Université Paris-Saclay
Institut Polytechnique de Paris
October 9, 2026
Université Paris-Saclay, France

Welcome to JITA 2026

Join us for the most innovative junior conference JITA, where Masters and PhD students showcase groundbreaking research and ignite collaborations in Computer Science!

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About JITA 2026

The Junior conference on Informatics: Theory and Applications

JITA 2026 is the 3rd edition of the Junior conference on Informatics: Theory and Applications, a multidisciplinary conference that allows Masters and PhD students in various fields of Theoretical and Applied Computer Science to present their research results. Take the opportunity to share your research with colleagues, all the while honing your presentation skills, receiving feedback, and broadening your knowledge of Computer Science. Any Masters or PhD Student is welcome to present either their current research or ongoing works with preliminary results.

Topics of Interest

Submissions are encouraged in areas including (but not limited to): algorithms and complexity, bioinformatics, distributed algorithms, cryptography and security, quantum computing, graph theory, human-computer interaction, modeling and simulation, optimization, virtual and augmented reality, formal methods and verification.

Important Dates

  • Paper Submission Deadline: September 9, 2026
  • Notification of Acceptance: September 23, 2026
  • Registration Deadline: September 25, 2026
  • Conference Date: October 9, 2026, at Digiteon, Bâtiment 660

Call for Papers

Download the call for papers PDF for more details on submission guidelines and topics.

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Keynote Speakers

AI-Driven Solutions for Modern Power Grid Operation and Control
Raphael Caire
Associate professor at Grenoble Institute of Technology
Digital Collective Decisions

Zoi Terzopoulou
Research scientist at CNRS, GATE Lyon/Saint-Etienne

Conference Program

On October 9, 2026, at Digiteon, Bâtiment 660
Time Activity
8:30 - 9:00 Registration
9:00 - 9:15 Welcome
9:15 - 10:00 Keynote 1 — Raphael Caire
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00
Oral Session 1
Semantic Feedback Metrics for Dolev-Yao Fuzzing of Protocol Implementations
Lucie-Hélène Cuingnet
Sage-I: Salience-Aware, Geometry-Free Compression of Multi-Vector Document Indexes
Souhil Ouchene, Mustapha Lebbah, Bilal Faye, Hanane Azzag
Creation of molecular cage based on force directed algorithm
Lysa Percevault
Stepwise-Stationary Distributed Orchestration for Sovereign Multi-Operator Cloud Systems
Lazhar Benchelloug
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 - 13:45 Open Science Presentation — Arthur Troupel
13:45 - 15:05
Oral Session 2
Utility-Peak Itemset Mining with Constraint Programming
Chaima Hamdi
A Framework for Hybrid Genetic Search
Sama Gharib Ali Barura
Graph discovery through partition oracles
Bianca Oancea, Hoang La, Johanne Cohen
Tight ETH Lower Bound for Unweigthed Dominating Set Parameterized by Rank-width
Achille Signoret
15:05 - 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:30
Oral Session 3
Qualification Game: A Game-Theoretic Framework for Overcoming Drug Resistance
Louison Crépin
Evaluation of French medical summaries: reproducible investigation of five reference-based metrics
Marina Hornero Merino, Laura Zanella, Pierre Zweigenbaum, Aurélie Névéol
Adaptive robust optimization for integrated facility location and staffing in home health care networks
Maïna Boivent, Salma Makboul, Feng Chu
16:30 - 17:15 Keynote 2 — Zoi Terzopoulou
17:15 - 17:30 Best Paper and Presentation Announcement

Paper Submission

All submissions must be in English and submitted in PDF format. The extended abstracts, which can be up to 3 pages long, should include an abstract, a list of keywords, and references.

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⏳ Submission Deadline:
September 9, 2026

Organizing Committee

Meet the teams behind the success of JITA 2026

Junior Committee

Xiaoyuan Bai
Université Paris-Saclay
Pau De Las Heras Molins
Institut Polytechnique de Paris
CG
Université Paris-Saclay
Eirini Karoulla
Université Paris-Saclay
Sheeja-Rani Sathyanesan Nadar
Sheeja-Rani Sathyanesan Nadar
Université Paris-Saclay

Senior Committee

MA
Mathilde Arnaud
Université Paris-Saclay
GB
Institut Polytechnique de Paris
VC
Vincent Chau
Université Paris-Saclay
PC
Université Paris-Saclay
JS
Université Paris-Saclay

Local Arrangement

Marie Laveau
Marie Laveau
Université Paris Saclay

Registration

Registration is free but mandatory and can be done online here.