FLINT development workshop in Palaiseau, October 2025

When and where

• October 27 – 31, 2025
• Bâtiment Alan Turing, campus de l’École polytechnique, Palaiseau, France (location)
  • Mon–Tue : Gilles Kahn room (ground floor)
  • Wed–Fri: Grace Hopper room (2nd floor, at the very back of the building)
• We plan to start around 09:00 on Monday and end between 12:00 and 17:00 on Friday. Feel free to arrive later or leave earlier.

Program

The workshop will focus on coding sprints to develop FLINT and improve FLINT’s integration in other software. Developers of other mathematical software with no direct link to FLINT are also very welcome.

Depending on participant interest, we may arrange a small number of tutorials and technical talks. Feel free to reach out to the organizers with presentation proposals or suggestions for topics you’d like to see covered.

Additional informal talks and public discussions will be scheduled as the need arises.

Daily
09:00 - 11:45	Coding sprints
11:45 - 13:15	Lunch
13:15 - 17:30	Coding sprints

Monday
09:00 - 10:00	Welcome the participants

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Discussion

• Zulip chat: https://sagemath.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/408539-flint

Organizers

• Albin Ahlbäck ahlback@lix.polytechnique.fr
• Fredrik Johansson fredrik.johansson@gmail.com
• Marc Mezzarobba marc@mezzarobba.net

Registration

Participation is free. To register for the workshop, please contact Albin and/or Marc.

We expect to have funds to cover local expenses and travel for some participants. Please contact us as soon as possible if you are interested.

Remote participation will be possible.

Participants (tentative list, to be confirmed)

• Albin Ahlbäck
• Fredrik Johansson
• Matthias Köppe (remote)
• Marc Mezzarobba
• Vincent Neiger
• Adrien Poteaux
• …

Local information

Access

• Access and mobility on campus
• Public transport map (warning: a few bus line have been renumbered, including 91-10 → 5154)
• Route planner

Where to stay

• Aparthotel Adagio Access Palaiseau Saclay is just around the corner
• Many hotels in Massy, ~20 min from Polytechnique by bus (line 91-06 or 5154 from Massy Palaiseau to Place Marguerite Perey).
• Hôtel d’Orsay is located close to Le Guichet RER station, 30–40 min from Polytechnique by foot via Passage du Buisson aka escaliers de la Troche (300+ stairs), or ~30 min by bus (91-05 or 91-06 from Gare du Guichet to Place Marguerite Perey).

Where to eat

• In the immediate vicinity of Polytechnique: Le 19, Le Living-Room (restaurants), Food Asia Saclay 91 (Asian fast food), Panifique (bakery, closes at 20:00)
• Just a little further: Mangia, Le Julie’s.
• Massy: many restaurants and fast-food options on both sides of Massy-Palaiseau RER station, most decent, none exceptional
• A few restaurants close to Le Guichet station.
• Many more options in Palaiseau (rue de Paris) or Orsay but not as easy to reach.

Funding

TBD