Columns - Polytechnique Insights

Are major communication systems vulnerable?

Jannik Dreier, Associate Professor at Université de Lorraine

Aerial view of the coastline in Barbados in Caribbeans

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COP29: crucial decisions to protect small island states

Patricia Crifo, Professor of Economics at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris), Shinichi Mizuno, Master's Student at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris), Andres Rocha, Master's Student at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris), Seiji Leung, Master's Student at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)

High-speed trains: is rail always better for the environment?

Patricia Perennes, Doctor of Economics specialised in Transport

How AI could humanise robots

Edward Johns, Director of the Robot Learning Lab at Imperial College London

Generative AI: energy consumption soars

Anne-Laure Ligozat, Professor of Computer Science at ENSIIE and LISN, Alex De Vries , PhD Student at the School of Business and Economics at the University of Amsterdam

Should perceived social inequalities be taken into account?

Nicolas Duvoux, Professor of Sociology at Université Paris VIII

Climate change will lead to an increase in earthquakes

Christophe Larroque, Lecturer at Université de Reims-Champagne Ardenne and at Geoazur Laboratory (CNRS/OCA/UniCA/IRD), Marco Bohnhoff, Professor of Experimental Seismology and Drilling at Freie Universität of Berlin

Screens and young people: why we need to take action

Catherine Rolland, Project Manager for the Science and Video Games Chair at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)

AI and the media: a (r)evolution in investigative reporting?

Ioana Manolescu, Senior Researcher at Inria and part-time Professor at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris) , Maxime Vaudano, journalist at Le Monde and head of the investigations department at Les Décodeurs

Why the Anthropocene has divided the scientific community

Jan Piotrowski, Professor of Quaternary Geology at Aarhus University and Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Michel Magny, Emeritus Research Director at CNRS, Erle Ellis, Professor of Geography and Environmental Systems at the University of Maryland