Research: artificial intelligence required in the field of astronomy! In March, the teams from the EPITA Research and Development Laboratory (LRDE), Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des éphémérides - Institute of celestial mechanics and ephemeris calculations (IMCCE) Paris Observatory and the Physics and AstroPhysics (PAP) research team from IPSA (already working in collaboration with IMCCE) met at the school’s Parisian campus for a joint seminar. This event marked the beginning of a brand new collaboration between the researchers from the two entities, focused on artificial intelligence and image processing to benefit astrometry. To discuss this unique link between computer science and space, EPITA spoke with Valéry Lainey, an astronomer at the Paris Observatory, and Guillaume Tochon, a teacher-researcher at the LRDE and co-director of the IMAGE major. Read more
EPITA’s Graduation Ceremony of 156 Egyptian professors from Train the Trainers program in AI The graduation ceremony of the virtual “Train the Trainers” (TT) program in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for 156 Egyptian professors was held online on 1 February 2021. The 3-month training program is part of the cooperation between EPITA and Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Egypt (MCIT), with the aim of developing a joint educational program and creating an effective knowledge transfer system through training Egyptian professors and launching an AI diploma program for Egyptian youth at the Information Technology Institute (ITI). Read more
Two EPITA graduates aim to improve the real estate sector with Lokimo Members of the EPITA class of 2020, with a major in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (SCIA), Binta Gamassa and Martin Noël have launched Lokimo, a start-up that aims at transforming the daily life of real estate professionals through data. Developed in the EPITA StartUp Lab, the school’s start-up studio, this student project turning entrepreneurial does not lack ambition, just like its two creators who have joined us for this interview. Read more
With Capture, four EPITA students endeavor to create smart cameras An entrepreneurial adventure often stems from an encounter. 4th year students Augustin Abelé, Antoine Dray, Louis Marsais and Matthew Rousseau (EPITA class of 2021) met on the school’s Parisian campus in the EPITA StartUp Lab program. Read more
EPITA Announces the Signature of Agreement with Arab Organization for Industrialization for the benefit of Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology for Collaboration in Artificial Intelligence EPITA is pleased to announce the signature of an agreement with Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) for the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Arab Republic of Egypt (MCIT) virtually, regarding the collaboration in Artificial Intelligence (AI). The objective of this agreement is to have an effective knowledge transfer system through EPITA’s teaching 160 Egyptian teachers and enabling them to deliver a customized curriculum for a 9-month postgraduate diploma in AI. Read more
