
The virtualization of optical networks to support… 5G
Digital, In the News
Mobile networks are not entirely wireless. They also rely on a network of optical fibers, which connect antennas to the core network, among other things. With the arrival of 5G, optical networks must be able to keep up with the ramping up of…

A European consortium for early detection of stroke and atrial fibrillation
Digital, Europe EN, Health, In the News
The European project MAESTRIA, launched in March 2021 and set to run 5 years, will take on the major challenges of data integration and personalized medicine with the aim of preventing heart rhythm problems and stroke. How? By using artificial…

Understanding data by touching it
Digital, In the News
Reading and understanding data is not always a simple task. To make it easier, Samuel Huron is developing tools that allow us to handle data physically. The Télécom Paris researcher in data visualization and representation seeks…

Covid-19: what could subsurface wave detection mean for the pandemic?
Energy & environment, In the News
The detection of SARS-CoV-2 viral infections responsible for Covid-19 allows us to monitor the evolution of the pandemic. Most methods are based on individual patient screening, with the disadvantages of cost and time. Other approaches based…

What is beamforming?
Digital, In the News, What's?
Beamforming is a telecommunications technology that enables the targeted delivery of larger and faster signals. The development of 5G relies in particular on beamforming. Florian Kaltenberger, researcher at EURECOM and 5G specialist,…

GDPR: Impact on data collection at the international level
Digital, In the News
The European data protection regulation (GDPR), introduced in 2018, set limits on the use of trackers that collect personal data. This data is used to target advertising to users. Vincent Lefrère, associate professor in digital economy at…

Is there intelligence in artificial intelligence?
Digital, In the News
Jean-Louis Dessalles, Télécom Paris – Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT)
Nearly a decade ago, in 2012, the scientific world was enthralled by the achievements of deep learning. Three years later, this technique enabled the AlphaGo…

AlertSmartCity, Cook-e, Dastra, DMS, GoodFloow, JobRepublik, PlaceMeet and Spectronite supported by the “honor loan” scheme
Digital, In the News, Start-up-en
The members of the IMT Digital Fund-IGEU, IMT and Fondation Mines-Télécom held a meeting on 23 February. On this occasion, 8 start-ups from the incubators of IMT Mines Albi, IMT Atlantique, IMT Lille Douai, Télécom Paris,…

What do we know about the environmental impact of biocomposites?
In the News, Materials
Bio-based materials are an alternative to those derived from fossil resources. They have been increasingly promoted in recent years. However, given the recent development of this sector, their real environmental impact is still relatively unknown.…

El Niño: communities in the face of weather’s bad boy
In the News
South America must regularly face a climate event with far-ranging effects: El Niño, which leads to localized flooding. This type of catastrophe also results in changes in the behavior of local communities – a topic which has been…