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Reinforcing the preparatory classes in Ivory Coast
International, Education
02.11.22
Reinforcing the preparatory classes in Ivory Coast
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.
Dominique Rossin appointed Provost of Ecole 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.
Thomas Clausen joins the IEEE Computer Society’s Distinguished contributors
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...
Eurograhics recognizes Marie-Paule Cani with the Distinguished Career Award
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.
Joris van der Hoeven awarded for his work on the complexity of multiplication
Research
20.04.22
Joris van der Hoeven awarded for his work on the complexity of multiplication
The N.G. de Bruijn Medal 2022 has been awarded to Joris van der Hoeven, researcher at the Computer Science Laboratory. The prize was awarded during the Netherlands Mathematical Congress for his research on the complexity of multiplication with David Harvey from the University of New South Wales.
Civil training in Ivory Coast for two Ingénieur Polytechnicien students
International, Education
14.04.22
Civil training in Ivory Coast for two Ingénieur Polytechnicien students
Two students (X2021) completed the civil training part of the Ingénieur Polytechnicien program in Yamoussoukro, at the high school Mamie Adjoua, and at Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny. To both, the training represented an opportunity to engage as citizens and to discover the teaching profession.
Research from LIX presented at AAAI 2022
Research
09.03.22
Research from LIX presented at AAAI 2022
The first mathematical runtime analysis of NSGA-II, a widely-used algorithm for optimization problems, has been performed by a collaboration including the Computer Science Laboratory and presented at AAAI, one of the major conferences in artificial intelligence.
Targeting unusual DNA structures against parasitic diseases
Research
04.03.22
Targeting unusual DNA structures against parasitic diseases
In a research paper published in Nucleic Acids Research, an international collaboration involving the Optics and Biosciences Laboratory shows the presence of nucleic acid knots called G-quadruplexes in helminth parasites. The researchers also identify molecules that can bind to these structures.
Results of the student data science challenge "Flights"
Education, Research
15.02.22
Results of the student data science challenge "Flights"
The "Flights" challenge proposed to use a supervised learning approach to predict the number of passengers based on the date of their reservation and the route of the plane. It was organised jointly by the Data Science Institute and Data Science and Industrial Processes sponsorship programmes and closed on February 3rd.
A new step forward for spin photodiode physics and technology
Research
Moyen
04.02.22
A new step forward for spin photodiode physics and technology
An international collaboration involving the Irradiated Solids Laboratory has just published a paper in Physical Review Letters detailing the mechanisms at work for detecting circularly polarised light using spin-optoelectronic devices called spin photodiodes.
L’X welcomes a ministerial delegation of Ivory Coast
22.11.21
L’X welcomes a ministerial delegation of Ivory Coast
During their official visit to France, Adama Diawara, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Ivory Coast, and his delegation met with...
Proving that one knows a secret without revealing it, the future of blockchain?
Research
18.11.21
Proving that one knows a secret without revealing it, the future of blockchain?
At the beginning of 2009, bitcoin was created, a fully digital currency based on blockchain technology. However, a blockchain offers few guarantees of...