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Diversity & Success
17.05.22
Élisabeth Borne (X81) appointed Prime Minister
Élisabeth Borne (X81) has been appointed Prime Minister of the French government, the first woman graduate of the Ingénieur Polytechnicien program and second woman to hold this position. She emphasized the symbolic significance of her appointment as École Polytechnique celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the entrance exam to the Ingénieur Polytechnicien program to women.
Education, Research
16.05.22
The French team wins the International Physicists’ Tournament 2022
After winning the French selection, a team from the Ingénieur Polytechnicien program won the world final of this physics student competition in Colombia. This is the third victory for team from l'X in this tournament.
International, Education
16.05.22
A new collaborative course format is launched at l'X
Developed within the EuroTeQ Engineering University project, an innovative learning format enters École Polytechnique’s course catalog and brings students, faculty, and industry partners together around concrete environmental challenges.
Entrepreneurship, Innovation
11.05.22
École Polytechnique hosted Paris-Saclay Spring 2022
École Polytechnique hosted Paris-Saclay Spring 2022, the 5th edition of an annual event dedicated to innovation and entrepreneurship on the Saclay plateau, co-organised by Institut Polytechnique de Paris. It was an opportunity for 11 start-ups of l'X to present their projects.
Research
10.05.22
How dandelion parachute works
The way in which the dandelion opens or closes in order to fly has been modelled in a paper in Nature Communications co-authored by researchers from the Hydrodynamics Laboratory at École Polytechnique.
Education
05.05.22
Dominique Rossin appointed Provost of Ecole Polytechnique
Since 2015, Dominique Rossin was Vice-Provost for Education at Ecole Polytechnique. He takes over from Benoit Deveaud, acting Provost since the departure of Yves Laszlo last September.
Chairs, Innovation, Research
03.05.22
Thomas Clausen joins the IEEE Computer Society’s Distinguished contributors
On the occasion of its 75th anniversary, the IEEE Computer Society has named its first distinguished contributors, including Thomas Clausen. The 410...
Entrepreneurship, Innovation
27.04.22
EuroBreath: Green Innovation to society services
We had the pleasure to interview the CEO & Founder of the EuroBreath Project: Ouarda Bouziane. Her start-up integrated our X-TECH program this year (2022). She presents herself as a risk-taker and a confident entrepreneur. A unique personality who takes the motto "action" and "learning by doing" to the fullest. She is fearless and faces problems with resilience.
Institution
27.04.22
L'X sets 10 objectives to boost its growth and attractiveness
On April 11, 2022, the French Ministry of the Armed Forces and L'X signed a new Contract of Objectives and Performance (COP) that sets the institution's 2022-2026 strategic objectives. L’X will devote the coming period to enhance the impact of its research, stengthen its multi-course training offer and launch the renovation of its buildings.
Research
27.04.22
Eurograhics recognizes Marie-Paule Cani with the Distinguished Career Award
Eurographics, the European professional Computer Graphics association, awarded a prize to Marie-Paule Cani, Professor at École polytechnique and researcher at the Computer Science Laboratory.
Education, Research
26.04.22
An ERC Grant for mathematics applied to biology and medicine
Sylvie Méléard, Professor at the Centre for Applied Mathematics and Member of the Institut Universitaire de France, has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant to develop her project called SINGER. It will study mathematically specific evolutionary dynamics of cell populations, mainly using stochastic models.
Entrepreneurship, Innovation
20.04.22
Invisensing.io: advanced acoustic sensing and fiber optic data analysis technologies
Today, the Drahi-X-Novation Center offers you an interview with Feng YANG, co-founder and CEO of Invisensing.io, a start-up following our X-TECH program that is working on long-distance sensing based on optical fibers, to collect useful information and integrate it into control and preventive maintenance systems.