Lecture 2 - Jean-Dominique Polack

Based on Corvol's report of June 2016, but also on other sources, the presentation shows how research integrity is treated worldwide and how its scope gradually reduced over years to only consider Fabrication, Falsification, and Plagiarism (FFP). However, Questionable Research Practices (QRP) are the major challenge for ensuring trust in scientists and scientific results. Beyond assessing the extension of misconducts, that remain marginally punished, Doctoral Schools must therefore focus on education and information of both doctoral candidates and supervisors, following the example of the Ethic Committee of CNRS and the American Office of Research Integrity.

Jean-Dominique Polack, Dr.rer.nat. (Göttingen, Germany) 1982, Dr. es Sc. 1988, is Professor of Acoustics at Sorbonne University/University Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris since 1997, and was director of the Laboratoire d’Acoustique Musicale, now merged into Institut d’Alembert, from 2002 to 2006. He then headed the Doctoral Schools in mechanics, acoustics and robotics (ED391 SMAER) from 2009 to March 2011, and was elected Director of the Doctoral Education Institute at UPMC (IFD, equivalent to Dean of Doctoral Studies) from March 2011 to March 2016. His professional experience includes 18 months at the University of Auckland (New Zealand) in 1985-86, and 6 years at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) between 1991 and 2001, including 2 years as Professor of Electroacoustics. Jean-Dominique is a specialist in Room Acoustics and Environmental Acoustics, with work on the ecological validity of sound reproduction.  He has published over a hundred papers in journals and conferences.