Christophe Courtin

**Associate professor in Computer Science** Detailed research works and projects. (in progress page)

Research profile ---------------- Christophe Courtin is an associate professor at the University Savoie Mont Blanc (university of Chambéry, France). Since 2000, his research interests have been the study of computer-supported collaborative learning, initially applied in the medical field. For a decade, his research has focussed essentially on observation of learning collaborative activities with traces (Trace-Based Systems T.B.S.) and on group awareness with experiments in the educational field (Learning Management Systems L.M.S.; Technology-Enhanced Learning Systems T.E.L.S.). For a few years, he worked on issues relative to social networks and to industry 4.0. Recently, his research works drive towards recommendation systems for competences. Duties ------ Head of department at the University Savoie Mont Blanc (2001-2007), Director of studies at the University Savoie Mont Blanc (2000-2001 and 2013-2019), Expert at the French National Education Minister (2004-2014) Why are conferences papers so important in Computer Science? ------------------------------------------------------------ In Computer science, very good ranked scientific conferences are highly selective and the papers are peer-reviewed. Conferences are faster, higher status, higher selectivity, and higher visibility. Journals enable to put a review article or a final "extended version" of a paper (the typical threshold is "at least 30% new material"). <https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/38086/why-are-conference-papers-so-important-in-computer-science-cs> List of conferences: <http://conferences-computer.science/> <http://www.conferenceranks.com/> <http://www.guide2research.com/topconf/>