Research Themes

The research conducted at IMT Atlantique links fundamental research with the development of solutions and technologies for industry and society in the areas of environmental, energy, digital, industrial and health transitions.

IMT Atlantique is developing active collaborations with numerous socio-economic players (large groups, SMEs, SMIs) as well as with regional development players (Bretagne and Pays de la Loire, IRT B<>COM, Jules Verne, and competitiveness clusters).

The fields of application covered by the research conducted at IMT Atlantique are

Industry of the future Energy Environment the sea Health and Independence at home
Security and safety of systems Defence Transportation of the future Telecoms Cities and territories

Digital transition

Environmental transition

Industrial transition

Energy transition

Health of the future

Fundamental research transition

Interdisciplinary research at IMT Atlantique

Some of our research are inter-disciplinary and live in several departments, this make them less visible and readable.

To make them more visible, IMT Atlantique has grouped them into modern themes: the "ISTIs" for Scientific an Technical Initiatives. Their objectives are :

Giving future partners of the school a single point of entry on these themes
Participate in the school's medium-term recruitment strategy.
To ensure that each ISTI is managed by a two-person team consisting of a specialist in the field and a head of department, who will be asked to help with recruitment.

In 2022, two ISTI started : Artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. Since, other axes have been identified : future industry, augmented human, energy, digital health, cloud and IoT

Publications, Open Science, ethics and scientific integrity

IMT Atlantique is committed to making publicly-funded research accessible to all, and has adopted the Institut Mines-Télécom charter. This charter has been translated into concrete open science actions throughout the institution.

Among all the publication, discover the books of our researchers !

The school also has a Learning center, teaching center, learning lab (CARAE) with a library of 40,000 books, 60 subscriptions to paper journals and numerous online databases and scientific journals.

Also concerned with respecting internationally recognized ethical principles in research involving human beings, IMT Atlantique encourages researchers to seek the advice of the CICPPR.

CICPPR

The purpose of the Institutional Advisory Board for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research at IMT Atlantique (in French, CICPPR) is to ensure that the projects submitted comply with internationally recognized ethical principles for research involving human subjects.
The committee issues an advisory opinion and does not deal with issues regarding animals or legal entities and is not intended to assess the compliance of your project with the GDPR regulations. It aims to protect human beings participating in research - outside the regulatory framework of biomedical research - as well as the public dissemination of the data resulting from such research. CICPPR opinions are based on the following: an ethical examination of the research objectives; the methods used, particularly with respect to how subjects are recruited; the methods of information, participation and acquisition of participant consent. The committee also examines the confidentiality and protection of personal data, as well as the consideration given to the possible consequences of the research on participants.

The committee is consulted at the request of a research professor, researcher or staff member attached to an IMT Atlantique research unit or to an institution that has signed an agreement with IMT Atlantique.

Sciences sans conscience n'est que ruine de l'âme (François Rabelais)

Today, scientific integrity refers to the rules and values that govern scientific activity and guarantee its honesty and fairness. It complements research ethics, which examine the implications of research and regulate its practices.

In accordance with decree no. 2021-1572 applicable to public establishments contributing to the public research service, a Scientific Integrity Referent (RIS) is in charge of this policy at Institut Mines-Telecom. It relies on a network of scientific integrity delegates in each school of Institut Mines-Télécom.

Contact RIS IMT Atlantique : ris@imt-atlantique.fr