competition

Coopetition between individuals, little-understood interactions

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Mehdi Elmoukhliss, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School and Christine Balagué, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School [divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] [dropcap]C[/dropcap]oopetition is a concept used in the field of…
gilets jaunes, yellow vests

Debate: Purchasing power and carbon tax, the obsolescence of political categories

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Fabrice Flipo, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School [divider style="dotted" top="20" bottom="20"] [dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen it comes to social and ecological concerns, many dream of reconciling the two, but few have a solution. The…
Imagination, imaginaire

Imagination: an architect and driving force of transitions

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All technology starts with a vision, a tool created to meet one of society’s objectives. Its development path is formed by both human projections and the dynamics of the transformations it generates. It is therefore important to take the time…
production

The future of production systems, between customization and sustainable development

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Editorial   [dropcap]W[/dropcap]hat will the production lines of tomorrow look like? Over the past decades, machines have played an increasingly important role in factories. We all have an image in our minds of robotic arms moving at…
human

Production line flexibility: human operators to the rescue!

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Changing customer needs have cast a veil of uncertainty over the future of industrial production. To respond to these demands, production systems must be flexible. Although industry is becoming increasingly automated, a good way to provide flexibility…
algorithms

Restricting algorithms to limit their powers of discrimination

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From music suggestions to help with medical diagnoses, population surveillance, university selection and professional recruitment, algorithms are everywhere, and transform our everyday lives. Sometimes, they lead us astray. At fault are the…
Since the enthusiasm for AI in healthcare brought on by IBM’s Watson, many questions on bias and discrimination in algorithms have emerged. Photo: Wikimedia.

Ethical algorithms in health: a technological and societal challenge

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The possibilities offered by algorithms and artificial intelligence in the healthcare field raise many questions. What risks do they pose? How can we ensure that they have a positive impact on the patient as an individual? What safeguards can…
Quelles sont les bonnes pratiques à adopter en matière de mixité pour inclure les femmes dans les milieux technologiques ?

In IT professions, diversity is all about inclusion, not exclusion

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Ideas about diversity are often fallacious. Sociology has shown that women are seen as being responsible for their own inclusion in places where they are a minority. Chantal Morley is conducting research in this field at Institut Mines-Télécom…
The “Miharu Takizakura”, a weeping cherry tree over a thousand years old. The tree is on a soil contaminated by the Fukushima incident.

The cherry trees of Fukushima

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Written by Franck Guarnieri, Aurélien Portelli, et Sébastien Travadel, Mines ParisTech. The original version has been published on The Conversation. [divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] [dropcap]I[/dropcap]t’s 2019 and…
The installation of a data center in the heart of a city, like this one belonging to Interxion in La Plaine Commune in Île-de-France, rarely goes unnoticed.

Data centers: when digital technology transforms a city

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As the tangible part of the digital world, data centers are flourishing on the outskirts of cities. They are promoted by elected representatives, sometimes contested by locals, and are not yet well-regulated, raising new social, legal and technical…