Access for disabled visitorsCIRM has accommodation accessible to physically-disabled researchers and access is possible to the main auditorium, lecture hall, restaurant and library. Car park spaces are reserved for disabled visitors. and there is a lift from car park to the main bridge building.
Contact: Reception
Accommodation at CIRM
For detailed information, please see our dedicated page here.
Contact: Reception-Accommodation
Airport to and from CIRM
For detailed information about transport by taxi, please see our dedicated page here.
If you require a taxi to leave CIRM at the end of your event, please contact Reception during office hours.
Applying to organize an event at CIRM
Each type of event at CIRM has its own description on this website.
Visit the Calls & Descriptions page for more information.
Contact: Event Coordinator
A1 Auditorium – Lecture hall
A computer is permanently plugged in at the front of the auditorium with video-projection and network connections. You can use this computer if you have your presentation on a USB key or can retrieve it online. Please use the controls on the touchscreen to switch on and off the video projector and the lights. If you prefer to use your laptop, please connect it to the VGA cable on the left handside of the desk and do the following:
– windows or linux: press Fn + and the key displaying a monitor (F5, F7 or F8..). You may have to restart your computer.
– mac OS X: close and re-open the top.
Contact: IT services in the library
Microphones are available in the auditorium. You will find them plugged in by the touchscreen device. One is a wireless headset and the other a handset microphone. Just switch on/off and check that the green light comes on. Please set to recharge at the end (red light on) for the next users.
Contact: IT services in the library
- Films – Rights to one’s image
Five conferences are filmed per week on average. Each speaker filmed is asked to fill in and sign a form. Please note that participants may also be filmed, in particular during question time or if they are sitting in the first rows. People who do not wish to appear on films should indicate this when they apply for the event (a tick/cross button is available on the online form), and should sit in the last rows of the lecture hall if possible. Films are later uploaded on the Audiovisual Mathematics Library, after the speaker has viewed and given his/her consent.
Contact: Librarians
Boars (Wild)
CIRM stands at the border of the Calanques nature reserve and thus attracts some wild animals. Wildboars are regular visitors. Please make sure you never try to touch/feed a boar, especially when surrounded by their youngs. These animals can be dangerous! They like to hang about near the car parks at CIRM so please take care when you walk there and make some noise to make them leave. If you need to report an incident:
Contact: Reception in person (08:00-18:00)
Buses
To get to/ leave CIRM, you can use local buses B1, 21Jet fast bus, 521 night bus and bus 24. More information here.
Timetables are available in the Bastide building entrance.
Contact: Reception
Calanques
One cannot talk about CIRM without mentioning the « calanques ». And unless the weather is particularly bad you should not leave CIRM without taking a hike to the calanques. A calanque (meaning « inlet » ) is a steep-walled inlet, cove, or bay that is developed in limestone, dolomite, or other carbonate strata and found along the Mediterranean coast. The local range extends for 20 km in length and 4 km in width along the coast between Marseille and Cassis. The limestone calanques lie within the Parc National des Calanques (created in 2012) and include the Calanque de Sormiou, the Calanque de Morgiou, the Calanque d’En-Vau, the Calanque de Port-Pin and Calanque de Sugiton (our local!)
Remember to wear suitable walking shoes and to take water, a mobile phone and a pullover with you (if you walk late). For any emergency, call the European emergency number 112 (free)
Contact for maps: Reception
Check daily : Real time information on access conditions
Car parking
If you come by car, please park your vehicle in the Visitor car park only.
Cards and keys (Out-of-hours access)
Most arrivals take place on Sunday evening from 17:00 till 22:00). Someone will be at reception or in the restaurant to give you your bedroom key.
However, if you arrive after 22:00 on Sundays, or arrive another day outside office hours (Reception closes at 18:00), please remember to let the Reception/Accommodation Officer know this in advance. Your room key and the attached library card will be left at reception but you will need to know where to get it. If you arrive and find nobody at reception, and you cannot find your key, you can try to contact staff in the library until 18:00 or staff in the restaurant. If nobody is around at all to help, call the caretaker’s number displayed at reception.
Contact: Reception
Check-in and check-out times
Most arrivals take place on the Sunday evening preceding the start of the event from 17:00 till 22:00. Unfortunately you cannot check-in earlier. For those who arrive later than 10 pm, please see the section just above. Note that no meal can be provided after 10pm and that the campus has no late night restaurant, so you need to plan ahead.
Usual check-out is on Fridays but can be on Saturdays at 9:00. Remember that Friday night is usually not covered for board and lodging so you will have to check whether payment can be covered by the organizers or whether you need to take care of it. There is a luggage room (key available from Reception) to store your bags when you leave your room. Room keys should be returned to reception at 9:00 at the latest.
Contact: Budget Officer (additional payment)
Contact: Reception (AOB)
Children
The Accommodation Officer is also the Family Contact person at CIRM. She can advise you on what is available at CIRM or how to find alternative accommodation.
Contact: Reception/ Accommodation Officer
Computers
Free-access computers can be found in the library on Floor 1. You will find PCs running under Linux (debian) and Apple Mac computers. They are all linked to the photocopier-scanner-printer. The IT officers are there to help you with IT, printing and Wifi matters. Their offices are on the first floor
in the library.
Services – Support – Contact
Credit cards
Visa and Mastercards are accepted at CIRM at the Reception desk for payment of stays, additional nights, meals, wine etc. Please note that you will never be asked to pay by credit card in advance of your stay, by phone or online.
Contact: Budget Officer
Directions to CIRM
For detailed information, please see our dedicated page.
Contact: Reception
Director
If you wish to talk to the director in person, please contact his Personal assistant to arrange an appointment.
Contact: PA Office
Eduroam
You can connect to Eduroam at CIRM.
Services – Support – Contact
Electronic journals (Digital Library)
Numerous electronic journals can be accessed from the computers on the ground floor and first floor of the library. Please note that special terms of use apply to these journals and books. Please ask the library staff.
Contact: Library
Emergencies
- Fire: please take some time to read the card on the back of the door in your bedroom to know how to leave the building in case of an emergency. Evacuation plans and fire extinguishers are also available in the corridors. For first aid, please see someone at Reception.
- Safe walking: the paths to the local calanques are not just an easy stroll, you need to have proper walking shoes as you can easily slip and break a bone.
- Animals: CIRM stands at the border of a nature reserve and thus attracts wild animals. Wildboars are regular visitors. Please make sure you never touch/feed a boar, especially when surrounded by their youngs. These animals are dangerous!
Contact: Reception / Caretaker emergency number (displayed at Reception and in all buildings of the centre)
Evenings at CIRM
For years, once dinner was finished there was not much to do at Cirm. This is changing! Since summer 2016, a lounge bar has been opened from 9.30pm to 11.30pm in the restaurant. It runs for most weeks during the year and serves drinks and nibbles.
Expenses
Accommodation and food are provided at CIRM and usually covered directly by organizers of the event you are invited to take part in. However, note that expenses for travelling, drinks, accompanying guests, Friday night board and lodging etc. are not included. Please see Reception if you need small cash for the vending machines or need to pay for any of the above services.
Contact: Budget Officer
Families
The Accommodation Officer is also the Family Contact person at CIRM. She can advise you on what is available at CIRM or how to find alternative accommodation.
Contact: Reception/ Accommodation Officer
Hiking
This is a must at CIRM so pack your walking shoes! Most organisers plan an afternoon off to take a hike as a group to the local Sugiton Calanque (about 45mns walk one way). The views on the way are amazing and at the end you touch the sea! Don’t forget your swimsuit in summer to cool down with a dip in one of the most secluded places in Marseille. Returning visitors to CIRM often plan for a longer trip, for example a 4 or 5 hour hike to Cassis. It is a great opportunity to discuss with colleagues in a more relaxing atmosphere and the town of Cassis at the end of the trip is really worth a visit! (don’t forget to include a leisurely drink at the harbour). Coaches can take you back to the Vaufrège roundabout situated at the entrance of the Luminy campus (about 20 mns walk to CIRM or catch the local bus). There are also trains from Cassis to Gare St Charles in Marseille. Directions and maps are available from Reception. One important point: do wear good walking sturdy shoes and do not venture out when it is dark. take water, a pullover and a mobile phone (112 is the European emergency number). In summer, you need to check that the Calanques National Park is not closed (this happens when the risk of fires is high) by taking a look at this page (number 22 – calanques). If the map is black then you must stay away from the Calanques.
Contact: Reception (for maps and advice)
Contact: 112 for emergencies
