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Digital Service Act: Regulating the content of digital platforms, Act 1
In the News, Society
The Digital Service Act, proposed by the European Commission in early 2020, seeks to implement a new regulatory framework for digital platforms. Grazia Cecere, an economics researcher at Institut Mines-Télécom Business School, explains…

Our indoor air is polluted, but new materials could provide solutions
Energy & environment, In the News, Materials
Frédéric Thévenet, IMT Lille Douai – Institut Mines-Télécom
We spend 80% of our lives in enclosed spaces, whether at home, at work or in transit. We are therefore very exposed to this air, which is often more polluted than outdoor…

IMPETUS: towards improved urban safety and security
Digital, Europe EN, In the News
How can traffic and public transport be managed more effectively in a city, while controlling pollution, ensuring the safety of users and at the same time, taking into account ethical issues related to the use of data and mechanisms to ensure…

Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Fukushima: the role of accidents in nuclear governance
In the News, Society
Stéphanie Tillement, IMT Atlantique – Institut Mines-Télécom and Olivier Borraz, Sciences Po
Until the 1970s, nuclear power plants were considered to be inherently safe, by design. Accidents were perceived as…

DMS Logistics is optimizing inland container transportation
Digital, In the News, Start-up-en
The inland container logistics chain suffers from low digitization, which limits organization and communication between the various parts of the chain. To overcome this problem, the start-up DMS Logistics, incubated at Mines Saint-Étienne,…

Decision support tools for maritime accident management
Digital, Energy & environment, Europe EN, In the News
The European MANIFESTS project, launched in January, is a two-year project bringing together a consortium of nine research institutions and public administrations with complementary expertise in managing maritime accidents. Funded by the European…

What is digital sufficiency?
Digital, In the News, Scientific literacy, What's?
Digital consumption doubles every 5 years. This is due in particular to the growing number of digital devices and their increased use. This consumption also has an increasing impact on the environment. Digital sufficiency refers to finding…

Speaking the language of health data to improve its use
Health, In the News
The world of healthcare has extensive databases that are just waiting to be used. This is one of the issues Benjamin Dalmas, a data science researcher at Mines Saint-Étienne, is exploring in his work. His main objective is to understand the…

The virtualization of optical networks to support… 5G
Digital, In the News
Mobile networks are not entirely wireless. They also rely on a network of optical fibers, which connect antennas to the core network, among other things. With the arrival of 5G, optical networks must be able to keep up with the ramping up of…

A European consortium for early detection of stroke and atrial fibrillation
Digital, Europe EN, Health, In the News
The European project MAESTRIA, launched in March 2021 and set to run 5 years, will take on the major challenges of data integration and personalized medicine with the aim of preventing heart rhythm problems and stroke. How? By using artificial…

Understanding data by touching it
Digital, In the News
Reading and understanding data is not always a simple task. To make it easier, Samuel Huron is developing tools that allow us to handle data physically. The Télécom Paris researcher in data visualization and representation seeks…

Covid-19: what could subsurface wave detection mean for the pandemic?
Energy & environment, In the News
The detection of SARS-CoV-2 viral infections responsible for Covid-19 allows us to monitor the evolution of the pandemic. Most methods are based on individual patient screening, with the disadvantages of cost and time. Other approaches based…

What is beamforming?
Digital, In the News, What's?
Beamforming is a telecommunications technology that enables the targeted delivery of larger and faster signals. The development of 5G relies in particular on beamforming. Florian Kaltenberger, researcher at EURECOM and 5G specialist,…

GDPR: Impact on data collection at the international level
Digital, In the News
The European data protection regulation (GDPR), introduced in 2018, set limits on the use of trackers that collect personal data. This data is used to target advertising to users. Vincent Lefrère, associate professor in digital economy at…

Is there intelligence in artificial intelligence?
Digital, In the News
Jean-Louis Dessalles, Télécom Paris – Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT)
Nearly a decade ago, in 2012, the scientific world was enthralled by the achievements of deep learning. Three years later, this technique enabled the AlphaGo…

AlertSmartCity, Cook-e, Dastra, DMS, GoodFloow, JobRepublik, PlaceMeet and Spectronite supported by the “honor loan” scheme
Digital, In the News, Start-up-en
The members of the IMT Digital Fund-IGEU, IMT and Fondation Mines-Télécom held a meeting on 23 February. On this occasion, 8 start-ups from the incubators of IMT Mines Albi, IMT Atlantique, IMT Lille Douai, Télécom Paris,…

What do we know about the environmental impact of biocomposites?
In the News, Materials
Bio-based materials are an alternative to those derived from fossil resources. They have been increasingly promoted in recent years. However, given the recent development of this sector, their real environmental impact is still relatively unknown.…

El Niño: communities in the face of weather’s bad boy
In the News
South America must regularly face a climate event with far-ranging effects: El Niño, which leads to localized flooding. This type of catastrophe also results in changes in the behavior of local communities – a topic which has been…

Pam Tim, Examin, Cylensee and Possible supported through honor loan program
Digital, In the News, Start-up-en, Uncategorized
The members of the IMT Digital Fund, IGEU, IMT and Fondation Mines-Télécom met on 6 April. On this occasion, four start-ups developed through incubators at IMT Atlantique, Télécom Paris, Télécom SudParis and Institut Mines-Télécom Business…

Digital simulation: applications, from medicine to energy
Digital, In the News
At Mines Saint-Étienne, Yann Gavet uses image simulation to study the characteristics of an object. This method is more economical in terms of time and cost, and eliminates the need for experimental measurements. This field, at the intersection…

SONATA: an approach to make data sound better
Digital, In the News, Uncategorized
Telecommunications must transport data at an ever-faster pace to meet the needs of current technologies. But this data can be voluminous and difficult to transport at times. Communication channels are congested and transmission limits are reached…

Reconnecting data to the sensory world of human beings: a challenge for industry 4.0 already taken up by SMEs
Digital, In the News, Industry, Society
Gérard Dubey, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School and Anne-Cécile Lafeuillade, Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM)
Given the magnitude of uncertainty and risk of disruption threatening the economic and social order,…

Making algorithms understand what we are talking about
Digital, In the News
Human language contains different types of information. We understand it all unconsciously, but explaining it systematically is much more difficult. The same is true for machines. The NoRDF Project Chair "Modeling and Extracting Complex…

Innovation in health: towards responsibility
In the News
Digital innovations are paving the way for more accurate predictive medicine and a more resilient healthcare system. In order to establish themselves on the market and reduce their potential negative effects, these technologies must be responsible.…