Entries by Anna Da Costa

Visibrain, the Twitter analysis platform, attracts BTI and 3T Capital

Visibrain is a French company specializing in processing Twitter data. The technology developed by Visibrain provides companies and institutions with real-time updates on trends and reactions on Twitter. To consolidate its position in France, Visibrain has finalized a first fundraising exercise with Bouygues Telecom Initiatives and 3T Capital. Founded in July 2011 by three French engineers, […]

Festival of science 2013

From October 9th to 13th, it’s the Festival of Science all over France and on IMT school campuses The theme for this 22nd edition of the Festival of Science will be “From the infinitely big to the infinitely small”. For fans of scientific knowledge and young researchers! Mines Alès is expecting more than 500 academics to […]

IMT and the Saclay Campus

 IMT is one of 23 partners of the Saclay Campus project. These partners have committed to the objective of forming a large, international science and technology campus at Saclay, part of a “cluster” with a strong economic development potential. After completion of the Saclay Campus file on February 24, 2009, in the framework of Operation […]

The Secure Compression Lab: IMT launches the first joint laboratory for data security and compression, alongside an SME and a start-up company

The explosion of media appears to be never-ending and data storage and transmission capacities (mainly video and 3D) are improving, but at a slower rate than the increase in the volume of data. In this context, it is increasingly important to control future compression and safeguarding of data. The aim of this new academic/business cooperative […]

9 & 10 October: the two Carnot institutes of IMT set to meet with SMEs during the 2013 Rendez-vous Carnot

During the 2013 Rendez-vous Carnot scheduled for 9 and 10 October in Lyon, the M.I.N.E.S and Télécom & Société Numérique Carnot Institutes will be taking questions from SMEs wishing to develop research and development projects. More than 2,000 guests are expected and registration is free of charge. > M.I.N.E.S Carnot Institute For the very first time the […]

360Learning raises €1.2M from ISAI and 3T Capital

360Learning, a next-generation online training platform, has raised €1.2M from ISAI and 3T Capital. Thanks to this fundraising operation 360Learning, which is democratizing the use of elearning and corporate MOOCs, will be able to pursue its growth drive and develop its user community. This is the tenth investment by digital venture capital fund ISAI, this […]

High definition 3D graphics at your fingertips – Tamy Boubekeur, Télécom Paris

It’s an old dream in the process of becoming reality: the first “3D cameras”, allowing you to adjust the angle long after taking the shot, are finally emerging from laboratories. Expectations are huge from professionals in cinema, computer-aided design and computer games. But the technology is not yet fully mature: the data obtained is so […]

The security challenges of open IT systems – Maryline Laurent, Télécom SudParis

In today’s society, IT security systems are seriously put to the test: clouddata storage, the omnipresence of micro chips, social networking… Not only does constant communication via networks expose cryptographic systems to multitudes of threatening connections, but security mechanisms must also now function on devices with weak computing capacity, such as mobile phones. The older […]

Augmented Reality and Surgery: helping surgeons achieve ever-greater accuracy – Chafiaâ Hamitouche, Télécom Bretagne

Questions of health, well-being and personal independence are central preoccupations of all modern societies. Age-related illnesses, and our ageing populations, pose a number of social and economic challenges. Over the last two decades, information sciences and technologies have helped us rise to these challenges. Concepts such as distance health care and online treatment are now […]