Editorial 74

First and foremost, we wish you an excellent year 2026 despite a world that is increasingly uncertain, difficult, and dangerous. Sustainable peace mus

Visit to Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Morocco

As part of the ICAI international conference held at this university, I gave a presentation on the topic of city digital twins and took the opportunit

Editorial 73

A success story for USF: indeed, after the examination of the needs of Côte d’Ivoire, and the implementation of a professional degree in nutrit

Editorial 72

This issue includes four articles. The first deals with the important issue of the relationships between universities and companies, and particularly

For mutually beneficial relationships between universities and economic environments

Several years ago, I met the rector of a university in a large city, and she confessed to me that she had very few connections with the economic secto

Editorial, Information Letter 70

In this issue, we will present an agreement of cooperation with the University of Garoua, Cameroon. Then we will discuss the importance of AI in highe

Editorial of the newsletter 69

Dear Colleagues, USF is an association of academics, current or retired, with strong international experience, mobilizing their skills and their netwo

Continuation of collaborations at the University of Fez, Morocco

It was in 2002 that the Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University of Fez invited Robert Laurini to reorganize computer science research in the Dar El Mahra

Generative AI and Academic Writing

Image generated by Deepai. The texts were then added manually. Generative artificial intelligence (Gen-AI) is coming like a wave shaking up the habits

Editorial of the newsletter n°68

First of all, please receive our best wishes for 2025 through the success of all your goals to modernize your institution, whether from the point of v

In this issue, you will find 3 articles on general problems concerning higher education and research. The first one deals with open-access journals th

Brief presentation of Universitaires Sans Frontières/Academics Without Borders

Academics Without Borders (USF), headquartered in Lyon, France, actively works to promote academic cooperation with higher education institutions in d

Open-access Reviews: Pros and Cons “Publish or perish” is the well-known injunction of researchers. While traditional publishing, like dai

Financial difficulties of European universities

In recent years, many universities have been facing financial difficulties with sometimes high deficits, so much so that some are thinking of closing.

π = XXII / VII

It was in the thirteenth century that Leonardo Fibonacci introduced the so-called Arabic numeral notation. Previously, the formalism of Roman numerals

About the training of trainers in smart cities

Many cities or metropolises located in developed and developing countries are asking themselves the question of their modernization. The concept of th

Two-year postdoc position in Geoinformatics for the University of Tartu (Estonia)

We are looking for a 2-year (can be extended) postdoc in geoinformatics to work on novel data cube implementations in Discrete Global Grid Systems (DG

Understanding the emergence of AI in the training and supervision of our doctoral students: what about academic integrity?

The objective of the study carried out at the Institute for Research and Action on Fraud and Academic Plagiarism (IRAFPA) in Geneva in Switzerland is

Greece, a new law allowing private universities

In Greece, on Friday 8 March 2024, the Greek Parliament voted and approved a law authorizing private universities, with 159 votes in favor, 129 agains

Newsletter 2023 Feb.

Dear colleagues, To summarize the activities of 2023, a USF General Assembly is scheduled, in the Metropolis of Lyon, France, on Saturday March 23, 20

Abidjan from 26 to 28 juin 2024 : Regional days of the Erasmus+ program for sub-Saharan Africa1

The general objective of the European Commission’s Erasmus+ program in the university sector is to contribute to sustainable growth, quality jobs, s

Newsletter 2023 Dec.

At the beginning of this year, 2024, we wish for peace to return to all countries of the world, whether in Ukraine, Gaza, Africa, and that people, esp