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New Caledonia

New Caledonia: a mine challenging democracy

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When an industrial mining complex wanted to release a pollutant into their lagoon in the late 1990s, the inhabitants of the southern province of Grande Terre took action. In their fight against the environmental and cultural danger, the citizens…
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Silense, Marius Preda, Télécom SudParis

Will we soon be able to control machines with simple gestures?

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The “Silense” European project launched in May 2017 is aimed at redefining the way we interact with machines. By using ultrasound technology similar to sonar, the researchers and industrialists participating in this collaboration have chosen…
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dam break, optical fiber

Dam-break phenomenon in optical fibers

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Last May, for the first time, researchers from the University of Lille and IMT Lille-Douai exposed a photon dam breaking in an optical fiber. These results provided the experimental confirmation for an old theory that dates back over 50 years.…
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Thierry Djenizian

Thierry Djenizian

Mines Saint-Étienne | #EnergyTransition #RenewableEnergies #Environment [toggle title="Find all his articles on I'MTech" state="open"] What is a lithium-ion battery? An autonomous contact lens to improve human vision What…
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CIRTES, pack&strat, INORI, packages

INORI packages industrial parts in under 5 minutes

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The INORI platform offers a 3D printing process for industrial parts and custom designs the packaging for these parts. Both patented innovations are central to the national and international marketing plan, made possible by the recent funds…
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data science, pierre tandeo

Environmental data: data science takes on the challenge

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From July 3 to July 7, a series of conferences was held on data science and the environment. The event, organized by IMT Atlantique, builds bridges between two communities between whom there has been little collaboration in Europe so far. Environmental…
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Cahier de veille, Fondation Mines-Télécom, confiance numérique, trust

Intelligence booklet: the new balances of trust, between algorithms and social contract

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The 9th Fondation Mines-Télécom booklet addresses the major cross-cutting issue of trust in the digital age. The booklet was put together over the course of a series of events held in partnership with NUMA Paris, with support from the Foundation’s…
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Trust in the digital age

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How does the concept of trust play out in the context of new technologies? At a time when blockchain technology is experiencing phenomenal success in the corporate sector, it has become crucial to examine the mechanisms involved in building…
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Risks, La confiance, un outil pour réduire le risque technologique ?

Trust, a tool for reducing technological risks?

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This article is part of our series on trust, published on the occasion of the release of the Fondation Mines-Télécom brochure: “The new balances of trust: between algorithms and social contract.” [divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] A…
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Blockchain, trust, technology

Is blockchain the ultimate technology of trust?

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This article is part of our series on trust, published on the occasion of the release of the Fondation Mines-Télécom booklet: “The new balances of trust: between algorithms and social contract.” [divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] Due…
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Trust, Armen Khatchatourov

Trust and identity in the digital world

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This article is part of our series on trust, published on the occasion of the release of the Fondation Mines-Télécom booklet: “The new balances of trust: between algorithms and social contract.” [divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] What…
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Celtic-Plus Awards, Eureka

Three IMT projects receive Celtic-Plus Awards

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Three projects involving IMT schools were featured among the winners at the 2017 Celtic-Plus Awards. The Celtic-Plus program is committed to promoting innovation and research in the areas of telecommunications and information technology. The…
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Fine particulate pollution: can we trust microsensor readings?

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Nathalie Redon, IMT Lille Douai – Institut Mines-Télécom Last May, Paris City Hall launched “Pollutrack”: a fleet of micro sensors placed on the roofs of vehicles traveling throughout the capital to measure the amount of fine particles…
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qualité de l'air, modélisation, air quality, modeling

Air quality: several approaches to modeling the invisible

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The theme day on air quality modeling (organized by FIMEA and IMT Lille Douai) on June 8 provided an opportunity for researchers in this field to exchange on existing methods. Modeling makes it possible to identify the link between pollution…
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Patrick Waelbroeck

Patrick Waelbroeck

Télécom Paris | #blockchain #PersonalData #chairVPIP [toggle title="Find all his articles on I'MTech" state="open"] Health crisis, state of emergency: what safeguards are there for our fundamental freedoms? Data brokers: the…
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Jean-Luc Dugelay

Jean-Luc Dugelay

EURECOM | #biometrics [toggle title="Find all his articles on I'MTech" state="open"] Iris recognition, towards a biometric system for smartphones [/toggle]
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Matthieu Lauras, Mines Albi

Matthieu Lauras

IMT Mines Albi | #SupplyChain #IndustrialEngineering [toggle title="Find all his articles on I'MTech" state="open"] What is supply chain management? Supply chain management: Tools for responding to unforeseen events [/tog…
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Jean-Luc Dugelay, Biométrie, smartphone, biométrics, iris recognition

Iris recognition: towards a biometric system for smartphones

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Smartphones provide a wide range of opportunities for biometrics. Jean-Luc Dugelay and Chiara Galdi, researchers at Eurecom, are working on a simple, rapid iris recognition algorithm for mobile phones, which could be used as an authentication…
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réseau de chaleur, heating networks

Improving heating network performance through modeling

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At the IMT “Energy in the Digital Revolution” conference held on April 28, Bruno Lacarrière, an energetics researcher with IMT Atlantique, presented modeling approaches for improving the management of heating networks. Combined with digital…
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How biomechanics can impact medicine – Interview with Jay Humphrey

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t is a love for mechanics and mathematics, as well as an intense interest in biology and health, that led Jay Humphrey towards the field of biomechanics. Right after his PhD from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Engineering…
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Energy transition, Digital technology transition

Digital technology and energy: inseparable transitions

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[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hat if one transition was inextricably linked with another? Faced with environmental challenges, population growth and the emergence of new uses, a transformation is underway in the energy sector. Renewable resources are…
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energy performance, performance énergétique, sanda lefteriu

Energy performance of buildings: modeling for better efficicency

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Sanda Lefteriu, a researcher at IMT Lille-Douai, is working on developing predictive and control models designed for buildings with the aim of improving energy management. A look at the work presented on April 28 at the IMT "Energy in the digital…
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Nouvelle génération batterie lithium

Towards a new generation of lithium batteries?

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The development of connected devices requires the miniaturization and integration of electronic components. Thierry Djenizian, a researcher at Mines Saint-Étienne, is working on new micrometric architectures for lithium batteries, which appear…
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cloud computing, Maurice Gagnaire

Cloud computing for longer smartphone battery life

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How can we make our smartphone batteries last longer? For Maurice Gagnaire, a researcher at Télécom ParisTech, the solution could come through mobile cloud computing. If computations currently performed by our devices could be offloaded to…
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