Entries by Anna Da Costa

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Narendra JUSSIEN appointed as Director of Télécom Lille

Narendra Jussien, age 41, is a professor of computer science at IMT, who previously headed up the Computer Science Department at the Ecole de Mines in Nantes. A graduate of Angers’ Institut de Mathématiques Appliquées, with a doctorate in computer science from the Université de Rennes I and a research directorship diploma from the Université de […]

Solucom: a new partnership with the Télécom Foundation, helping to train the engineers of tomorrow and supporting the development of digital research

Solucom and the Télécom Foundation recently signed a new three-year partnership agreement, reinforcing the ties between this leading consultancy firm and IMT’s graduate schools (Télécom Paris, Télécom Bretagne, Télécom SudParis, Télécom Ecole Management). This agreement includes both recruitment opportunities for young graduates and a program of long-term support for our graduate schools in areas including […]

IMT sets-up its new Scientific Advisory Board

The Scientific Advisory Board of IMT, whose role is to conduct assessments and to advise the Institut on its Research & Innovation strategy, held its first session on December 17. It is made up of 15 representatives from the world of business (industry and services), 7 representatives from the academic world, 6 qualified individuals and […]

Michel Schmitt appointed Deputy Scientific Director of IMT

Since its creation in 2012, IMT has been a key player at the forefront of academic research in partnership in the main scientific fields. To continue to take up the present and future scientific challenges resulting from this research, the Institut has appointed Michel Schmitt as Deputy Scientific Director. A graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique […]

Philippe Rivet is named Dean of Télécom Ecole de Management

Philippe Rivet, 54 years old, has been named Dean of Télécom Ecole de Management. He will take over from Emmanuel Sartorius, who has acted as interim Dean since August 1, 2013. Philippe Rivet’s objective is to place the School within the top ten in France and the top 30 in Europe between now and 2017. […]

Eating disorders: a scientific study reveals the true role of social networks

For over a decade, a kind of moral panic has set in concerning websites accused of advocating anorexia (“pro-ana”) and encouraging extreme weight loss (“thinspiration” or “thigh gap”). A recently published report titled “Young people and the web of eating disorders” presents the results of the ANR ANAMIA project, the first research project to have […]

Arnaud MONTEBOURG congratulates the Institut Mines Télécom Graduate Schools: top of the class for their close relationship with businesses

Schools under the responsibility of the Minister for Industrial Recovery came top in the French journal L’Etudiant’s 2014 ranking for “connections between French engineering graduate schools and businesses”. Mines Alès was first out of 160, followed in second and third place by five other schools under the aegis of the Industrial Recovery Ministry. In these […]