On computer science : Turbo in the algo
Digital, In the NewsSerge Abiteboul, Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay and Christine Froidevaux, Université Paris Sud – Université Paris-Saclay
A new “Interview on Computer Science”. Serge Abiteboul and Christine Froidevaux interview Claude…
In Nantes, the smart city becomes a reality with mySMARTlife
Digital, Energy, Energy & environment, Europe EN, In the NewsAlongside European smart city champions like Barcelona, Copenhagen and Stockholm, France boasts a few gems of its own. One such city is Nantes, a participant in the European H2020 research project mySMARTlife since December 1st, 2016. Thanks…
CES: once the show is over, what do start-ups get out of it?
Digital, In the News, Start-up-enSeveral weeks after the CES, what remains of this key event for digital innovation? In addition to offering participants a stage for presenting their products, the event provides a place for intense networking and exchanges with future users.…
What is machine learning?
Digital, In the News, What's?Machine learning is an area of artificial intelligence, at the interface between mathematics and computer science. It is aimed at teaching machines to complete certain tasks, often predictive, based on large amounts of data. Text, image and…
Accurate Quantification of Uncertainty. AXA Chair at Eurecom
Digital, In the NewsAXA Chairs reward only a few scientists every year. With his chair on New Computational Approaches to Risk Modeling, Maurizio Filippone a researcher at Eurecom joins a community of prestigious researchers such as Jean Tirole, French Professor…
The French national Library is combining sociology and big data to learn about its Gallica users
Digital, In the News, SocietyAs a repository of French culture, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BnF, the French national Library) has always sought to know and understand its users. This is no easy task, especially when it comes to studying the individuals who use…
The autonomous car: safety hinging on a 25cm margin
Digital, In the NewsDoes an autonomous or semi-autonomous car really know where it is located on a map? How accurately can it position itself on the road? For the scientists who are part of the European H2020 "HIGHTS" project, intelligent transportation systems…
Ocean remote sensing: solving the puzzle of missing data
Digital, Energy & environment, Environment, In the NewsThe satellite measurements that are taken every day rely greatly on atmospheric conditions, the main cause of missing data. In a scientific publication, Ronan Fablet, a researcher at Télécom Bretagne, proposes a new method for reconstructing…
Michèle Wigger: improving communications through coordination
Digital, In the NewsLast September, Michèle Wigger was awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). Each year, this distinction supports projects led by the best young researchers in Europe. It will enable Michèle Wigger to further develop the work she is conducting at Télécom ParisTech on information and communications theory. She is particularly interested in optimizing information exchanges through cooperation between communicating objects.
The Internet of Things in the European Ecosystem
Digital, In the NewsThe Internet of Things is fast becoming a vast field of experimentation with possibilities that are yet to be taken advantage of, thanks to major technological advances promoting the miniaturization of sensors and the speed of digital exchanges.…