Committees

Three distinct committees are in place for this conference:

  • a Steering Committee for the whole conference series;
  • a Scientific Programme Committee and
  • an Organizing Committee for each single edition of the series.


The Steering Committee for the WORDS series is composed of

Golnaz Badkobeh (University of London, UK)
Valérie Berthé (University Paris Cité, France)
Julien Cassaigne (Aix-Marseille University, France)
Émilie Charlier (University of Liège, Belgium)
Lubomíra Dvoráková (Czech Technical University, Czech Republic)
Gabriele Fici (University of Palermo, Italy)
Anna Frid (Aix-Marseille University, France)
Robert Mercas (Loughborough University, UK)
Jean Néraud (University of Rouen-Normandie, France)
Jarkko Peltomäki (Stockholm University, Sweden)
Dominique Perrin (University Gustave-Eiffel, France)
Narad Rampersad (University of Winnipeg, Canada)
Daniel Reidenbach (Keele University, UK)
Christophe Reutenauer (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada)
Jeffrey O. Shallit (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Mikhail Volkov (Université de Tours, France)


The Scientific Programme Committee for WORDS 2025 is co-chaired by Guilhem Gamard (LORIA) and Julien Leroy (University of Liège). It is composed of

Mélodie Andrieu (University of Littoral Opal Coast, France)
Nicolas Bédaride (Aix-Marseille University, France)
Lubomíra Dvořáková (Czech Technical University, Czech Republic)
Gabriele Fici (University of Palermo, Italy)
Guilhem Gamard (LORIA, France, co-chair)
Jarosław Grytczuk (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland)
Julien Leroy (University of Liège, Belgium, co-chair)
Svetlana Puzynina (St. Petersburg State University, Russia)
Narad Rampersad (University of Winnipeg, Canada)
Aleksi Saarela (University of Turku, Finland)
Arseny Shur (Bar Ilan University, Israel)
Lama Tarsissi (Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, UAE)


The local Organizing Committee is composed of six members of the LORIA and two membres of the IECL:

Marie Baron (LORIA, administrative assistant)
Julien Bernat (IECL)
Mathilde Bouvel (LORIA)
Guilhem Gamard (LORIA)
Damien Jamet (LORIA)
Thomas Stoll (IECL)
Pierre-Adrien Tahay (LORIA and TELECOM)
Benjamin Testart (LORIA)

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