How are borders in industry changing?
Digital, Europe EN, In the NewsThe Industry Without Borders project launched by the German-French Academy for the Industry of the Future in 2017 seeks to challenge the idea that digital technology dissolves borders. Madeleine Besson and Judith Igelboeck, from Institut Mines-Télécom…
Social media: the everyday sexism of advertising algorithms
Digital, In the News, SocietySocial media advertising algorithms can create paradoxical situations, where messages aimed at women are mostly displayed to men. These are the findings of successive research projects carried out by Grazia Cecere at the Institut Mines-Télécom…
What is SDN (Software-Defined Networking)?
Digital, In the News, What's?5G is coming and is bringing a range of new technologies to the table, including Software-Defined Networking. It is an essential element of 5G, and is a network development concept with a completely new infrastructure. Adlen Ksentini, a researcher…
Health crisis, state of emergency: what safeguards are there for our fundamental freedoms?
Covid-19 EN, Digital, In the NewsThis article originally appeared (in French) in newsletter no. 17 of the VP-IP Chair, Data, Identity, Trust in the Digital Age for April 2020.
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The current pandemic and unprecedented measures…
Something phishy is going on!
Covid-19 EN, Digital, In the NewsCyberattacks have been on the rise since the month of March 2020. Hervé Debar, an information systems security researcher at Télécom SudParis, talked to us about the relationship between cyberattacks – such as phishing and zoom-bombing …
The worrying trajectory of energy consumption by digital technology
Digital, Energy, Energy & environment, In the NewsFabrice Flipo, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School
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[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n November, the General Council for the Economy, Industry, Energy and Technology (CGEIET) published a report on…
5G-Victori: large-scale tests for vertical industries
Digital, Europe EN, In the NewsTwenty-five European partners have joined together in the three-year 5G-Victori project launched in June 2019. They are conducting large-scale trials for advanced use case validation in commercially relevant 5G environments. Navid Nikaein, researcher…
Digital technologies: three major categories of risks
Digital, In the NewsLamiae Benhayoun, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School and Imed Boughzala, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School
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[dropcap]T[/dropcap]o respond to an environment of technological disruption,…
The artificial fish of the Venice lagoon
Digital, Europe EN, In the NewsThe European H2020 Subcultron project was completed in November 2019 and successfully deployed an autonomous fleet of underwater robots in the Venice lagoon. After four years of work, the research consortium — which includes IMT Atlantique…
Big data and personal information: a scientific revolution?
Digital, In the NewsThis article was originally published (in French) on the website for IMT's Values and Policies of Personal Information Chair.
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[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n 15 November 2019, Valérie Charolles was…