've got some questions from my 11yo about black holes, which led to a long discussion and some nice youtube videos binge watching together. I must say Astronomy is a nice way to captivate kids with physics....

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Completely packed amphitheater for the first lecture of Pascale Sennelart at @college-de-france.fr for her annual chair on quantum technologies !

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

so I have this ominous event in my calendar that says "deadline" tomorrow at 9am but I have no clue what this is... 🤷‍♂️#AcademicChatter

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

And 🥁 the final program of the *"Image Science" Gordon Research Conference*, to take place in Italy April 26-May 1st, is out! Please take some time to check the program, apply, *share* with your colleagues. www.grc.org/image-scienc... (1/N)

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

and it happened : I just came to realize I didn't fly for work in 2025 (I did fly a bit for personal reasons). It wasn't an objective per se, but just being (a bit) picky, and looking for train alternatives when possible did the trick. and I did go to IT, NL, CH, UK, GE, CZ.

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PICo Lab (Photonics, Information & Complexity) @picolablkb.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

A merry Christmas from the COMEDIA team at LKB !

A graphic visualization representing a Christmas tree formed entirely of keywords on a black background. The terms are colored in red, pine green, gold, and silver. In the center, the names 'Sylvain' and 'Hilton' as well as the year '2025' appear in very large characters. The branches of the tree are made up of technical scientific terms such as 'Complex Media', 'Transmission Matrix', 'Raman', 'Quantum Imaging', 'Speckle', and 'Neural Networks'. The image symbolizes the scientific production and research axes of the laboratory for the past year.

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Advanced Imaging, the journal that I have the pleasure to serve as (co)Editor-in-chief, has just published its first "interview" article, with *David Brady*, inventor of the Gigapixel camera. Read it here ! (open access) www.researching.cn/articles/OJe...

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

I was deeply honored to receive yesterday the Cecile DeWitt Morette Prize / Ecole des Houches / CFM foundation prize from the french @academiesciences.bsky.social, crowning a lot of hard work, creativity and fun with my team @comedialkb.bsky.social. Thank you!

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

It was nice visiting Willem Vos's COPS group last week ! thanks for the warm welcome and great science discussion !

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Sorbonne Université @sorbonne-universite.fr · 09/10/2025

📣 Venez visiter le Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, un des acteurs majeurs de la physique quantique, sur le campus Pierre et Marie Curie ! 👉 RDV les 11 et 12 octobre à la Fête de la Science de Sorbonne Université : swll.to/nhwZkg6 #FDS2025

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Back home after a great 3-day trip to the NL, for the NNV-AMO meeting, and visiting COPS in Twente and Allard Mosk's group at U. Utrecht. No cheese this time, but I couldn't come back with a collection of great PhD thesis :-). (why do we do A4 format in France? this is soooo much better!)

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PICo Lab (Photonics, Information & Complexity) @picolablkb.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Check out this upcoming symposium organized by hugo Defienne's team and us. Register here : quantumcomplex.sciencesconf.org

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

A strong quality for a good researcher is the ability to sometimes ignore small details, and sometimes delves into them with the greatest care, and more importantly to being able to switch wisely between the two modes.

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

very honored to give the opening lecture tomorrow at the NNV AMO meeting in Egmond aan Zee (NL). Very curious to see what happen if -probably- the Physics prize is announced during my lecture (probably nobody will pay attention to the second half of my lecture).

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

a national treasure of french science!

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Very happy about this one, a great work by Baptiste Courme, and an old dream coming true : we can demonstrate a violation a Bell inequality just by sampling random polarization states from speckle field.

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

🚨Registrations are open for the upcoming "Image Science" Gordon research conference , to take place in Italy, April 26-May 1, 2026. Check out the amazing program, tell your friends and share, APPLY! 🚨 www.grc.org/image-scienc...

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

This is the end of a short visit to ETH Zurich, I was very intimidated to visit the math department (as an experimentalist) but it turned out great, thanks to my host Habib Ammari. Also great to (re)connect to colleagues in Physics, Mechanics & engineering, and enjoy a nice Picasso exhibition.🇨🇭🧀🍫

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Well hidden in a small corner of the main building of ETH Zurich, they have made a mini museum for Einstein in his former locker 😍

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I am a family-friendly scientist: ✅ I have published with brothers (several pairs, joint papers) ✅ I have published with father and son (separate papers) ✅ I have published with husband and wife (separate papers) not sure what's next 🤣

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Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

and... our program for the upcoming IMAGE SCIENCE🔬 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) is 🎯LIVE🎯. It will take place April 26, 2026 in beautiful tuscany, italy 🇮🇹 🍕 🤌 Please check our stellar line-up, share, and register! www.grc.org/image-scienc...

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2026 Image Science Conference GRC

The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Image Science will be held in Lucca (Barga), Lucca Italy. Apply today to reserve your spot.

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