News & events

Apollon, one of the most powerful lasers in the world, will be fully available to users next year. This is the final chapter for the project launched in 2009 and led by a team from the Laboratory for the Use of Intense Lasers (LULI). On the occasion of the International Day of Light, François Mathieu, Apollon's Technical Director, casts light on this exceptional installation made in France.

Sascha Rienäcker is a PhD track student in plasma physics. He has been selected for a PLASMAScience M2 grant.

Arthur Touati, a doctoral student in mathematics at the Laurent Schwartz Mathematics Centre, has co-written a popular science book on the theory of relativity. He talks about this project, as well as his research conducted at the Institut Polytechnique de Paris.

In September 2020, Institut Polytechnique de Paris launched its first call for student projects within the perimeter of the five schools. Its objective: to enable the emergence of cultural, social, scientific, sports, entrepreneurial or event-based projects aimed at stimulating campus life and developing the Institut's student community.

As a postgraduate degree whose excellence is recognised worldwide and designates a very high level of expertise, a PhD degree opens doors to highly qualified jobs in the public and private sectors. In addition to the academic world, a PhD paves the way for major long-term careers. From 2017 to 2020, Emil Garnell carried out his doctoral thesis in the Mechanics Unit of ENSTA Paris, one of the founding members of the Institut Polytechnique de Paris. He tells us about his career.

This event is intended for young researchers in mathematics, who will work in teams from June 21 to 25, 2021 on problems proposed by companies. Registration is open until May 21.

Viktoria Zakharova shares with us her experience in Master 1 and her initiation to research in the Laboratory of Applied Optics (LOA)

Healthcare is one of the many areas where artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to have a major impact on society by bringing new solutions and improvements. Ranging from disease monitoring to assistive robotics, four illustrations of research going on at Hi! Paris were presented in a recent webinar.

On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the first man in space, Dominique Fontaine, astrophysicist, Director of Research at CNRS, Director of the Laboratory of Plasma Physics (LPP) and Head of the PLASMAScience Graduate School, casts light on the role of plasma physics in the Space exploration.

From July 5 to 9, 2021, the E4C Interdisciplinary Center's summer school will invite Master's and PhD students from all disciplines, in France and abroad, to address systemic issues around smart buildings and smart cities.

On the occasion of the International Women's Day, 8 March, Anne Bourdon, a physicist, expert in low temperature plasmas and Deputy Head of the PLASMAScience Graduate School, shares her experience as a woman scientist.

28 start-ups from the Institut Polytechnique de Paris ecosystem feature in the Next 40 and FrenchTech 120 indexes.