Data and AI: fostering innovation at European level
Digital, Europe EN, In the News
EuHubs4data, a project funded by the European Union, seeks to make a big contribution to the growth of European SMEs, start-ups and web-based companies in the global data economy. How? By providing them with a European catalogue of data-driven…
When AI keeps an ear on nursing home residents
Digital, In the News, Start-up-en
The OSO-AI start-up has recently completed a €4 million funding round. Its artificial intelligence solution that can detect incidents such as falls or cries for help has convinced investors, along with a number of nursing homes in which it…
Managing electronic waste: a global problem
Digital, Energy & environment, Environment, In the News, Uncategorized
Responsibilities surrounding digital waste are multi-faceted. On one side, it is governments' responsibility to establish tighter border controls to better manage the flow of waste and make sure that it is not transferred to developing countries.…
Capsit and Plas’tri, the first start-ups to receive “Industry & Energy 4.0” honor loans
Energy & environment, Environment, In the News, Start-up-en, UncategorizedAfter the “Digital” fund, Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT) and the Fondation Mines-Télécom launched a second fund last October called “Industry & Energy 4.0” and dedicated to the sciences of energy, materials and processes. The Capsit…
Airstream, Alvie and Cobbaï supported by the IMT Digital honor loan scheme
Digital, In the News, Start-up-enThe members of the IMT Digital Fund – IGEU, IMT and Fondation Mines-Télécom – held a meeting on 17 November. During the meeting, three start-ups from the Télécom Paris incubator were selected to receive support through seven honor loans…
Arsenic contamination of water: Detection and treatment challenges
Energy & environment, Environment, In the News
Arsenic contamination of water, whether surface water or ground water, affects many parts of France. Such contamination may be the result of anthropogenic causes, linked to mining operations for example, or of natural causes in relation to…
Agricultural sediments transported by rivers
Energy & environment, In the NewsThe QuASPEr project studied the Canche river basin in northern France to better understand the phenomenon of soil erosion and its related consequences. This knowledge aims to develop effective land management methods for municipalities without…
Digital technology, the gap in Europe’s Green Deal
Digital, Energy, Energy & environment, In the NewsFabrice Flipo, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School
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[dropcap]D[/dropcap]espite the Paris Agreement, greenhouse gas emissions are currently at their highest. Further action must be taken…
The automatic semantics of images
Carnot EN, Digital, In the NewsRecognizing faces, objects, patterns, music, architecture, or even camera movements: thanks to progress in artificial intelligence, every plan or sequence in a video can now be characterized. In the IA TV joint laboratory created last October…
Covid-19 Epidemic: an early warning signal that we’ve reached the planet’s limits?
Covid-19 EN, Energy & environment, Environment, In the NewsNatacha Gondran, Mines Saint-Étienne – Institut Mines-Télécom and Aurélien Boutaud, Mines Saint-Étienne – Institut Mines-Télécom
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