Using personalised services without privacy loss: what solutions does technology have to offer?
Digital, In the News, SocietyOnline services are becoming more and more personalised. This transformation designed to satisfy the end-user might be seen as an economic opportunity, but also as a risk, since personalised services usually require personal data to be efficient.…
AI4EU: a project bringing together a European AI community
Digital, Europe EN, In the NewsOn January 10th, the AI4EU project (Artificial Intelligence for the European Union), an initiative of the European Commission, was launched in Barcelona. This 3-year project led by Thalès, with a budget of €20 million, aims to bring Europe…
SPARTA: defining cybersecurity in Europe
Digital, Europe EN, In the NewsThe EU H2020 program is continuing its efforts to establish scientific communities in Europe through the SPARTA project dedicated to cybersecurity. This 3-year project will bring together researchers to take up the new cybersecurity challenges:…
From personal data to artificial intelligence: who benefits from our clicking?
Digital, In the News, SocietyClicking, liking, sharing: all of our digital activities produce data. This information, which is collected and monetized by big digital information platforms, is on its way to becoming the virtual black gold of the 21st century. Have we all…
Improving organization in hospitals through digital simulation
Digital, Health, In the NewsHow can we improve emergency room wait times, the way scheduled hospitalizations are managed and cope with unexpected surges of patients? Vincent Augusto, a researcher in healthcare systems engineering at Mines Saint-Étienne is working to find…
Wi6labs: customized sensor networks
Digital, In the News, Start-up-enWi6labs, a start-up incubated at IMT Atlantique, installs connected sensor networks for municipalities and industries. What makes this startup so unique? It offers custom-developed private networks that are easy to install. When it comes to…
Acklio: linking connected objects to the internet
Digital, In the News, Start-up-enWith the phenomenal growth connected objects are experiencing, networks to support them have become a crucial underlying issue. Networks called "LPWAN" provide long-range communication and energy efficiency, making them perfectly suited to the…
Hospitals facing a different kind of infection: computer viruses
Digital, Health, In the NewsHervé Debar, Télécom SudParis – Institut Mines-Télécom
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[dropcap]W[/dropcap]annaCry was the first case of a cyberattack that had a major effect on hospitals. The increasing digitization…
Robots teaching assistants
Digital, Europe EN, In the NewsThe H2020 ANIMATAS project, launched in January 2018 for a four-year period, seeks to introduce robots with social skills in schools to assist teaching staff. Chloé Clavel, a researcher in affective computing at Télécom ParisTech, one of…
From human feelings to digital emotions
Digital, In the NewsMaking powerful machines is no longer enough. They must also connect with humans socially and emotionally. This imperative to increase the efficiency of human-computer interactions has created a new field of research: social computing. This…