PSL-ITI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

A NEW DOCTORATE INVENTING THE NEXT GENERATION OF INNOVATIVE ENGINEERS, RESEARCHERS AND ENTREPRENEURS

Innovation is essential to meeting the challenges of interna- PSL-ITI OFFERS: tional competition in industry: SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE, — AN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT (classes in MULTIDISCIPLINARITY, and the interface between English with academic staff from France and abroad), RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT are the key motors of — MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH-BASED INSTRUC- this innovation. TION AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL,

The Institute of Technology and Innovation (PSL-ITI) aims to — A TWOFOLD EDUCATIONAL TRACK – multidisci- educate the next generation of innovative engineers, resear- plinary research/innovation and entrepreneurship – chers, and entrepreneurs needed by industry and to MAKE supervised by TWO DIFFERENT TUTORS, one from the RESEARCH AN ENGINE FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH. academic world and the other from industry, — NUMEROUS INDUSTRIAL PARTNERSHIPS to put the A flagship project of Paris Sciences et Lettres Research issues of the industrial world at the heart of the program, University (PSL), PSL-ITI was conceived by institutes that — The excellence, diversity, and complementarity of PSL excel in scientific and engineering research, and which have institutes and laboratories: including not only those mentio- produced numerous PhD graduates responsible for crea- ned above, but also the UNIVERSITÉ PARIS-DAUPHINE, ting innovative startups. Numbered among these institutes INSTITUT CURIE, OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS, COLLÈGE are three elite engineering schools (ESPCI PARISTECH, DE FRANCE, AND ÉCOLE NATIONALE SUPÉRIEURE CHIMIE PARISTECH, AND MINES PARISTECH) and the DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS, ÉCOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE. — An active partnership with the ÉCOLE NATIONALE DES PONTS ET CHAUSSÉES, — CLOSE COLLABORATIONS with major universities ACROSS THE WORLD.

A NEW WAY TO EDUCATE INNOVATIVE ENGINEERS

In line with international standards, students follow a four-year program that includes

— ONE YEAR DEDICATED TO PREPARATION FOR THE — A DOCTORAL TRACK within a DEDICATED DOC- DOCTORATE based on training at CROSS-DISCIPLINA- TORAL INSTITUTE, currently being established, which RY INTERFACES AND LESSONS IN INNOVATION AND offers financial aid through France’s Idex1 initiative. ENTREPRENEURSHIP. AN ENTIRELY NEW CONCEPT The program continues with thesis development in PSL’s in the French academic landscape, this pre-doctoral year cutting-edge laboratories, guaranteeing high-quality and is the key to innovation. Students apply what they learn original research. PSL-ITI is investing in the PhD program during this year to transform their academic work into to make it a major asset for industrial innovation. a genuine force for industrial innovation.

1 / An “Excellence Initiative” (Initiatives d’Excellence or Idex), a major part of the government’s “Investments for the Future” program, is a large-scale research and higher education project chosen by an international panel of experts to receive public funding. PSL was one of the eight projects chosen. FOCUS ON THE PRE-DOCTORAL YEAR

The PSL-ITI program is open to both French and overseas graduate students with master’s degrees in engineering and/or specialized master’s degrees. Women are highly encouraged to attend this program.

An admissions committee will select the students chosen for the program each year. Students are eligible for !nancial support. At the end of the year, students are awarded a PSL-ITI pre-doctoral diploma.

Students choose a personalized course of study from among the ten scientific mo- dules listed below, opting for two majors (80 hours of lessons each) and one minor (40 hours of lessons). Students also have 60 hours of lessons covering business, innovation, economics, and intellectual property. They participate in a collaborative project over several weeks in which they simu- late the creation of a startup, based on projects chosen from PSL laboratories. They create a business plan for the project. They attend a series of approximately ten conferences on questions of multidis- ciplinary interest. Each conference is given by world-renowned scientists and pioneering figures from innovative industries.

TEACHING PLACEMENTS PROJECTS EVALUATION September - December January - April May - June July

Science: 1 minor + 2 majors Innovative technologies for health Modeling and engineering of biological systems Research Cognitive engineering Laboratories in PSL Business Plan Microfluidics or abroad Quantum engineering Spatial and geo-engineering or Advanced materials – Topical challenges Conferences Applied mathematics for signal and image processing Enterprise Entrepreneurs Energy Startup and Innovation and scientists Environment

Innovation and Entrepreneurship CORE CURRICULUM: INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

The core curriculum is designed to provide students with an education in innovation and entrepreneurship. It com- Course conceived by: Karla Balaa, Eric Brousseau, Albert prises four modules that cover the tools and dynamics of David, Anne Dumas, Ludovic Hamon, Armand Hatchuel, innovation (practical, financial, organizational, and social Yves Laszlo, Pascal Le Masson, Catherine Léger-Jarniou, aspects): François Lequeux, Jacques Lewiner, Emmanuel Mahé, Stéphane Mallat, Bruno Martinaud, Philippe Mustar, — Creating a startup: a how-to guide Patrick Renaud, Philippe Vernazobres, and Benoît Weill. — Research, conception, and innovation: thin- king tools, management, and performance — Research and innovation through design — Economics of innovation

OPTIONAL SCIENTIFIC MODULES

INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES MODELING AND ENGINEERING FOR HEALTH OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

This course demonstrates how technological innovations This course proposes cutting-edge mathematical ap- will enable us to tackle the two major medical challenges proaches to: of the twenty-first century: — model biological systems, from molecular systems to — reducing the time between diagnosis and therapy to cellular ecosystems; improve treatment, with the help of imaging and targeted — predict the effects of external intervention (e.g., the use remote-controlled drugs (theranostics); of medicinal drugs); — improving prevention and personalized treatment — design new therapeutic strategies (e.g., for cancers, through the use of new sensors, prosthetics, and commu- for neurodegenerative diseases); nication devices (embedded and personalized medicine). — create living systems with defined properties (bioreme- diation or biofuel production).

Course conceived by: Pascal Bigey, Emmanuel Bossy, Alain de Cheveigné, Laurent Cohen, Laurent Corté, Janine Cossy, Course conceived by: David Bensimon, Arnaud Gautier, Emmanuel Dupoux, Didier Gourier, Boris Gutkin, André Ludovic Jullien, Denis Thieffry, Antoine Triller, Jean- Klarsfeld, Mickaël Tanter, Yannick Tillier, Christophe Philippe Vert, and Andrei Zinovyev. Tribet, and François Vialatte. COGNITIVE ENGINEERING QUANTUM ENGINEERING

How does the human brain acquire or reacquire knowle- The present digital revolution is based on quantum engi- dge? How does it interact with technological objects or neering, which is at the heart of the electronic and optical with other brains? The cognitive engineering course intro- devices that we use. This course is devoted to the study of duces some of the major concepts and findings of the quantum devices, from fundamental concepts to their fa- study of the brain and its functions (perception, action, brication and observation, including their modeling. Along- decision-making, consciousness, memory, language, social side optoelectronic devices, emerging concepts will also be cognition, etc.) and illustrates how this fundamental know- studied (spintronics, quantum information processing, cold ledge can help to resolve complex engineering problems atoms, quantum nanoresonators, etc.). involving human operators.

Course conceived by: Jean-Marc Berroir, Jean Dalibard, Course conceived by: Daniel Andler, Anne-Catherine Noël Dimarcq, Philippe Goldner, Jérôme Lesueur, Dimitri Bachoud-Lévi, Mikael Cozic, Boris Gutkin, Emmanuel Roditchev, Pierre Rouchon, and Christophe Salomon. Dupoux, Alain de Cheveigné, Jean Lorenceau, Christian Lorenzi, Elena Pasquinelli, Sharon Peperkamp, and Valentin Wyart. SPATIAL AND GEO-ENGINEERING

Based on the work of the CERES space campus, this course MICROFLUIDICS presents nanosatellite research and development aimed at providing simpler and faster access to space and observa- Microfluidics describes the behavior of small-volume fluids tion of the Earth. The opportunities offered by nano- within micro channels, with practical applications in phy- satellite observations will be illustrated by looking at the sics, chemistry, and biology. Building on a problem-based question of water resources, which, in the face of climate learning approach, the course brings together new com- change and population pressure, constitutes a major envi- panies, established manufacturers, academic experts, and ronmental challenge. practical work, to give students the scientific, technolo- gical, and practical knowledge needed to understand the technical and strategic challenges in the field today. Course conceived by: Pierre Briole, Dominique Bruel, Isabelle Cojan, Pierre Drossart, Josselin Garnier, Jérôme Kullmann, Benoît Mosser, Guy Perrin, Gérard Rousset, Course conceived by: Fethi Bedioui, Jérôme Bibette, Yong and Didier Tiphène. Chen, Jacques Fattaciolli, Andrew Griffiths, Marie-Caroline Julien, Fanny d’Orlyé, Patrick Tabeling, Michael Tatoulian, and Laurent Thouin. ADVANCED MATERIALS APPLIED MATHEMATICS TOPICAL CHALLENGES FOR SIGNAL AND IMAGE PROCESSING

The aim of this course is to provide original teaching in ma- Digital images are to be found widely in all areas of life, terial science and engineering based on a multidisciplinary science, and society. This course presents a number of approach, from chemistry and physics to mechanics and fundamental aspects of signal and image processing and digital simulation. The course is built on several examples analysis, as well as current trends in mathematical methods of modern and innovative materials and on advanced de- in computer vision. The course is illustrated by concrete sign and characterization methods. Teaching will also focus applications in various domains including medical imaging, on the major challenges facing material science now and in 3D scene reconstruction, visual recognition, and image the future. databases. Practical sessions will give students the oppor- tunity to manipulate images and use different methods.

Course conceived by: Jacques Besson, Elisabeth Bou- chaud, Anne Boutin, Georges Cailletaud, Michel Cloitre, Course conceived by: Habib Ammari, Laurent Cohen, Olivier Dauchot, Denis Duhamel, Anaël Lemaître, François Stéphane Holé, Jean Lévine, Stéphane Mallat, Renaud Lequeux, Philippe Marcus, Elisabeth Massoni, Matthieu Marlet, Fernand Meyer, Pascal Monasse, Stefano Moretti, Mazière, Michel Mortier, Henri Proudhon, and Rodolphe Jean Ponce, and Marc Pouzet. Vuilleumier. ENVIRONMENT

ENERGY This course provides an overview of the major environ- mental challenges that we are facing as well as a closer The aim of this course is to make students aware of new look at a specific theme – for 2014, the chosen subject challenges in the context of introducing renewable energy is “scarce resources in a world undergoing transition”. and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Energy storage, The multidisciplinary approach goes beyond a resource/ which will be necessary to balance the energy equation, is demand/flux comparison, bringing together regulatory, at the heart of the course. Students will learn two methods social, and financial aspects. New mechanisms to improve of analysis: the first, on the macro scale, is a means to access to resources will be examined, such as new deposits conduct impact studies on the introduction of a new tech- and (clean) extraction methods, recycling processes, and nology, while the second, on a single-system scale, helps in financial tools. conception and optimization.

Course conceived by: Carlo Adamo, Chris Bowler, Pierre Course conceived by: Mathieu Bancelin, Michel Cassir, Briole, Ludovic Jullien, Vincent Lagneau, Jacques Laskar, François Cauneau, Gérard Cote, Christophe Coquelet, Stéphanie Monjon, Michel Mortier, Denis-Didier Rousseau, Khalil El Khoury, Alain Gaunand, Dominique Marchio, Bruno Tassin, Anne Varenne, and Frédérique Vincent. Didier Mayer, Serge Piperno, and Assaad Zoughaib. WHY PSL-ITI?

Educating each year a high number of innovative engineers, Teaching, research, innovation and enterprise are the keys with extensive knowledge in a number of disciplines, to a twenty-first century of progress and peace. As head strong experience in research, and an education in crea- of a high-tech corporation, I support the PSL-ITI initiative, ting businesses – in ten years this program can finally help which will allow us to meet the considerable scientific, eco- to convert the quality of France’s science teaching into a nomic, and social challenges that await us. genuine strength for innovation and into economic wealth. Philippe Camus, Chairman of Alcatel-Lucent Monique Canto-Sperber, President of Paris Sciences et Lettres Innovation has been at the heart of the creation of PSL, and it is innovation that will drive growth in the future. PSL-ITI is a superb program founded on interdisciplinarity, This new initiative from PSL should foster real innovation scientific excellence, and innovation. It is fully in line with by bringing together scientific excellence, multidisciplina- the spirit of ESPCI, which aims to produce innovative engi- rity, and entrepreneurial values with a market approach. neers through research. It answers a real need.

Jean-François Joanny, Director of ESPCI ParisTech Pierre André de Chalendar, CEO and Chairman of the Saint-Gobain Group

A new doctoral program that will offer an innovation- oriented education in some of the best laboratories in Paris. An engine for economic growth and progress, inno- vation is also at the heart of any company, essential to Valérie Cabuil, Director of Chimie ParisTech its conception and development while also ensuring its longevity. The Institute of Technology and Innovation With its education based on intellectual curiosity and founded by Paris Sciences et Lettres adopts a multidisci- research at the highest level, PSL-ITI will help to deve- plinary approach. The program brings together first-rate lop individuals that are particularly effective in finding scientific teaching with lessons in entrepreneurialism to breakthroughs and translating them into socioeconomic inspire the next generation of innovative engineers. I am activity. certain that all those who benefit from the program will find it an asset in their professional careers. Romain Soubeyran, Director of MINES ParisTech Anne Lauvergeon, Chairwoman of ALP

The combination of a multidisciplinary approach and the best fundamental research produces first-rate scientists We are very happy about the PSL-ITI initiative, which will who are capable of seeing the possibilities for innovation in definitely promote the spirit of enterprise and innovation their research and developing them: PSL-ITI is an ambitious in France in domains like that of medical devices. As the response to this major challenge. founder and president of an innovative medical imaging company, I am delighted at the prospect of being able to Marc Mézard, Director of the Ecole normale supérieure recruit students from this first-rate program.

A program to encourage the production and education of Jacques Souquet, President of SuperSonic Imagine professionals in technological innovation.

Armel de La Bourdonnaye, Director of the Ecole nationale des ponts et chaussées PRACTICAL INFORMATION

The syllabus and application forms can be found at the following address: www.univ-psl.fr/default/EN/all/research_fr/PSL_ITI.htm

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