
Can workspaces become agile?
In the News, SocietyInnovating, adapting ever-more rapidly to changes in the environment. Breaking away from the traditional office. The digital revolution has dramatically changed working methods, and with them, the way we organize space. Researchers from Institut…

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,…

How can industrial risk be assessed?
In the News, SocietySafety is a key concern in the industrial sector. As such, studying risk represents a specialized field of research. Experiments in this area are particularly difficult to carry out, as they involve explosions and complicated measures. Frédéric…

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…

C in your Browser
Digital, In the NewsIn the academic world, teaching and carrying out research often go hand-in-hand. This is especially true for Rémi Sharrock, a computer science researcher at Télécom Paris, who has developed a C Language learning program comprising 7 MOOCs.…

Astrid: a nuclear project goes up in smoke
Energy & environment, In the NewsThe abandonment of the Astrid project marks a turning point for France's nuclear industry. The planned nuclear reactor was supposed to be "safer, more efficient and more sustainable", but therefore required significant funding. Stéphanie Tillement,…

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…

Being Human with algorithms : Marc-Oliver Pahl meets Raimund Seidel
In the NewsMarc-Oliver Pahl is a researcher in cybesecurity at IMT Atlantique. In 2018, he launched “Being human with algorithms”, a series of video interviews between technicians and non-technicians around the topic of digital transformation. Through…

Understanding the resilience of the immune system through mathematical modeling
Digital, In the NewsGaining insight into how the immune system works using mathematics is the ultimate goal of the research carried out by IMT Atlantique researcher Dominique Pastor, along with his team. Although the study involves a great degree of abstraction,…

Unéole on our roofs
Energy & environment, In the News, Start-up-enWe know how to use wind to produce electricity, but large three-bladed turbines do not have their place in urban environments. The start-up Unéole has therefore developed a wind turbine that is suitable for cities, as well as other environments.…