
Facial recognition: what legal protection exists?
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Over the past decade, the use of facial recognition has developed rapidly for both security and convenience purposes. This biometrics-based technology is used for everything from video surveillance to border controls and unlocking digital devices.…

Étienne Perret, IMT-Académie des sciences Young Scientist prize
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What if barcodes disappeared from our supermarket items? Étienne Perret, a researcher in radio-frequency electronics at Grenoble INP, works on identification technologies. His work over recent years has focused on the development of RFID without…

Gaël Richard, IMT-Académie des sciences Grand Prix
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Speech synthesis, sound separation, automatic recognition of instruments or voices... Gaël Richard's research at Télécom Paris has always focused on audio signal processing. The researcher has created numerous acoustic signal analysis methods,…

Managing electronic waste: a global problem
Digital, Energy & environment, In the News, Uncategorized
Responsibilities surrounding digital waste are multi-faceted. On one side, it is governments' responsibility to establish tighter border controls to better manage the flow of waste and make sure that it is not transferred to developing countries.…

Guillaume Balarac, turbulence simulator
Digital, Energy & environment, In the News, UncategorizedTurbulence is a mysterious phenomenon in fluid mechanics. Although it has been observed and studied for centuries, it still holds secrets that physicists and mathematicians strive to unlock. Guillaume Balarac is part of this research community.…

Véronique Bellon-Maurel: from infrared spectroscopy to digital agriculture
Digital, Energy & environment, In the News, UncategorizedMeasuring and quantifying have informed Véronique Bellon-Maurel's entire scientific career. A pioneer in near infrared spectroscopy, the researcher's work has ranged from analyzing fruit to digital agriculture. Over the course of her fundamental…

Do mobile apps for kids respect privacy rights?
Digital, In the News, Society, UncategorizedThe number of mobile applications for children is rapidly increasing. An entire market segment is taking shape to reach this target audience. Just like adults, the personal data issue applies to these younger audiences. Grazia Cecere, a researcher…

Ioan-Mihai Miron: Magnetism and Memory
Energy & environment, In the News, Materials, UncategorizedIoan Mihai Miron’s research in spintronics focuses on new magnetic systems for storing information. The research carried out at Spintec laboratory in Grenoble is still young, having begun in 2011. However, it already represents major potential…

What is photomechanics?
In the News, Materials, Uncategorized, What's?How can we measure the deformation of a stratospheric balloon composed only of an envelope a few micrometers thick? It is impossible to attach a sensor to it because this would distort the envelope’s behavior... Photomechanics, which refers…

What are the latest innovations in additive manufacturing?
In the News, Materials, UncategorizedAlthough additive manufacturing is already fully integrated into industrial processes, it is continuing to develop thanks to new advances in technology. The Additive Manufacturing Tech’Day, co-organized by IMT Mines Alès and Materiautech…