Created to support various scientific activities associated to the field of cosmology, the Alexander Friedmann Fund was launched on December 05, 2022 by the first Colloquium Friedmann. Frank Eisenhauer from Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (Germany) inaugurated these conferences by speaking about “The galactic center black hole, the effects of general relativity, and how to observe them”.
On December 5th, École Polytechnique's Computer Science Department (DIX) organized a companies day for its students. The event allowed the School's computer science students to meet with a panel of companies, most of which are partners of the Department and its Laboratory (LIX). The companies presented their activities as well as the major operational and research challenges they face.
The final international competition, EuroTeQaThon, took place at the Technical University of Munich from November 23 to 25, 2022. The event brought together the best teams from EuroTeQ Engineering University's member institutions, including two teams from École Polytechnique, who presented their innovative solutions to the "Leave No Waste Behind!" competition challenge.
A delegation of researchers and students from École Polytechnique and the Institut Polytechnique de Paris attended COP27, the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference. The conference took place from 6 to 18 November in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
The final of the world's most prestigious programming contest, the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), took place from November 6 to 11 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. École’s Polytechnique’s finalists had been preparing for this event for months.
As part of her third year in École Polytechnique’s Bachelor of Science program, Mariam Gedenidze currently studies as an exchange student at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. She is one of the first students to benefit from the new partnership agreement École Polytechnique and NTU signed to facilitate study exchanges for undergraduate students of the two prestigious institutions.
Committed to reinforcing the preparatory classes for the Grandes Écoles in Ivory Coast, École Polytechnique participated alongside the Institut National Polytechnique Felix Houphouët-Boigny and the Lycée Louis-Le-Grand in a dedicated project running over 48 months. The closing seminar held on October 20 and 21, 2022, in Yamoussoukro and Abidjan, highlighted the program's excellent achievements.
Victoire Cachoux (X2013), Flore Sentenac (X2014), Lucile Vigué (X2015), Anne Nguyen (X2014), Marie Cherasse, PhD student at the Irradiated Solids Laboratory, and Angèle Niclas, post-doctoral student at the Centre for Applied Mathematics, are among the laureates of the l'Oréal-UNESCO 2022 Prize for Women in Science, which rewards their research work conducted during their PhD.
The research papers of two École Polytechnique students in the field of responsible investment has been distinguished by the Forum for Responsible Investment - Principles for Responsible Investment Awards, which recognize outstanding academic research in the field of finance and sustainable development.
Two Bachelor graduates - Guruprerana Shabadi and Vincent Sietses - are among the 25 winners of the Global Undergraduate Awards 2022 and two others - Estelle Martin and Rémy Seassau - are among the highly recommended students. The recognition of their academic work underscores the excellence of the Bachelor's program, a springboard for the most prestigious programs in France and abroad.
Enrolled in École Polytechnique's Bachelor of Science program, Catalina Negoita has been awarded a scholarship of excellence by the Korean government, supporting her as she will spend an exchange semester at the Pohang University of Technology in South Korea (Postech).
13 Collaborative Scientific Projects selected by the education and research departments from among the 111 CSPs of the X2020 were submitted on September 12 to a jury of academics and business representatives. Three projects were awarded during this final examination.
