Digital transition: the music industry reviews its progress
In the News, SocietyThe music industry – the sector hit hardest by digitization – now seems to have completed the transformation that was initiated by digital technology. With the rise of streaming music, there has been a shift in the balance of power. Producers…
Artificial Intelligence: learning driven by children’s curiosity
Digital, In the NewsAt Télécom Bretagne, Mai Nguyen is drawing on the way children learn in order to develop a new form of artificial intelligence. She is hoping to develop robots capable of adapting to their environment by imitating the curiosity humans have…
When information science assists artificial intelligence
Digital, In the NewsThe brain, information science, and artificial intelligence: Vincent Gripon is focusing his research at Télécom Bretagne on these three areas. By developing models that explain how our cortex stores information, he intends to inspire new methods…
From the vestiges of the past to the narrative: reclaiming time to remember together
In the News, Live labs EN, SocietyThe 21st Century is marked by a profound change in our relationship with time, now merely perceived in terms of acceleration, speed, changes and emergencies. At Mines Nantes, the sociologist Sophie Bretesché has positioned herself at the interfaces…
What are turbo codes?
Digital, In the News, What's?Turbo codes form the basis of mobile communications in 3G and 4G networks. Invented in 1991 by Claude Berrou, and published in 1993 with Alain Glavieux and Punya Thitimajshima, they have now become a reference point in the field of information…
Artificial Intelligence: the complex question of ethics
In the News, SocietyThe development of artificial intelligence raises many societal issues. How do we define ethics in this area? Armen Khatchatourov, a philosopher at Télécom École de Management and member of the IMT chair “Values and Policies of Personal…
The Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructures Chair welcomes new partner Société Générale
In the News, UncategorizedThe Institut Mines-Télécom Cybersecurity Chair, launched last year on January 25 as part of the dynamic created by the Center of Cyber Excellence, is aimed at contributing to the international development of research activities and training…
Ontologies: powerful decision-making support tools
Digital, In the News, Live labs ENSearching for, extracting, analyzing, and sharing information in order to make the right decision requires great skill. For machines to provide human operators with valuable assistance in these highly-cognitive tasks, they must be equipped with…
What is Augmented Reality?
Digital, In the News, What's?Since its launch, the Pokémon Go game has broken all download records. More than just a fun gaming phenomenon, it is above all an indicator of the inevitable arrival of augmented reality technology in our daily lives. Marius Preda, a researcher…
The bitcoin and blockchain: energy hogs
Energy, Energy & environment, In the News, SocietyBy Fabrice Flipo and Michel Berne, researchers at Télécom École de Management.
Editorial originally published in French in The Conversation France
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