53th Probability Summer School
Saint-Flour (France), June 30th - July 12th 2025

Lecture schedule

The first lecture is scheduled on Thursday July 1st. The last lecture will finish on Saturday July 12th noon. Lectures take place in the morning (9-10.30 and 10.45-12.15). There will not be lecture on Sunday 6 (excursion day).

Talks (given by participants)

Besides lectures, participants of the school are invited to give talks (35 minutes) about their research work. Talks take place in the afternoon. Blackboards and a computer connected to a video projector will be available for these talks. Pdf files should be stored on a USB key. An email will be sent to participant to choose a slot (please register for only one slot).

Note to members of CNRS

The school is organised jointly with CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research), and the registration of members of CNRS (researchers or students) is paid for by CNRS. .

Les agents CNRS (chargés de recherche, directeurs de recherche, ou boursiers) n'auront pas à régler de frais d'inscription et de séjour, ceux-ci étant pris en charge par la Formation Permanente du CNRS dans le cadre du budget de l'école. Cependant, les frais de transport resteront à la charge de la délégation d'appartenance du participant.

Miscellaneous information

A program booklet will be given to each participannt the first day of the school.

Wifi at the hotel will be available.

There are laundries in town. For 10 euros, the hotel can wash a bag of clothes (we suggest insterested participants to come with their own laundry bag).

At St-Flour, there are soccer pitches and the possibility of playing ping pong and cycling. Soccer games will be organized. There is also a pétanque court.

An excursion is planned on sunday 6th. A form will be given at the beginning of the school to intersted participants to register. Appropriate footwear are required (sneakers, hiking boots, ...). We suggest participants to come with their own water bottle.

How to come to Saint-Flour

The City of Saint-Flour is decomposed into a Lower Town ("Ville Basse") and an Upper Town ("Ville Haute"), and the Hôtel-Restaurant Ancien Grand Séminaire, where this 2025 summer school takes place, is on the slope between them.

By train: Saint-Flour can be accessed via Clermont-Ferrand. In Paris, trains to Clermont-Ferrand leave from Gare de Bercy. From Clermont-Ferrand, Saint-Flour is accessible by SNCF regional trains and coaches. Some coaches have an additional stop (called "les allées") in the upper town, which is closer to the Hôtel-Restaurant Ancien Grand Séminaire.

By air: Clermont-Ferrand airport has regular flights to Paris CDG and Paris Orly. See also Air France. From the airport, the railway station is accessible by city buses or regional TER trains (train stop "Aulnat Aéroport" on the line Clermont-Fd-Thiers-St-Etienne)

By coach: Clermont-Ferrand is connected to Lyon, Paris and other main cities by the following companies: Flixbus and BlaBlaCar.

By car: Saint-Flour is on the A75 motorway (Clermont-Ferrand - Béziers) 100 km south of Clermont-Ferrand. The access to the "rue des Planchettes" is from the road between the lower and upper towns.

Bus shuttles: we will organize bus shuttles from Clermont-Fd to Saint-Flour and back (1h's highway drive):

• Arrival: to pick participants from Clermont-Ferrand train station/airport around 6pm on monday june 30th
• Return: to pick participants form the Grand Séminaire around noon on saturday july 12th.