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A standardized protocol to respond to the challenges of the IoT
Digital, In the News
The arrival of 5G has put the Internet of Things back in the spotlight, with the promise of an influx of connected objects in both the professional and private spheres. However, before witnessing the projected revolution, several obstacles…

Shedding some light on black box algorithms
Digital, In the NewsIn recent decades, algorithms have become increasingly complex, particularly through the introduction of deep learning architectures. This has gone hand in hand with increasing difficulty in explaining their internal functioning, which has become an important issue, both legally and socially. Winston Maxwell, legal researcher, and Florence d’Alché-Buc, researcher in machine learning, who both work for Télécom Paris, describe the current challenges involved in the explainability of algorithms.

La Ruche à Vélos is developing secure bicycle parking throughout France
Digital, In the News, Mobility, Start-up-en
Innovative and appropriate parking solutions must be created for the long-term development of cycling. The La Ruche à Vélos start-up incubated at IMT Atlantique offers an automated, secure and easy-to-use parking facility. This modular concept…

Corenstock Chair: a Trial Cylinder for the Heating Industry
In the News, Industry
As 2021 begins, IMT and elm.leblanc launched the Corenstock Industrial Chair to address issues in energy and digital transition in the domestic heating industry. What is the objective? Within four years, to present a demonstrator for the hot…

e-VITA, a virtual coach for seniors
Europe EN, In the News
Virtual coaching can play a crucial role in maintaining healthy and active ageing through early detection of risks and intervention tailored to the individual needs of senior citizens. However, current technologies do not meet these requirements.…

Do hospital staff feel prepared?
In the News, Society
Marie Bossard, a specialist in the social psychology of health, has been studying the feeling of preparedness among hospital staff in the face of exceptional health situations in her PhD since 2018. She explores the factors that may influence…

Circular economy, environmental assessment and environmental budgeting
In the News, Society
To implement a robust and durable circular economy strategy, it is important to assess its environmental impacts. Valérie Laforest and Natacha Gondran, both researchers at Mines Saint-Étienne, explain the reasons for incorporating an absolute…

PERFUME: a scent of cooperation for the networks of the future
Digital, In the News
The ERC PERFUME project, led by EURECOM researcher David Gesbert and ending in 2020, resulted in the development of algorithms for local decision making in the mobile network. This research was tested on autonomous drones, and is particularly…

In search of a future for fast neutron reactors
Energy & environment, In the News
In August 2019, it was announced that the Astrid project for sodium fast reactors (SFR) was to be abandoned. In late 2020, Stéphanie Tillement, a researcher at IMT Atlantique, analyzed the rationale behind this abandonment in an article…

Supporting companies in the midst of crisis
Digital, Europe EN, In the News, Industry
The RAMP-UP Seed project is one of 9 new projects to have been selected by the German-French Academy for the Industry of the Future as part of the “Resilience and Sustainability for the Industry of the Future” call for projects. It focuses…

Covid-19: putting the figures into perspective
In the News
Since the start of the Covid-19 crisis we have developed a unique relationship with the abundance of figures reflecting the current state of affairs. They are used as indicators to describe the trends in the pandemic and serve to make major…

Facial recognition: what legal protection exists?
In the News, Digital, In the News, Uncategorized, Digital, Society, Uncategorized
Over the past decade, the use of facial recognition has developed rapidly for both security and convenience purposes. This biometrics-based technology is used for everything from video surveillance to border controls and unlocking digital devices.…

Decontaminating and treating waste from the steel industry
In the News, Materials
The manufacture of steel produces mineral residues called steel slags, which are stored in large quantities in slag dumps. These present a dual challenge. On the one hand, they are potentially harmful for the environment and health, and on…

Carbon-free hydrogen: how to go from gray to green?
Energy & environment, In the News
The industrial roll-out of hydrogen production only makes sense if it emits little or no carbon dioxide. Researchers at IMT schools are working on various alternatives to the use of fossil fuels, such as electrolysis and photocatalysis of water,…

Power-to-gas, when hydrogen electrifies research
Energy & environment, In the NewsHydrogen is presented as an energy vector of the future. In a power-to-gas system, it serves as an intermediary for the transformation of electricity into synthetic methane. The success of this energy solution depends heavily on its production cost, so IMT researchers are working on optimizing the different processes for a more competitive power-to-gas solution.

Hydrogen: transport and storage difficulties
Energy & environment, In the News
Does hydrogen hold the key to the great energy transition to come? France and other countries believe this to be the case, and have chosen to invest heavily in the sector. Such spending will be needed to solve the many issues raised by this…

Fuel cells in the hydrogen age
Energy & environment, In the News
Hydrogen-powered fuel cells are recognized as a clean technology because they do not emit carbon dioxide. As part of the energy transition aimed at transforming our modes of energy consumption and production, the fuel cell therefore has a role…

Hacked in mid-flight: detecting attacks on UAVs
Digital, In the News
A UAV (or drone) in flight can fall victim to different types of attacks. At Télécom SudParis, Alexandre Vervisch-Picois is working on a method for detecting attacks that spoof drones concerning their position. This research could be used…

The Alicem app: a controversial digital authentication system
Digital, In the News, Society
Laura Draetta, Télécom Paris – Institut Mines-Télécom and Valérie Fernandez, Télécom Paris – Institut Mines-Télécom
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ome digital innovations, although considered to be of general interest, are met with…

Turning exhaust gases into electricity, an innovative prototype
Energy & environment, In the News
Jean-Paul Viricelle, a researcher in process engineering at Mines Saint-Étienne, has created a small high-temperature fuel cell composed of a single chamber. Placed at the exhaust outlet of the combustion process, this prototype could be used…

Étienne Perret, IMT-Académie des sciences Young Scientist prize
Digital, In the News, Portrait, Uncategorized
What if barcodes disappeared from our supermarket items? Étienne Perret, a researcher in radio-frequency electronics at Grenoble INP, works on identification technologies. His work over recent years has focused on the development of RFID without…

Gaël Richard, IMT-Académie des sciences Grand Prix
Digital, In the News, Portrait, Uncategorized
Speech synthesis, sound separation, automatic recognition of instruments or voices... Gaël Richard's research at Télécom Paris has always focused on audio signal processing. The researcher has created numerous acoustic signal analysis methods,…

How to better track cyber hate: AI to the rescue
Digital, In the News
The widescale use of social media, sometimes under cover of anonymity, has liberated speech and led to a proliferation of ideas, discussions and opinions on the internet. It has also led to a flood of hateful, sexist, racist and abusive speech.…

AI for interoperable and autonomous industrial systems
Digital, In the News, Industry
At Mines Saint-Étienne, researchers Olivier Boissier, Maxime Lefrançois and Antoine Zimmermann are using AI to tackle the issue of interoperability, which is essential to the industry of the future. The standardization of information…