The automatic semantics of images
Carnot EN, Digital, In the NewsRecognizing faces, objects, patterns, music, architecture, or even camera movements: thanks to progress in artificial intelligence, every plan or sequence in a video can now be characterized. In the IA TV joint laboratory created last October…
How will we interact with the virtual reality?
Digital, In the NewsThe ways we interact with technology change over time and adapt to fit different contexts, bringing new constraints and possibilities. Jan Gugenheimer is a researcher at Télécom Paris and is particularly fascinated by interactions between…
COVID-19: contact tracing applications and new conversational perimeter
Covid-19 EN, Digital, Health, In the NewsThe original version of this article (in French) was published in the quarterly newsletter of the Values and Policies of Personal Information Chair (no. 18, September 2020).
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5G: what it is? How does it work?
Digital, In the NewsXavier Lagrange, Professor of network systems, IMT Atlantique – Institut Mines-Télécom
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5G is the fifth generation of standards for mobile networks. Although this technology has fueled many…
20 terms for understanding the environmental impact of digital technology
Digital, Energy & environment, Environment, In the NewsWhile digital technology plays an essential role in our daily lives, it also a big consumer of resources. To explore the compatibility between the digital and environmental transitions, Institut Mines-Télécom and Fondation Mines-Télécom…
Crisis management: better integration of citizens’ initiatives
Digital, In the News, SocietyCaroline Rizza, Télécom Paris – Institut Mines-Télécom
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Datafarm: low-carbon energy for data centers
Digital, Energy, Energy & environment, In the News, Start-up-enThe start-up Datafarm proposes an energy solution for low-carbon digital technology. Within a circular economy system, it powers data centers with energy produced through methanization, by installing them directly on cattle farms.
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Data sharing, a common European challenge
Digital, Europe EN, In the NewsPromoting data sharing between economic players is one of Europe’s major objectives via its digital governance strategy. To accomplish this, there are two specific challenges to be met. Firstly, a community must be created around data issues,…
DAGOBAH: Tables, AI will understand
Carnot EN, Digital, In the NewsHuman activities produce massive amounts of raw data presented in the form of tables. In order to understand these tables quickly, EURECOM and Orange are developing DAGOBAH, a semantic annotation platform. It aims to develop a generic solution…
Smarter models of the ocean
Digital, In the NewsThe ocean is a system that is difficult to observe, whose biodiversity and physical phenomena we still know very little about. Artificial intelligence could be an asset in understanding this environment better. Ronan Fablet, a researcher at IMT…