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My Thesis in 180 seconds (MT 180): the winners of the 2022 edition

Doctorate Article published on 18 March 2022 , Updated on 30 March 2022

Explaining months, even years of thesis research work in the simplest, most dynamic and entertaining way possible in just three minutes is no easy feat…but it is possible! Thirteen of the University’s PhD candidates took on that exact challenge during the final of the “My Thesis in 180 seconds” competition, which took place on 15 March at CentraleSupélec.

The art of convincing in 180 seconds

On stage in front of the audience, microphone in hand, thirteen PhD candidates took on the challenge of explaining three intense years of thesis work in just 180 seconds.

They succeeded in capturing the audience’s attention, calling on a creative range of metaphors and humour to win over the audience who had come to encourage them.

This year, the event took place in person and was also streamed live online via the University’s social media networks. The competition’s jury and the audience chose two winners who will go on to compete in the semi-final of the French national MT 180 competition in April.

 

The Jury Prizes and the Audience Award

The jury awarded First Prize to Isabelle Hoxha for her thesis “Neurocognitive mechanisms of perceptual anticipation in decision-making”. Isabelle Hoxha is a PhD candidate at the Complexity, Innovation, Motor Skills and Sports Laboratory (CIAMS - Univ. Paris-Saclay | Univ. Orléans).

The jury’s Second Prize was awarded to Olivier Destrian for his thesis “Multiscale modelling of cell apoptotic extrusion”. Olivier Destrian is a PhD candidate at the Macroscopic Molecular Energy and Combustion Laboratory (EM2C - Univ. Paris-Saclay | CNRS | CentraleSupélec).

Mariya Borovikova, PhD candidate at the Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, from Genomes to the Environment Laboratory (MaIAGE - Univ. Paris-Saclay | INRAE), won the Audience Award for the presentation of her thesis “Extraction of information from textual data for plant health epidemio-surveillance”.

The 13 MT 180 finalists at Université Paris-Saclay
Isabelle Hoxha, winner of the Jury's First Prize
Mariya Borovikova, winner of the Audience Award
Isabelle Hoxha, the Jury's First Prize winner, Olivier Destrian, the Jury's Second Prize winner, Mariya Borovikova, the Audience Award winner

Watch the final