
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…

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 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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The use of social networks by professionals
Digital, In the News, SocietyThe proliferation of social networks is prompting professional users to create an account on each network. Researchers from Télécom SudParis wanted to find out how professionals use these different platforms, and whether or not the information…

Remote electronic voting – a scientific challenge
Digital, In the News, SocietyAlthough electronic voting machines have begun to appear at polling stations, many technological barriers still hinder the development of these platforms that could enable us to vote remotely via the Internet. The scientific journal, Annals…

Digital commons: individual interests to serve a community
In the News, Live labs EN, SocietyIn a world where the economy is increasingly service-based, digital commons is key to developing the collaborative economy. At Télécom Bretagne, Nicolas Jullien, an economics researcher, is studying online epistemic communities, creation communities…

The sharing economy: simplifying exchanges? Not necessarily…
In the News, SocietyThe groundbreaking nature of the sharing economy raises hope as well as concern among established economic players. It is intriguing and exciting. Yet what lies behind this often poorly defined concept? Godefroy Dang Nguyen, a researcher in…

IMT and TUM create the german-french academy for industry of the future
In the News, SocietyIn the framework of the partnership between the French Alliance for Industry of the Future and the German platform Industrie 4.0, Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT) and Technische Universität München (TUM) have presented a plan to create a German-French…

Responsible lighting: the secrets to a good eco-innovation strategy
Energy & environment, Environment, SocietyOn February 11, 2015 an open workshop will be held in Brussels to present the results of the European cycLED project. This research program has supported four SMEs in the lighting sector in their eco-innovation projects aimed at designing more…