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To celebrate International Women's Rights Day, Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris), its member schools, student associations and interdisciplinary centers are reinforcing their commitment to gender equality by organizing a series of events highlighting women in science and engineering.

The International Center for French Language and Culture at the Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris), in collaboration with the Department of Languages and Cultures at École Polytechnique, is organizing an international Francophonie day on March 18, 2025, which will focus on "Women in the Francophonie: From Letters to Sciences."

The Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris) has announced the appointment of Patrick Olivier as the new director of Télécom Paris, one of its founding schools, effective March 1, 2025. A General Engineer of Mines and a graduate of École Polytechnique and Télécom Paris, he will lead this prestigious engineering school for a five-year term at a time of major technological and ecological transformation.

Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris) is organizing the third edition of INNOV'NIGHT, an immersive student challenge dedicated to innovation and creativity. The event will take place from Thursday, April 10, 2025, at 6:30 PM to Friday, April 11, 2025, at 9:00 AM, at Télécom Paris.

MEDEF and the Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris) have formalized their partnership as part of the AI Tour de France, marking a key milestone in fostering innovation and the adoption of disruptive technologies within French businesses. This agreement aims to support business leaders in their digital transformation and enhance their competitiveness in the face of technological changes.

On Wednesday, 2 April, the Institut Polytechnique de Paris is organizing its final competition of My Thesis in 180 seconds. This scientific mediation event is open to the public and will take place at the École Polytechnique, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Ten PhD students from a variety of scientific fields will have three minutes to present their thesis topic in a clear and captivating way. At the end of the presentations, the jury and the audience will vote to select the most convincing winners.

Professor at the Center for Applied Mathematics (CMAP) at the Ecole Polytechnique, Éric Moulines is working on generative artificial intelligence (AI) and is attempting to define how AI can be at the service of “intelligent agents” that are keen to collaborate. Focus on the researcher's work on the occasion of the AI, Science and Society summit organized by the Institut Polytechnique de Paris on February 6 and 7, 2025.

The CIEDS interdisciplinary centre had the pleasure of welcoming and interviewing Walid Benzarti, currently Director of Innovation, Research and Technology at the Thales Group, for a shared perspective on innovation within Thales.

On February 6-7, 2025, the Institut Polytechnique de Paris hosted the scientific days of the AI Action Summit, a major global scientific conference. For the first time, leading figures in artificial intelligence research gathered to share their perspectives, debate scientific advancements, and discuss AI's societal impacts.

Florence Tupin, a researcher at the Information Processing and Communications Laboratory (LTCI*), at Télécom Paris, is using deep learning to obtain images cleared from the fluctuations inherent in radar imagery. Focus on the researcher's work on the occasion of the AI, Science and Society summit organized by the Institut Polytechnique de Paris on February 6 and 7, 2025.

Incubated at IMT Starter of Telecom SudParis, a member of Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris), BPartners is a start-up specializing in AI research applied to image analysis. Its goal ? To provide concrete solutions for practical, low-tech professions. An adventure that co-founders Sofiane Madani and Lou Maurica have embarked on, and in Sofiane's words, a great way to “move from theory to practice and step out of our labs.”

Environmental data collection and analysis for the social sciences