The ENS Paris-Saclay, Atos and the CEA have created the "Industrial Data Analytics & Machine Learning" Chair
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The ENS Paris-Saclay, Atos and the CEA have created the "Industrial Data
Analytics & Machine Learning" Chair for the development of a cooperative program
oriented towards industrial applications of artificial intelligence
The three pillars of the initiative are training at the master and PhD level,
joint research projects bringing together field experts and academic
researchers, and support for the development of spin-offs, and they will set the
foundations for a unique ecosystem in France stimulating innovation and science
In Paris on 20 October 2016, the ENS (École normale supérieure) Paris-Saclay, a
prestigious public institution of higher education in France, Atos, a global
leader in digital services, and the CEA (The French Alternative Energies and
Atomic Energy Commission), a major player in research, development and
innovation, have signed a convention for a partnership that will last at least
5 years and announce the creation of an Industrial Data Analytics & Machine
Learning Chair, to be based at the ENS Paris-Saclay. This Chair aims at
stimulating Artificial Intelligence-enhanced industrial data analysis for
business and developing disruptive technologies. The main axes offered by the
program are the following: a training program of excellence at the graduate
level, specific research actions blending the expertise of industrial with
academic partners, cocooning of spin-off projects and start-up initiatives with
high potential and based on sophisticated technological assets.
The huge rise in the use of digital data in all areas of science, technology and
society requires the training of high-level researchers in mathematics in order
to master data acquisition and processing and automatic interpretation. The use
of massive and complex data from the industry, or science, or generated by novel
communication technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), raises a major
issue at the strategic, the technological and the economic level. Mathematical
approaches to massive and complex data processing, particularly machine learning
algorithms, are the vectors of a technological revolution which must be managed
by bringing together mathematicians and field experts from the areas where these
methods are used.
As such, the ENS Paris-Saclay, the Atos group and the CEA have decided to join
their forces together to seize this opportunity for research, innovation,
training and progress through the creation of a chair in the subject.
The "Industrial Data Analytics & Machine Learning" course will focus on three
areas:
* training - initial and continuing - with the "Mathematics, Vision and
Learning" MVA M2 Master as a foundation, based on data modelling,
mathematical techniques and algorithms;
* research, with the CMLA (Centre for maths and its applications) and its
"Machine Learning & Massive Data Analysis" team, created in 2012 with 12
researchers, as a kernel;
* the innovation and the sharing of experiences benefitting the dynamics of
start-ups and SMEs on the Saclay plateau.
For Pierre-Paul Zalio, President of the ENS Paris-Saclay, "This partnership
corresponds perfectly to the types of action promoted by the ENS Paris-Saclay:
tackling industrial and societal issues to which fundamental research may
provide solutions. The rapid dissemination of new knowledge to training is an
equally important issue, which will be galvanised by this chair".
For Jean-Marie Simon, Executive Vice President, Director General of Atos France,
"Atos is involved in a process of close academic and industrial partnerships in
order to accelerate its innovation processes and pass these benefits onto its
clients, particularly through its Atos Codex solution. This also allows us to
expand our uptake of potential young recruits, with technological evolution and
the emergence of big data being at the heart of new subjects. This is why Atos
is adopting a voluntaristic approach in order to support the development of new
networks and anticipate their new needs and abilities".
For François Geleznikoff, Director of Military Applications at the CEA, "The
CEA, mainly, its Military Applications Division, has maintained a partnership
with Bull, now Atos, since the beginning of the 2000s, for the development of
power calculators for defence, academic research and industry. These calculators
generate considerable amounts of data; it is therefore essential to have tools
which can process them while reducing the time spent on analysis and taking into
account the specificities of the different domains. That is the meaning of this
chair at the ENS Paris-Saclay, a school of excellence with whom the CEA has been
associated for many years, particularly within the domain of maths and numerical
procedures".
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About École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay (ENS Cachan)
L'École normale supérieure de Cachan became École normale supérieure Paris-
Saclay
The main mission of École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay (ENS Cachan) is to
train students for research and higher education, by providing them with a top-
quality cultural and research education, in the tradition of excellence of
Écoles normales supérieures.
Both a training centre and a research centre, ENS Paris-Saclay gathers 13
internationally recognized laboratories, in basic sciences, in humanities and
social sciences, and in engineering sciences. 3 federative institutes promote
interactions between the laboratories, and give support to interdisciplinary
actions, which contributes to ENS Paris-Saclay's originality and strength.
Bringing together disciplines, which no other institution gathers in such a way
or at such a level, is a unique feature of the school. In this environment,
students receive a research- based and research-oriented training, reinforced in
their own discipline, and at the same time, interdisciplinary and
internationally open, leading them to Master's degree and PhD.
ENS Paris-Saclay is a founding member of Université Paris-Saclay, a world-class
scientific university, gathering forces of 19 grandes écoles, universities and
research organizations.
Press Contact : Morgann Crozet - +33 06 78 30 27 29 morgann.crozet(at)ens-paris-
saclay.fr
About Atos
Atos SE (Societas Europaea) is a leader in digital services with pro forma
annual revenue of circa ? 12 billion and circa 100,000 employees in 72
countries. Serving a global client base, the Group provides Consulting & Systems
Integration services, Managed Services & BPO, Cloud operations, Big Data &
Cyber-security solutions, as well as transactional services through Worldline,
the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry. With
its deep technology expertise and industry knowledge, the Group works with
clients across different business sectors: Defense, Financial Services, Health,
Manufacturing, Media, Utilities, Public sector, Retail, Telecommunications, and
Transportation. Atos is focused on business technology that powers progress and
helps organizations to create their firm of the future. The Group is the
Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic & Paralympic Games and
is listed on the Euronext Paris market. Atos operates under the brands Atos,
Atos Consulting, Atos Worldgrid, Bull, Canopy, Unify and Worldline.
Press Contact: Anne de Beaumont - anne.debeaumont(at)atos.net - +33 (0)1
73 26 01 00
About the CEA and the Military Applications Division
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a public
research organization working in four main areas: defense and security, nuclear
and renewable energies, technological research for industry and fundamental
research. Building on its recognized expertise, the CEA takes part in
implementing cooperation projects with a wide range of academic and industrial
partners. With its 16,000 researchers and employees, it is a major player in
European research and is also expanding its international presence.
The CEA's Military Applications Division ("DAM") takes charge of defence and
security missions. The DAM is responsible for the design, manufacture, through-
life support and dismantling of the nuclear warheads that equip France's sea-
and airborne deterrence forces. It is also responsible for the design and
manufacture of the nuclear reactors and reactor cores on French Navy submarines
and aircraft carrier. It assists the Navy with in-service follow-up and through-
life support for these reactors. The DAM is in charge of procuring strategic
nuclear materials required for the nation's deterrence. The DAM also contributes
to national and global security through the technical support it provides to the
authorities relative to the prevention of nuclear proliferation and terrorism in
chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives domains (CBRN-E) and
cybersecurity.
Press Contact: Nicolas Tilly- nicolas.tilly(at)cea.fr - +33 (0)1 64 50 17 16
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