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Encrypting and watermarking health data to protect it
Health, In the NewsAs medicine and genetics make increasing use of data science and AI, the question of how to protect this sensitive information is becoming increasingly important to all those involved in health. A team from the LaTIM laboratory is working on these issues, with solutions such as encryption and watermarking. It has just been accredited by Inserm.

Better network-sharing with NOMA
Digital, In the News
The rise in the number of connected devices will lead to increased congestion of frequencies available for data circulation. Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) is one of the techniques currently being studied to improve the hosting capacity…

AI-4-Child “Chaire” research consortium: innovative tools to fight against childhood cerebral palsy
Digital, Health, In the News
In conjunction with the GIS BeAChild, the AI-4-Child team is using artificial intelligence to analyze images related to cerebral palsy in children. This could lead to better diagnoses, innovative therapies and progress in patient rehabilitation.…

Sovereignty and digital technology: controlling our own destiny
Digital, In the News
Annie Blandin-Obernesser, IMT Atlantique – Institut Mines-Télécom
Facebook has an Oversight Board, a kind of “Supreme Court” that rules on content moderation disputes. Digital giants like Google are investing in the submarine…

Cleaning up polluted tertiary wastewater from the agri-food industry with floating wetlands
Energy & environment, In the News
In 2018, IMT Atlantique researchers launched the FloWAT project, based on a hydroponic system of floating wetlands. It aims to reduce polluting emissions from treated wastewater into the discharge site.
Claire Gérente, researcher at…

Hospitals put to the test by shocks
Health, In the News, Society
Benoît Demil, I-site Université Lille Nord Europe (ULNE) and Geoffrey Leuridan, IMT Atlantique – Institut Mines-Télécom
The Covid-19 crisis has put lasting strain on the health care system, in France and around the world. Hospital…

Nuclear fission reveals new secrets
Energy & environment, In the News
Almost 80 years after the discovery of nuclear fission, it continues to unveil its mysteries. The latest to date: an international collaboration has discovered what makes the fragments of nuclei spin after fission. This offers insights into…

ThermiUp: a new heat recovery device
Energy & environment, In the News, Start-up-en
ThermiUP helps meet the challenge of energy-saving in buildings. This start-up, incubated at IMT Atlantique, is set to market a device that transfers heat from grey water to fresh water. Its director, Philippe Barbry, gives us an…

Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Fukushima: the role of accidents in nuclear governance
In the News, Society
Stéphanie Tillement, IMT Atlantique – Institut Mines-Télécom and Olivier Borraz, Sciences Po
Until the 1970s, nuclear power plants were considered to be inherently safe, by design. Accidents were perceived as…

The virtualization of optical networks to support… 5G
Digital, In the News
Mobile networks are not entirely wireless. They also rely on a network of optical fibers, which connect antennas to the core network, among other things. With the arrival of 5G, optical networks must be able to keep up with the ramping up of…