
Gaia-X: a sovereign, interoperable European cloud network
Digital, Europe EN, In the NewsFrance and Germany have unveiled the Gaia-X project, which aims to harmonize cloud services in Europe to facilitate data sharing between different parties. It also seeks to reduce companies' dependence on cloud service providers, which are largely…

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…

5G-Victori: large-scale tests for vertical industries
Digital, Europe EN, In the News, IndustryTwenty-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…

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…

Data portability: Europe supports research players in this field
Digital, Europe EN, In the NewsThe right to data portability, introduced by the GDPR, allows individuals to obtain and reuse their personal data across different services. Launched in November 2019 for a period of three years, the European DAPSI project promotes advanced…

Recovering knowledge of local, traditional building materials
Europe EN, In the News, MaterialsWhy is an old country farmhouse more pleasant in summer than a modern city building? Traditional building materials and natural stone provide old buildings with better thermal and hygrometric properties. Unfortunately, they often lack the technical…

Joint AI: a platform to facilitate German-French research in AI
Digital, Europe EN, In the NewsIn 2019, The German-French Academy for the Industry of the Future launched the Joint AI platform project. This platform bringing together IMT and the Technical University of Munich, promotes collaboration between researchers and industry to…

Putting drones to the 5G test
Digital, Europe EN, In the News5G!Drones, a European project bringing together industrialists, network operators and research centers, was launched in June 2019 for a three-year period. It should ultimately validate the use of 5G for delivery services by drone. Adlen Ksentini,…

DNA as the data storage medium
Digital, Europe EN, In the NewsBy 2025 the volume of data produced in the world will have reached 250 zettabytes (1 zettabyte = 1021 bytes). Current storage media have insufficient storage capacity or suffer from obsolescence. Preserving even a fraction of this data means…

A dictionary for connected devices
Digital, Europe EN, In the NewsThe field of connected devices is growing at a staggering pace across all industries. There is a growing need to develop a communication standard, meaning a 'common language' that different smart systems could understand and interpret. To contribute…