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Tribunes de la sécurité industrielle – Article by René Amalberti

28 October 2022

Tribunes de la sécurité industrielle – Article by René Amalberti

The increasing dissonance – even decoupling – between social discontent, falling quality indicators and good safety results The example of medicine René Amalberti, Director of the FonCSI, member of the National Academy of Technologies of France, has written a new “Industrial Safety Opinion Piece”. The outcome of several months of research, this study explores how safety results appear to have improved in the medical domain… when all of the indicators tend to show the opposite. Where does this paradox originate? Access the article from the “Download” section

How to Beat China’s Economic Autocracy – P. Haren, Y. Bamberger, L. Gouzenes, C. Deutsch

25 October 2022

How to Beat China’s Economic Autocracy – P. Haren, Y. Bamberger, L. Gouzenes, C. Deutsch

How to Beat China’s Economic Autocracy Tribune written by Pierre Haren (member of the National Academy of Technologies of France), Yves Bamberger (Vice-President of the National Academy of Technologies of France), Laurent Gouzenes, Christian Deutsch To be found on RealClearWorld.com website   (Illustration adapted from RealClearWorld.com)

Security in Computer and Information Sciences

08 July 2022

Security in Computer and Information Sciences

Picture and description from www.link.springer.com : Security in Computer and Information Sciences Second International Symposium, EuroCybersec 2021, Nice, France, October 25–26, 2021, Revised Selected Papers   Editors: Erol Gelenbe, Marija Jankovic, Dionysios Kehagias, Anna Marton, Andras Vilmos This open access book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, EuroCybersec 2021, held in Nice, France, in October 2021. The 9 papers presented together with 1 invited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 21 submissions. The papers focus on topics of security of distributed interconnected systems, software systems, Internet of Things, health informatics […]

The Lean Approach to Digital Transformation – Yves Caseau

24 June 2022

The Lean Approach to Digital Transformation – Yves Caseau

The Lean Approach to Digital Transformation From Customer to Code and From Code to Customer Yves Caseau, 2022, Routledge   Description and illustration from www.routledge.com: The Lean Approach to Digital Transformation: From Customer to Code and From Code to Customer is organized into three parts that expose and develop the three capabilities that are essential for a successful digital transformation: 1. Understanding how to co-create digital services with users, whether they are customers or future customers. This ability combines observation, dialogue, and iterative experimentation. The approach proposed in this book is based on the Lean Startup approach, according to an […]

E. Gelenbe – This Computer Pioneer’s Invention Made Zoom Possible (IEEE Spectrum article)

09 June 2022

E. Gelenbe – This Computer Pioneer’s Invention Made Zoom Possible (IEEE Spectrum article)

This Computer Pioneer’s Invention Made Zoom Possible > The service uses Erol Gelenbe’s packet-voice telephone switch Article IEEE Spectrum (by Kathy Pretz, June 2022) dedicated to Erol Gelenbe, Member of the National Academy of Technologies of France, made this year honorary Fellow of the Islamic World Academy of Sciences. Read the article on IEEE Spectrum website: https://spectrum.ieee.org/erol-gelenbe-profile

Y. Bamberger, H. Puttgen. Electricity: Humanity’s Low-carbon Future – Safeguarding Our Ecological Niche

25 August 2021

Y. Bamberger, H. Puttgen. Electricity: Humanity’s Low-carbon Future – Safeguarding Our Ecological Niche

Climate change is no longer deniable. Neither is the fact that greenhouse gas emissions due to human activities need to be mitigated. The question is how to rapidly transit to an increasingly low-carbon world while essentially sustaining the quality of life of the fortunate and providing better lives for the less fortunate. The challenge is to decarbonize both energy consumption and production with electricity at the core of energy systems. Perhaps Energia, a fictitious country whose 50 million inhabitants endorse climate change objectives and that embodies the energy mutations proposed by the authors, has the answers. Along with Energia, four […]

Wording Robotics

16 September 2019

Wording Robotics

Robots challenge humans? beliefs and expectations. Hence, regardless of whether they are the audience of a conference, the visitors of a lab, the citizens in general, some journalists, or the European Parliament, the first step in order to gain a better understanding of the field of robotics is obviously to consult the experts. Roboticists seem indeed to be in the best position to guide society in this matter, whether it is in the everyday life or within an official institution. Today however, there is a gap between the robots, as they are actually thought and built, and the intelligent and autonomous machines, as they are […]

Water for food security and nutrition

08 July 2015

Water for food security and nutrition

LAUNCHED ON MAY 15, A LANDMARK REPORT BY THE HIGH LEVEL PANEL OF EXPERTS (HLPE) FOR THE UN COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY (CFS) ARGUES THAT ACCESS TO WATER IS A VITAL ASPECT OF ENSURING IMPROVED FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION. MOVING BEYOND THE SCOPE OF LOOKING AT THE ROLE OF WATER NOT ONLY FOR AGRICULTURE BUT ALSO SANITATION, THE REPORT CALLS FOR AN INTEGRATED APPROACH AT HIGHER LEVELS OF POLICY IMPLEMENTATION AND GOVERNANCE TO ENSURE THAT THE POOREST AND MOST MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES HAVE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO THE INPUTS AND RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS. Water […]

A. Pavé. Modeling living systems from cell to ecosystem. Ed. Wiley, 2012, 640 p.

25 October 2012

A. Pavé. Modeling living systems from cell to ecosystem. Ed. Wiley, 2012, 640 p.

Modeling is now one of the most efficient methodologies in life sciences. From practice to theory, this book develops this approach illustrated by many examples; general concepts and the current state of the art are also presented and discussed. An historical and general introduction informs the reader how mathematics and formal tools are used to solve biological problems at all levels of the organization of life. The core of this book explains how this is done, based on practical examples coming, for the most part, from the author’s personal experience. In most cases, data are included so that the reader […]

Alain Pavé. On the origins and dynamics of biodiversity: the role of chance

09 September 2012

Alain Pavé. On the origins and dynamics of biodiversity: the role of chance

Alain Pavé. On the Origins and Dynamics of Biodiversity: the Role of Chance. Springer, 2010. Covers both biological and ecological aspects – from the gene to the ecosystem – to outline a “biological” theory of biodiversity Shows us how these internal mechanisms are analogous to the mechanical devices that bring about “physical chance” Evaluates the breadth of our knowledge on biodiversity, our possible responses, and the limits of those responses to the spontaneous biological and ecological aspects that we most often overlook About this book What are the origins of chance? Although its existence has long been accepted as a […]