MSI Calls for Proposals
"MIDI" Call for Proposals - Expert Engineers Services
Objective: Identify outstanding research projects that could benefit from the expertise of MSI engineers in the fields of computation, modeling, and data processing.
Support Type: Assistance from an MSI expert in the aforementioned fields for a period of up to one year.
Eligible Projects: Open to all projects led by research teams from Université Côte d'Azur.
Evaluation Criteria:
- Potential impact on the research project;
- Project progress and relevance of the timeline;
- Ability of the research team to host the engineer under optimal conditions.
Deadline for Submission: November 14, 2025.
MSI Expertise
To date, MSI counts four engineers among its staff who are available to support your research projects. Below is an overview of their core areas of expertise:
- Code Optimization and Parallelization
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- Performance profiling and identification of computational bottlenecks
- Benchmarking and robustness testing
- Multi-core and multi-node parallelization (OpenMP, MPI)
- GPU acceleration (CUDA, PyCUDA, CuPy, etc.)
- Python/C++ interfacing (Pybind11)
- Modeling, Simulation, and Scientific Computing
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- Modeling of dynamical systems (ODEs and PDEs)
- Discretization and development of implicit and explicit numerical solvers (finite difference, finite element, and finite volume methods)
- Solution of large-scale linear systems and factorization techniques
- Convergence and stability analysis
- Model calibration (inverse problem solving, parameter optimization)
- Nonlinear optimization (gradient-based methods, genetic algorithms)
- Omics
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- Genome assembly and annotation
- Functional and structural annotation of genes and proteins
- Phylogenetic analysis
- Comparative genomics
- Genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, and meta-omics data analysis
- Data Processing and Analysis (Big Data)
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- Design and implementation of data processing pipelines
- Optimization and parallelization of computational workflows
- Data cleaning, preprocessing, and postprocessing
- Statistical analysis (ANOVA, permutation tests, etc.)
- Machine learning (classification, regression, time-series analysis, etc.)
- Deep learning (convolutional neural networks, transfer learning, autoencoders, etc.)
- Image processing (instance segmentation and related tasks)
- Software Engineering
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- Workflow design and automation
- Relational database design, development, and interfacing
To Participate in the "MIDI" Call for Proposals
Please download and complete the form below, then email it to Valeria Neglia, MSI Project Manager, at the following address: valeria.neglia[at]univ-cotedazur.fr.
The completed form, along with any accompanying annexes, should be compiled into a single PDF file named ProjectName_ProjectLeader.pdf prior to submission via email.
An overview of the research projects already selected during the previous Calls for Proposals is available on the "Ongoing Projects" page.