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PRESENTATION:Waves are everywhere. On water of course, but also in the air as you hear a plane, and under your feet during an earthquake certainly. Vibrations, too, are everywhere In your bike as you go over a bump, in you guitar as you play, and of course in your smartphone. You can guess that the…

Cédric Giry is an associate professor at the Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay, in the civil engineering department. He develops his research activities at the LMT (Mechanics and Technology Laboratory) on the analysis of civil engineering structures subjected to static and severe loads (earthqu…

François Golse is a professor at the École Polytechnique since 2006 and chairman of the Mathematics Department. He was professor at the University of Paris-Diderot Paris 7 from 1989 to 2006 and member of the Institut Universitaire de France from 1999 to 2004.

Carl Graham is a CNRS researcher and a lecturer at the École Polytechnique. His research focuses on stochastic modeling, particularly as applied to communication networks and their algorithms. He is based at the Centre de Mathématiques Appliquées of the École Polytechnique. PUBLICATIONS Stochasti…

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Professor of physics in preparatory classes for the grandes écoles. He participates in numerous juries for entrance exams to the major scientific schools. In collaboration with the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon and the online university Unisciel, he produces physics videos and practices the "inv…

A unique case in the history of the École polytechnique: there was no entrance examination in 1915, due to the war.The declaration of war on August 2, 1914 had a direct impact on both the students and the entrance examination. Les students from the classes of 1912 and 1913 were still at school and …

Martial Haeffelin is a senior research scientist with 25-year experience in atmospheric remote sensing research. He conducted research on the effect of clouds on the global Earth radiation budget at the NASA Langley Research Center (VA, USA) from 1993-2001. In 2002, he initiated a surface-based atm…

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From July 1 to August 31, 2021 the BCX invites you to discover a new exhibition "Heroes of Science".

Gilles Horowitz obtained a master's degree in physics from the University of Paris 7 in 1972, and a DEA in solid state physics from the same university in 1973. He defended his thesis in semiconductor physics in 1975 following an internship at the Centre National d'Etude des Télécommunications in L…

Paris replica, machine guns on the Eiffel Tower, walls of aerial balloons encircling Paris, rafts camouflaged with tufts of grass on the Grand Canal in the Parc de Versailles, smoke bombs, searchlights - discover the methods used to defend Paris against aerial attack in 1918. The album "Organisatio…

PRESENTATION:If your firm is a startup you will need to demonstrate that your team, your business model and your cash flow generation offer an attractive profile for investors interested in your growth and the future valuation of the company. The purpose of this course is to give you the keys to un…