The Institut Polytechnique de Paris launches a review

I am pleased to share with you the first edi­tion of the review launched by the Insti­tut Poly­tech­nique de Paris: Poly­tech­nique Insights.

Draw­ing its strength from two cen­turies of exper­tise in sci­ence and tech­nol­o­gy stem­ming from its 5 found­ing Schools (École Poly­tech­nique, ENSTA Paris, ENSAE Paris, Tele­com Paris, and Tele­com Sud­Paris), the Insti­tut Poly­tech­nique de Paris trains the most bril­liant and inno­v­a­tive minds to help them become agents of change and respon­si­ble lead­ers. Our train­ing pro­grams equip them with in-depth sci­en­tif­ic knowl­edge, in par­tic­u­lar thanks to a priv­i­leged access to world-class infra­struc­tures and a dynam­ic research ecosys­tem. Poly­tech­nique Insights is in line with this sci­en­tif­ic train­ing of excel­lence and embod­ies the huge poten­tial of our research to help fos­ter inno­va­tion. I am hap­py to begin 2021 with the launch of this new review, which rep­re­sents our strong desire to high­light the admirable work of our teach­ers and researchers, along­side oth­er stake­hold­ers of our ecosys­tem includ­ing alum­ni, research and indus­tri­al partners.

Poly­tech­nique Insights aspires to have a role in expand­ing IP Paris out­reach in France and world­wide, in order to posi­tion our­selves as a major aca­d­e­m­ic and research insti­tu­tion with a strong socio-eco­nom­ic impact. This online review con­tributes to the ini­tia­tives that will allow our coun­try to become a key play­er in sci­en­tif­ic progress and soci­etal well-being. Fur­ther­more, it stands out for its rig­or, tone neu­tral­i­ty and exclu­sion of any form of ideologies.

Poly­tech­nique Insights is in line with our sci­en­tif­ic train­ing of excel­lence and embod­ies the huge poten­tial of our research to help fos­ter innovation.

This first issue helps us immerse our­selves in essen­tial sub­jects, such as the ongo­ing health cri­sis, per­son­al­ized med­i­cine, the nec­es­sary decar­bon­a­tion of the avi­a­tion indus­try or bio­plas­tics. This edi­tion is tes­ta­ment to the rich­ness of our research, guid­ed by sci­en­tif­ic integri­ty, inter­dis­ci­pli­nar­i­ty, and the gen­er­al inter­est of all.

I hope that the sci­en­tif­ic advances pre­sent­ed in this first issue of Poly­tech­nique Insights will help fuel your intel­lec­tu­al curios­i­ty and your taste for innovation.

On this occa­sion, I would like to cel­e­brate our dynam­ic ecosys­tem and thank the teams who worked on the launch of the review through­out the past year, the Edi­to­r­i­al Com­mit­tee and the teach­ers and researchers, as well as the cor­po­rate spon­sors that show us their trust by sup­port­ing Poly­tech­nique Insights. Many stake­hold­ers were essen­tial to the com­ple­tion of this new, ambi­tious project, one that can be added to the list of the achieve­ments by the Insti­tut Poly­tech­nique de Paris.