What is machine learning?
Digital, In the News, What's?Machine learning is an area of artificial intelligence, at the interface between mathematics and computer science. It is aimed at teaching machines to complete certain tasks, often predictive, based on large amounts of data. Text, image and…
Gender diversity in ICT as a topic of research
In the News, Live labs EN, SocietyChantal Morley, a researcher at Institut Mines-Telecom Business School, works on the social construction of the masculinity of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Various empirical studies analyzed using a structurationist framework…
Petros Elia was awarded an ERC grant for its research on wireless networks
In the NewsTo obtain a grant from the European Research Council is one of the ultimate goals for a scientist based in Europe. That’s exactly what Prof. Petros Elia, a reseacher at Eurecom, achieved last November. This makes a total of two ERC grants…
Gasification, the future of organic waste recovery
Energy, Energy & environment, In the News, Live labs ENAt a time when the challenge of waste recovery is becoming increasingly evident, gasification is emerging as a promising solution. The process allows organic waste to be decomposed into synthetic gas, which can be burned for energy purposes,…
Roisin Owens scores a hat-trick with the award of a third ERC grant
In the News, UncategorizedIn December 2016, Roisin Owens received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). Following her 2011 Starting Grant and her 2014 Proof of Concept Grant, it is therefore the third time the ERC rewards the quality of the projects…
4 ERC Consolidator Grants for IMT
In the News, UncategorizedThe European Research Council has announced the results of its 2016 Call for Consolidator Grants. Out of the 314 researchers to receive grants throughout Europe (across all disciplines), four come from IMT schools.
10% of French grants
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Accurate Quantification of Uncertainty. AXA Chair at Eurecom
Digital, In the NewsAXA Chairs reward only a few scientists every year. With his chair on New Computational Approaches to Risk Modeling, Maurizio Filippone a researcher at Eurecom joins a community of prestigious researchers such as Jean Tirole, French Professor…
The French national Library is combining sociology and big data to learn about its Gallica users
Digital, In the News, SocietyAs a repository of French culture, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BnF, the French national Library) has always sought to know and understand its users. This is no easy task, especially when it comes to studying the individuals who use…
The autonomous car: safety hinging on a 25cm margin
Digital, In the NewsDoes an autonomous or semi-autonomous car really know where it is located on a map? How accurately can it position itself on the road? For the scientists who are part of the European H2020 "HIGHTS" project, intelligent transportation systems…
Ocean remote sensing: solving the puzzle of missing data
Digital, Energy & environment, Environment, In the NewsThe satellite measurements that are taken every day rely greatly on atmospheric conditions, the main cause of missing data. In a scientific publication, Ronan Fablet, a researcher at Télécom Bretagne, proposes a new method for reconstructing…