Sovereignty and digital technology: controlling our own destiny
Digital, In the News
Annie Blandin-Obernesser, IMT Atlantique – Institut Mines-Télécom
Facebook has an Oversight Board, a kind of “Supreme Court” that rules on content moderation disputes. Digital giants like Google are investing in the submarine…
Debate: The Metaverse, flying taxis and other weapons of mass planetary destruction
Energy & environment, Environment, In the News
Fabrice Flipo, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School
5G, 8K, flying taxis and the Metaverse are all topics of great interest, raising many questions. However, such questions are rarely, if ever, from an environmental perspective.
A…
Privacy as a business model
Digital, In the News, Society
Personal data protection is sometimes presented as a legal headache, typically in the online business world. For others, usually in the activist sphere, it is seen as a way to defend our fundamental rights. Each side tends to mock the other’s…
Improving air quality with decision-making tools
Energy & environment, Environment, Europe EN, In the News
Launched in October for a four-year period, the RI-URBANS project aims to strengthen synergies between European air quality monitoring networks and research infrastructures in the field of atmospheric sciences. IMT Nord Europe is a partner…
Cleaning up polluted tertiary wastewater from the agri-food industry with floating wetlands
Energy & environment, In the News
In 2018, IMT Atlantique researchers launched the FloWAT project, based on a hydroponic system of floating wetlands. It aims to reduce polluting emissions from treated wastewater into the discharge site.
Claire Gérente, researcher at…
Antoine Fécant, winner of the 2021 IMT-Académie des Sciences Young Scientist Prize
Energy, Energy & environment, In the News
Antoine Fécant, new energy materials researcher at IFP Energies Nouvelles, has worked on many projects relating to solar and biosourced fuel production and petrol refining. His work has relevance for the energy transition and, this year, was…
David Gesbert, winner of the 2021 IMT-Académie des Sciences Grand Prix
Digital, In the News, Uncategorized
EURECOM researcher David Gesbert is one of the pioneers of Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) technology, used nowadays in many wireless communication systems. He contributed to the boom in WiFi, 3G, 4G and 5G technology, and is now exploring…
Governments, banks, and hospitals: all victims of cyber-attacks
Digital, In the News
Hervé Debar, Télécom SudParis – Institut Mines-Télécom
Cyber-attacks are not a new phenomenon. The first computer worm distributed via the Internet, known as the “Morris worm” after its creator, infected 10% of the 60,000…
Can technology combat chronic stress?
Digital, Health, In the News
Stressors in individuals can occur on a regular basis, especially in uncertain contexts such as the current health situation. To prevent a state of stress from becoming chronic and causing mental health problems, approaches involving positive…
Technology for improving the recycling of plastics and composites
In the News, Materials
Plastics and composites aren't recycled as often as we might wish, as a result of a lack of facilities, the right technologies not yet existing or not being profitable, or hazardous waste deposits. IMT Nord Europe have been working in…