Computing

Drone fleets could be used for observation or communication - but also to remotely recharge the batteries of networks of connected objects. The idea, still new, could lead to multiple applications in a host of fields - agriculture, industry 4.0, ocean monitoring, crowd analysis, natural disaster relief, etc.

Starting next fall, Ecolog, an initiative that brings together experts from all over France, aims to provide, via open source, a set of educational resources (syllabus, modules, MooC, tools, etc.) dedicated to "responsible" digital technology, for engineers of all profiles.

Fog computing is a geo-distributed model of computing in which local computing and storage infrastructures serve as intermediaries to better exploit data flows between connected objects (IoT) and a remote, centralized Cloud.

Alexandre Dolgui is the first Frenchman to receive this prestigious distinction. He is head of the Automatic, Production and IT department at IMT Atlantique. Since 1950, this award has been granted to those who, through their research, have made a significant contribution to the progress and influence of industrial systems engineering.

Le projet européen Lowcomote en génie logiciel continue de dérouler son plan d’action prévoyant 10 semaines de formation organisées alternativement chez chaque partenaire de projet.

In preparation for 2019 academic year, IMT Atlantique is recruiting teacher-researchers for its Brest and Nantes campuses. 12 positions are open in different fields: environment and digital, energy and digital, cyber security, artificial intelligence, energy and environment.
Deadline for applications is 31 March.

Lowcomote is a software engineering training program designed to prepare a new generation of experts in building low-code development platforms hosted on the Cloud.

The HYDDA project seeks to develop an innovative platform, bringing together the Cloud and HPC, to provide an  economical solution for the heavy computing needs of businesses of all sizes.

Professor Pierre Cointe, scientific director of the Atlanstic 2020 regional programme and lecturer at IMT Atlantique, has initiated a partnership agreement with the new Institute for Data Valorization (IVADO) in Quebec. The agreement concerns the development of joint actions in the area of data science, optimisation and artificial intelligence.