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A major risk exists that, once the pandemic slows down or appears to be under control and lockdown measures are lifted, new waves of Covid-19 reappear. The 20th century has known three influenza pandemics: the 1918 “Spanish flu”, the 1957 “Asian flu”, and the 1968 H3N2 &rdqu…

École Polytechnique will be closed from March 16 at 8:00 am. Our priority is to protect the health of our students and staff and to ensure the continuity of our missions under the best possible conditions.With regard to students (excluding doctoral students) and trainees, the specific measures are …

Since the beginning of the new academic year, the health situation regarding the COVID-19 epidemic has deteriorated in France and the École Polytechnique campus has also been affected by this accelerated progression of the virus. A few cases have been diagnosed among staff members, but the accelera…

The Covid-19 pandemic which is still spreading worldwide has already had huge economic consequences. It has also highlighted China’s growing footprint in global value chains.Economists fom Institut Polytechnique de Paris (affiliated with Ecole Polytechnique and ENSAE) and Institut des Politiq…

The month of March marked the anniversary of a nationwide lockdown in France, decided by the government to stem the pandemic of Covid-19, which, originated from China and spread to the world with a death toll of hundreds of thousands of people. Many questions are still unanswered and some feel that…

The 430 students present on campus during the lockdown period – around 250 students from the Cycle Ingénieur Polytechnicien program, 70 Bachelor’s students, 80 MSc&T students, and 30 masters and doctoral students – have been taken care of and supported daily by executives from…

The COVID-19 pandemic and the general containment put in place in France since March 16th to help flatten the curve has led to an economic standstill which has had a significant impact on the ecosystem of start-ups tied to École Polytechnique. The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Department (DE…

 Laboratories from École Polytechnique have undertaken numerous research projects in order to contribute to the current fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The Center for Applied Mathematics (CMAP) has been carrying out analysis and modeling work, as well as evaluating scenarios for controlli…

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, students have risen up to the occasion either collectively or individually to help fight the pandemic and support the community as a whole. Their efforts have been coordinated by the Personal Development and Military Training Department (DFHM) through the…

FRANCE - On June 22, 2023, an Institut Polytechnique de Paris’ academic and research chair in complex systems’ architecture was created in the presence of Sébastien Lecornu, Minister of Armed Forces, and Emmanuel Chiva, General Delegate of Armaments. Dassault Aviation, Dassault Systèmes, Naval Grou…

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Polytechnique Ventures, an investment fund created upon the initiative of the alumni of École Polytechnique, is launched today with the ambition of strengthening the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem at École Polytechnique.

École Polytechnique hosted the Cybersecurity & Defense Day, which brought together major players in cybersecurity and defense from academia, institutions, and industry. The event was organized by the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, of which École Polytechnique is a founding member, in partnership …

Vincent Strubel (X2000), Director General of the French Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI), spoke at École Polytechnique, underlining the change in scale of cybercrime, the explosion in training and research needs in cyberdefense, and the role Ecole Polytechnique can play to fulfill them.

Emeritus researcher at CNRS and former scientific director of Institut Photovoltaïque d'Île-de-France, Daniel Lincot will give his inaugural lecture at the Liliane Bettencourt Chair at Collège de France on 20 January. He will give an overview of photovoltaic energy, from historical aspects to curre…