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 Since September 1, 2022, a decree authorizes autonomous driving in France!
To be precise, semi-autonomous driving is authorized under certain conditions. The driver will be able to let go of the steering wheel and the automated system will be able to take over on roads with separate carriageways, without a cycle lane or crosswalk, with a maximum speed of 60 km/h. The driver must be able to take over the controls at any time.
Admittedly, this is not yet at the level of KITT https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/KITT, but this legal and technical breakthrough is a step in the revolution in land transport (streetcars, trains, road shuttles, private vehicles, logistics and freight transport, agricultural machinery) and intelligent mobility.
For the fully autonomous and connected vehicle to become a reality one day, and thus meet the social, economic and environmental challenges of today, research and innovation efforts must be pursued mainly on the perception and analysis of the environment and communication between vehicles and with their environment. This affects many areas of electronics, such as sensors, artificial intelligence, telecommunications and connectivity, localization, data processing and fusion, cybersecurity...
The IEMN benefits from the fertile regional ground in the field of transport, both at the industrial and academic levels. Indeed, the Hauts-de-France region is very involved in research on sustainable and autonomous transport and mobility, mainly rail and automotive. The current landscape of this research includes a number of players, including the Institute of Technological Research (IRT) of the rail industry Railenium, and the competitiveness cluster i-trans, whose mission is to develop collaborations between academics and companies. There is also the Land Transport & Mobility Research Federation (FR TTM), which is a group of laboratories whose role is to structure academic research around this theme, which is very multidisciplinary in nature. The FR TTM is based on the RITMEA project "Research and Innovation in Eco-responsible and Autonomous Transport and Mobility" submitted to the CPER 2021-2027. The RITMEA project has a threefold objective: to improve transport systems in the broadest sense of the term by reducing their environmental impact, to structure research in the region in this major sector of its economy, and finally to strengthen the international visibility of the Hauts-de-France region.
By contributing to a large part of this research, the IEMN is fully involved in the transport of tomorrow. The funding and structuring of this work through the regional mechanisms mentioned above but also national projects (ANR, FUI) or European (H2020, CEF).
The IEMN's actions can be classified into 4 themes, involving 6 research groups:
- Intelligent transport, embedded communicating systems, associated cybersecurity issues, AI for perception and identification of traffic conditions
- Non-destructive testing and characterization and structural health monitoring by ultrasonic methods, characterization of interfaces, surfaces and coatings, design of sensors, instrumentation and associated signal processing
- Diagnostics Detection and localization of defects, especially from the communication signal
- Technological development of (micro)sensors and actuators, functional materials and MEMS/NEMS technologies for energy conversion and recovery, flow control, etc.
These activities are based on state-of-the-art research platforms for digital communication associated with transport systems (SYFRA, Multi-Physics Characterization Platform, Gyrovia test track), for ultrasonic non-destructive testing (Wavesurf interferometric platform, and Laser Ultrasound) and functional materials and micro-nanosystems technologies (Central Micro-Nano Manufacturing Platform, Contraero platform, Sense & Act prototyping and demonstrator laboratory) They also rely on a joint team (e-COST) between the IEMN and the Laboratoire Électronique Ondes et Signaux pour les Transports of the Université Gustave Eiffel. |
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The CNRS celebrates the « Joli mois de l’Europe » with the Hauts-de-France Region ... |
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Visit of Daniel Leca, vice-president of the HdF regional council in charge of universities, research, innovation and Europe at the IEMN, on May 24. |
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12th conference on Franco-Indonesian cooperation in higher education, research, innovation and entrepreneurship. |
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On June 28 and 29, 2022 were held at the Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France the 12th Joint Working Days for Franco-Indonesian cooperation in higher education, research, innovation and entrepreneurship. |
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Announcement of the Electronic Plan France 2030 by the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron. |
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In Crolles, on July 12, 2022. Thierry Mélin, director of the IEMN, attended the announcement of the Electronic Plan France 2030 by the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron. |
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Visit of a delegation to the Philippines |
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An official delegation from the University of Lille went to the Philippines from June 27 to 30, 2022, in order to initiate a new exchange program with the State University of Batangas in the field of electronics industry. |
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Unusual visit to the IEMN! |
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The CNRS Hauts de France offers to discover the backstage of scientific research at the IEMN on October 8, 2022. An exceptional, intimate and interactive meeting with the Unit's scientists! |
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27 first and second year bachelor students at the University of Florida visited the IEMN platforms |
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During the visit of the IEMN's micro-nano-fabrication and multi-physics characterization platforms, the students were able to exchange with several PhD and post-doctoral students on their research activities. |
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Sabine Szunerits, professor at the University of Lille, is appointed Senior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France as of October 1, 2022, for a period of 5 years. |
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Sabine Szunerits' project in the Nano-Bio-Interfaces (NBI) group of the IEMN focuses on the early diagnosis of diseases in order to initiate treatments at a very early stage in order to save lives. |
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Maxime Hallot winner of the i-PhD 2022 competition for his startup project HILEORES |
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The i-PhD competition, operated by Bpifrance, aims to encourage PhD students to test the applicative potential of their projects. Maxime Hallot presented the future startup HILEORES, which aims to design, develop and manufacture components for electrochemical micro-storage of energy for the Internet of Things, which is now booming. |
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The "Young researcher Award" given to a student of the IEMN |
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Young Investigator Award to Khac Huy DINH, in recognition of an outstanding paper presented at Symposium J, Future electrochemical energy storage materials: from nanoscience to device integration and real environment application. |
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Demonstration of the first bi-directional 6G link |
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The 6G, expected in 2030-2035, will have to use new frequency bands (300 GHz) for the next fixed broadband communications between antennas. The European THOR project has demonstrated this type of link, in a bidirectional way. |
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Switchability of a single-port SAW resonator using the electric Bragg bandgap |
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Surface acoustic wave filters play a crucial role in radio frequency communication systems. A work involving Thales Research Technology and IEMN demonstrates that it is possible to tune these filters electrically by exploiting the concept of electrical band gap. |
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New RF switches pave the way for 6G |
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The digital revolution we are experiencing relies on the transmission of huge amounts of data at ever increasing speeds. However, this connectivity comes at a significant environmental cost. In a collaboration with the University of Texas-Austin, researchers from the University of Lille (IEMN and PHLAM) have developed and characterized a new type of switch based on two-dimensional (2D) materials, for very high speed applications around 300 GHz. |
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What if newborns and infants could help us advance diabetes nanomedicine? |
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"Amass in your youth, you will find in your old age".
In this popular Berber adage, several messages can be heard. One of them is the importance of the health capital of youth for "aging well". In reality, this health capital is built up from the time of the newborn and the infant. |
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Modulating heat diffusion in silicon with nanoscale pores |
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To better evacuate the heat generated within nanoelectronic technologies or to reinforce the thermoelectric energy recovery capabilities, such are the objectives of a study conducted at IEMN in collaboration with the Centre d'Énergétique et de Thermique de Lyon. Using a near-field technique, we measured the thermal properties of nanostructured silicon membranes. |
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Easy on-demand polarization control of spintronic THz emitters |
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THz technology has found applications that are on the verge of commercialization, such as non-destructive spectroscopy, chemical detection and fast wireless communications. The control and flexible manipulation of the polarization state of a THz beam is an important functionality in this context that is still not realized in a direct way. This is precisely what the new type of inverted Hall effect THz emitters can easily achieve. |
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Convolutional neural network CNN-based facial aesthetics analysis using robust dynamic loss and ensemble regression |
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The attempt to unlock the secret of beauty has been a goal for philosophers, artists and scientists throughout human history. Today, facial beauty is attracting even more interest due to the rapid development of plastic surgery and the cosmetic industry. In the last decade, several studies have shown that facial attractiveness can be learned by machines. |
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Ultra-sensitive graphene-based biosensors for early identification of cardiovascular diseases |
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Cardiovascular diseases cause millions of deaths worldwide, many of which could have been prevented if identified at an early stage. Therefore, the detection of cardiovascular biomarkers (cardiac troponin, cTnI, being the main target), plays a vital role in reducing mortality rates and taking adequate precautions in time. |
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Improve the thermal comfort of a textile by controlling its optical properties |
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One of the ways to limit the energy consumption of our buildings is to improve the thermal properties of the textiles we wear. In this context, we have shown that an asymmetric multilayer structure combining a thin metallic layer sandwiched between two polymer membranes integrating SiO2 particles or different thicknesses, can ensure a skin temperature of 34°C. |
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FOCUS ON MATERIALS SYNTHESIS AT IEMN |
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Focus on the synthesis of the 7 families of materials developed at the IEMN and their preferred manufacturing techniques. |
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At the forefront: semiconductors, dielectrics, metals, functional materials, organic materials, nitrides and 2D materials |
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