
With AutoMat, Europe hopes to adopt a marketplace for data from connected vehicles
Europe EN, In the News, SocietyData collected by communicating vehicles represent a goldmine for providers of new services. But in order to buy and sell this data, economic players need a dedicated marketplace. Since 2015, the AutoMat H2020 project has been developing such…

What are digital social innovations?
In the News, SocietyMüge Ozman, Télécom École de Management – Institut Mines-Télécom and Cédric Gossart, Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT)
One of the problems that we encounter in our research on digital social innovation (DSI) is related with defining…

Technologically enhanced humans: a look behind the myth
In the News, SocietyWhat exactly do we mean by an "enhanced" human? When this possibility is brought up, what is generally being referred to is the addition of human and machine-based performances (expanding on the figure of the cyborg popularized by science fiction).…

Supply chain management: Tools for responding to unforeseen events
Digital, In the News, SocietyThe inauguration of IOMEGA took place on march 14, 2017. This demonstration platform is designed to accelerate the dissemination of contributions by Mines Albi researchers in the industrial world, particularly concerning their expertise in Supply…

Personal data: How the GDPR is changing the game in Europe
Digital, In the News, SocietyThe new European regulation on personal data will become officially applicable in May 2018. The regulation, which complements and strengthens a European directive from 1995, guarantees unprecedented rights for citizens, including the right to…

Smart cities: “it is only through multidisciplinary research that we can rise to these challenges”
In the News, SocietyThe smart city is becoming an increasingly tangible reality for citizens in urban areas, with the efforts made to increase mobility and energy management being obvious examples. But is more efficient transport and optimized energy consumption…

What is the truth behind the myth of the entrepreneur?
In the News, SocietyA much more complex and less glamorous truth lies behind the storytelling of the visionary entrepreneur, the insider who has the revolutionary idea of the century. Thomas Houy, Researcher at Télécom ParisTech, breaks down the stereotypes surrounding…

Scientific description of industrial experience
In the News, Live labs EN, SocietyAt Mines Albi, Elise Vareilles works on “product configuration”, which entails understanding industrial constraints and considering them scientifically using IT. This multidisciplinary work is based on experts’ experience which must be…

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…

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…