École Polytechnique signs a new mobility agreement with the prestigious University of Chicago, enabling undergraduate students of both institutions to enroll in an exchange semester at the respective partner university.
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.
Alain Aspect, CNRS Research Director Emeritus at the Institut d'Optique Graduate School (Université Paris-Saclay - CNRS) and Professor at École Polytechnique, is co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2022. This Nobel Prize rewards his discoveries and underlines the excellence of education in Physics at l'X.
The 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics rewards the experiments with entangled particles conducted by Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger, which paved the way for the "second quantum revolution". Let's take a look back at this story, which arose from questions about the nature of quantum physics.
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.
Cilmate emergency is at the heart of the 15th Ecological Awakening Week at École polytechnique, organized from September 28th to 30th by the student association NeXt. It follows on from the mobilization of the last three classes of Polytechnic students in the face of this major challenge
Michel Bastide, CEO of the start-up Synaplus worked in transformation through IT (or by IT) for over 30 years before joining Synaplus in 2018 specializing in artificial intelligence technology. He shares his entrepreneurial experience, challenges, goals and ambitions.
The third edition of the scientific lectures series brought together Kostas (Konstantinos) Danas, research director at CNRS and professor at École Polytechnique, and Pedro Reis, professor at École Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), on September 22nd, 2022, to discuss the latest studies on magnetorheological elastomers (MREs) conducted at l’X and EPFL, both partner universities in the EuroTech Alliance.
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).
Donna Strickland, Tibor Juhasz, Ron Kurtz, Detao Du and Gérard Mourou are recognized for applying ultrafast lasers to treat eye diseases. This is an example where basic research has unexpectedly led to an important tool for society.
Antoine Georges, physicist at the Centre for Theoretical Physics and Professor at the Collège de France, has been awarded the Feenberg Memorial Medal along with Gabriel Kotliar and Dieter Vollhardt for his theoretical work on quantum systems consisting of a large number of interacting particles.
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Stéphane (X93) and Agnès Ifker have renewed their commitment to Polytechnique through an exceptional donation to support research on the energy transition. In this way, they are helping to position the Energy4 Climate interdisciplinary center as a world reference. This donation underlines the decisive role of the Polytechnique community for the future of l’X and its strong involvement in solving major new societal challenges.
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