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Blockchain: technology is improving but regulation still inadequate

Daniel Augot, Research Director at Inria and Co-head of the Blockchain Chair, Xavier De Boissieu, Founder of Quadratic Labs

On December 5th, 2023

4 min reading time

Blockchain is a technology that enables decentralised infrastructures. This promising technology is still limited, kindling both enthusiasm and questions.

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ChatGPT, Midjourney: everything you need to know about generative AI

Éric Moulines, Professor of Statistical Learning at École Polytechnique (IP Paris), Hatim Bourfoune, AI research engineer at IDRIS (CNRS), Pierre Cornette, AI support engineer at IDRIS (CNRS)

On November 21st, 2023

5 min reading time

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Quantum computing: 15 minutes to understand everything

Loïc Henriet, CTO at Pasqal, Landry Bretheau, Professor at Ecole Polytechnique, Quantum Physicist and Researcher in the Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics (PMC*)

On September 13th, 2023

5 min reading time

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Oil to lithium, the energy transition is shuffling the cards for global politics

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Saudi Arabia, a future mining power?

Emmanuel Hache, Assistant and Economist-Prospector at IFP Énergies nouvelles and Research Director at IRIS, Candice Roche, Research Fellow in Geopolitics of Metals and Ecological Transition at IFPEN, Vincent d’Herbemont, Civil engineer in the economics and environmental assessment department at IFP énergies nouvelles

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How decisions around energy shape geopolitical power

Anna Creti, Professor at Université Paris-Dauphine-PSL, Director of Climate Economics Chair and Associate Direct...

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Gas: intermediate energy source or energy of the future?

Olivier Massol, Professor at the Centre for Energy Economics and Management at IFP School

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Oil in murky waters: pressure on prices and uncertain demand

Patrice Geoffron, Professor at the University of Paris-Dauphine and Director of Center of Energy and Climate Change Ec...

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Predicted scarcity of metals and rare elements are causing geopolitical tensions

Emmanuel Hache, Assistant and Economist-Prospector at IFP Énergies nouvelles and Research Director at IRIS

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“Carbon diplomacy is an issue of power and sovereignty”

Marc-Antoine Eyl-Mazzega, Director of the Energy & Climate Centre at the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri...

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Energy transition: a gold-mine for countries of the “Lithium Triangle”?

María Eugenia Sanin, Lecturer in economics at Université Paris Saclay and coordinator of the Sectoral Policies group at t...

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The switch to electric cars increases our dependence on China

María Eugenia Sanin, Lecturer in economics at Université Paris Saclay and coordinator of the Sectoral Policies group at t..., Olivier Perrin, Partner in the energy, resources and industry sector at Deloitte

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How digital technology will personalise healthcare

Etienne Minvielle, Director of the Centre de Recherche en Gestion at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris), Alexis Hernot, Co-founder and CEO of Calmedica

On November 7th, 2023

3 min reading time

Digital technology is expected to improve the quality of patient care through remote monitoring.

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Can the energy transition succeed?

Olivier Sala, Vice-Chairman of ENGIE Group, in charge of research and innovation, Jordi Badosa, Technical director of the interdisciplinary Energy4Climate centre in the Dynamic Meteorology Laboratory (LMD) at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)

On October 18th, 2023

3 min reading time

The urgency of climate change requires simultaneous developments on a range of technical solutions, which we will have to combine to decarbonise emissions.

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Resistance: how to encourage uptake of new innovations

Cécile Chamaret, Professor in Marketing and Consumer Behaviour at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris), Étienne Bressoud, Head of Marketing Science at Institut BVA

On April 12th, 2023

5 min reading time

What are the reasons why people adopt or reject an innovation? Can we encourage people to follow a specific behaviour ?

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Car-sharing: a critical step in reducing transport emissions

Christophe Midler, Emeritus Professor of Innovation Management at École Polytechnique (CNRS/IP Paris), Thomas Matagne, CEO and Founder of Ecov

On March 1st, 2023

4 min reading time

This video series explores, in 2 episodes, the automotive industry, which is at the heart of the energy transition.

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“If the metaverse were a real revolution, it would already have happened!”

Raphaël Granier de Cassagnac, CNRS researcher in particle physics, holder of the "Science and Video Games" chair at École Polytechnique (IP Paris), and writer, Clément Merville, Computer scientist and President of Manzalab

On February 7th, 2023

4 min reading time

This video series explores, in 2 episodes, the stakes of the metaverse from an educational, entertaining and socio-cultural point of view.

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5G and industry: is France falling behind?

Pierre-Jean Benghozi, CNRS Research Director at I³-CRG* and Professor of Digital Economics at École Polytechnique (IP Paris) and the University of Geneva, David Glijer, Director of Digital Transformation at ArcelorMittal

On October 18th, 2022

4 min reading time

[VIDEO] First and foremost, 5G meets the digitisation needs of "Industry 4.0", most of its applications are industrial.

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Cars: new solutions to the ongoing pollution problem

3 episodes