carnot TSN

Researching technological disruptions to prepare for the future

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Fundamental and applied research are often simplistically portrayed as being opposite each other. The Carnot program, run by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, and by the National Research Agency (ANR), challenges this…

What is photomechanics?

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How can we measure the deformation of a stratospheric balloon composed only of an envelope a few micrometers thick? It is impossible to attach a sensor to it because this would distort the envelope’s behavior... Photomechanics, which refers…

TeraLab, a European data sanctuary

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Over the course of three months, TeraLab was involved in two European H2020 projects on the industry of the future: MIDIH and BOOST 4.0. This confirms the role played by TeraLab—IMT’s big data and artificial intelligence platform—as a…
AiZimov

Adrock.Tv, AiZimov and Seaclick: three new startups get interest-free loans

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On April 5th, the approval committee for the Digital Fund of the Graduate Schools and Universities Initiative chose three new startups from IMT incubators to receive interest-free loans: Adrock.tv and AiZimov, from the ParisTech Entrepreneurs…
startups, start-up, prêts d'honneur, Fondation Mines-Télécom, interest-free loans

12 startups supported with interest-free loans in 2017

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Thanks to its generous sponsors, Fondation Mines-Télécom was able to fund 22 interest-free loans in 2017 for entrepreneurs supported by IMT incubators. A total of €440,000 was awarded to 12 startups. In 2018, the Foundation intends to take…
facial biometrics

Facial biometrics: How smartphones can recognize us

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Mohamed Daoudi, IMT Lille Douai – Institut Mines-Télécom [divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] [dropcap]W[/dropcap]elcome to the new era: that of facial biometrics. The launch of the iPhone X, a smartphone featuring Face ID…
watermarking

Watermarking: a step closer to secure health data

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In the near future, watermarking data could be the best traceability technique in the healthcare domain. It involves hidding information into medical images with the aim at reinforcing data security for patients and healthcare professionals.…
Franco-German Academy, Industry of the Future

Industry of the Future: How is the German-French Academy supporting European companies?

Opinion. By Hannemor Keidel, TUM Officer for Scientific Alliances with France, and Christian Roux, Executive Vice President for Research and Innovation at IMT. This article is the long version of the editorial published by Innovation Review.  [divider…
anonymized data, Teralab

Is anonymized data of any value?

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Anonymization is still sometimes criticized as a practice that supposedly makes data worthless, as it deletes important information. The CNIL decided to prove the contrary through the Cabanon project conducted in 2017. It received assistance…
HMI, human-machine interactions

Coming soon: new ways to interact with machines

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Our electronic and computing devices are becoming smaller, more adapted to our needs, and closer to us physically. From the very first heavy, stationary and complex computers, we have moved on to our smartphones, ever at the ready. What innovations…