
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
These…

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, 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…

Michèle Wigger: improving communications through coordination
Digital, In the NewsLast September, Michèle Wigger was awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). Each year, this distinction supports projects led by the best young researchers in Europe. It will enable Michèle Wigger to further develop the work she is conducting at Télécom ParisTech on information and communications theory. She is particularly interested in optimizing information exchanges through cooperation between communicating objects.

Research and economic impacts: “intelligent together”
In the News, SocietyWhat connections currently exist between the world of academic research and the economic sphere? Does the boundary between applied research and fundamental research still have any meaning at a time when the very concept of collaboration is being…

The Internet of Things in the European Ecosystem
Digital, In the NewsThe Internet of Things is fast becoming a vast field of experimentation with possibilities that are yet to be taken advantage of, thanks to major technological advances promoting the miniaturization of sensors and the speed of digital exchanges.…

Removing pollutants from our homes
Energy & environment, Health, In the News, Live labs ENIndoor air is polluted with several volatile organic compounds, some of which are carcinogenic. Frédéric Thévenet, a researcher at Mines Douai, develops solutions for trapping and eliminating these pollutants, and for improving tests for…