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2017 Québec Science Discovery of the Year Award goes to the cancer-detection probe developed by Frédéric Leblond and Kevin Petrecca!

March 19, 2018

The Québec Science magazine’s 25-year tradition continues: every fall, a jury comprised of researchers and journalists selects the top 10 most impressive discoveries in Quebec in the past year and the public is asked to vote to select the winner. This yea ...

https://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-actualite/en/news/2017-quebec-science-discovery-year-award-goes-cancer-detection-probe-developed-frederic-leblond-and

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Fourth edition of the Order of the White Rose of Polytechnique Montréal

March 8, 2018

Polytechnique Montréal will award a $30,000 scholarship to a woman engineering student in Canada who wishes to pursue her engineering studies in a graduate-level program. ...

https://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-actualite/en/news/fourth-edition-order-white-rose-polytechnique-montreal

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Science and Innovation: Minister Joly’s briefing at Polytechnique Montréal

March 6, 2018

Polytechnique Montréal hosted a presentation by the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage, on the research and innovation support measures contained in the 2018 federal budget. ...

https://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-actualite/en/news/science-and-innovation-minister-jolys-briefing-polytechnique-montreal

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Federal financing of scientific research: a major renewal for the academic community

February 28, 2018

François Bertrand, Chief Research, Innovation and International Officer at Polytechnique Montréal, applauds the Canadian government’s vision for academic research contained in the 2018 budget. ...

https://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-actualite/en/news/federal-financing-scientific-research-major-renewal-academic-community

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Deep neural networks identifies tumours

February 22, 2018

A team of artificial intelligence researchers has developed a new deep-learning method to identify and segment tumours in medical images. ...

https://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-actualite/en/news/deep-neural-networks-identifies-tumours

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Deep neural networks identifies tumours with unmatched performance

February 21, 2018

A team of artificial intelligence researchers has developed a new deep-learning method to identify and segment tumours in medical images.

https://www.polymtl.ca/salle-de-presse/en/newsreleases/deep-neural-networks-identifies-tumours-unmatched-performance

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Professor Catherine Beaudry appointed to the governing council of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

February 16, 2018

Catherine Beaudry, full professor in the Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering and Canada Research Chair at Polytechnique Montréal, will serve for the first time on the governing council of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Counci ...

https://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-actualite/en/news/professor-catherine-beaudry-appointed-governing-council-social-sciences-and-humanities-research

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Supply chains powered by artificial intelligence: Polytechnique Montréal partnering in the SCALE.AI supercluster

February 15, 2018

Polytechnique Montréal is part of the SCALE.AI innovation supercluster, dedicated to building supply chains powered by artificial intelligence, which has received $230 million in support from the Government of Canada. ...

https://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-actualite/en/news/supply-chains-powered-artificial-intelligence-polytechnique-montreal-partnering-scaleai-supercluster

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Polytechnique Montréal among the city’s top employers of 2018

February 1, 2018

For the second year in a row, Polytechnique Montréal has been included in Mediacorp Canada’s annual list of “Montréal’s Top Employers.” ...

https://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-actualite/en/news/polytechnique-montreal-among-citys-top-employers-2018

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CFI and the Government of Québec award more than $20 million to four research projects headed by Polytechnique Montréal professors

January 23, 2018

The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the Government of Québec and various partners will contribute to supporting research infrastructures for projects under the direction of Polytechnique Montréal professors Carl-Éric Aubin, Stéphane Kéna-Cohen, Da ...

https://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-actualite/en/news/cfi-and-government-quebec-award-more-20-million-four-research-projects-headed-polytechnique-montreal

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Québec Network for Electron Microscopy of Materials: Polytechnique Montréal and Université de Montréal awarded $15.2 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Government of Québec and partners

January 22, 2018

Polytechnique Montréal, Université de Montréal and five other Québec universities will establish a distributed electron microscopy infrastructure for study of the properties of advanced materials, down to the atomic scale. ...

https://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-actualite/en/news/quebec-network-electron-microscopy-materials-polytechnique-montreal-and-universite-de-montreal

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Federal Environment and Climate Change Minister visits Institut de l'énergie Trottier

January 19, 2018

The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, visited Polytechnique Montréal on January 18, 2018, and met with the team at the Institut de l’énergie Trottier. ...

https://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-actualite/en/news/federal-environment-and-climate-change-minister-visits-institut-de-lenergie-trottier

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Philippe A. Tanguy meets the Polytechnique Montréal community

January 18, 2018

Polytechnique Montréal welcomes back the former faculty member, appointed to a four-year term as CEO of Polytechnique. ...

https://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-actualite/en/news/philippe-tanguy-meets-polytechnique-montreal-community

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Polytechnique Montréal awarded $2.4 million grant for three chairs as part of the Canada Research Chairs Program

December 14, 2017

Professors Martin Lévesque, Gregory S. Patience and Denis Seletskiy earn backing for their research work from the Canada Research Chairs Program. ...

https://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-actualite/en/news/polytechnique-montreal-awarded-24-million-grant-three-chairs-part-canada-research-chairs-program

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December 6, 2017- 28 years later- Remembering and reflecting

December 6, 2017

The pain has eased and life goes on... but we still remember the 13 Polytechnique Montréal students and one staff member who lost their lives on December 6, 1989, as well as the people who remain wounded by this tragedy. The community has chosen to favour ...

https://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-actualite/en/news/december-6-2017-28-years-later-remembering-and-reflecting

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Polytechnique Montréal et AgroParisTech signent un nouvel accord sur la mobilité étudiante

8 avril 2025

Polytechnique Montréal et l'établissement français d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche AgroParisTech franchissent une étape décisive dans leur partenariat avec la signature d'un avenant spécifique à la mobilité académique et de recherc ...

https://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-actualite/nouvelles/polytechnique-montreal-et-agroparistech-signent-un-nouvel-accord-sur-la-mobilite-etudiante

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Ella Thomson is the third recipient of the Order of the White Rose scholarship

December 1, 2017

Polytechnique Montréal inspires young women engineers in Canada to excellence.

https://www.polymtl.ca/salle-de-presse/en/newsreleases/ella-thomson-third-recipient-order-white-rose-scholarship

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Ella Thomson is the third recipient of the Order of the White Rose scholarship

December 1, 2017

Today, Polytechnique Montréal is presenting the third annual Order of the White Rose scholarship to Ella Thomson, an electrical engineering graduate of the University of Manitoba. This $30,000 scholarship, created three years ago, is awarded annually to a ...

https://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-actualite/en/news/ella-thomson-third-recipient-order-white-rose-scholarship

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The CIRAIG announces one of the world’s largest life cycle research partnerships

November 30, 2017

Montréal – The International Reference Centre for the Life Cycle of Products, Processes and Services (CIRAIG) announced a new five-year partnership as part of the International Life Cycle (ILC) Chair with nine major organizations in Québec and around the world: ArcelorMittal, Hydro-Québec, LVMH, Michelin, Nestlé, Optel, Solvay, Total and Umicore.

https://www.polymtl.ca/salle-de-presse/en/newsreleases/ciraig-announces-one-worlds-largest-life-cycle-research-partnerships

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The CIRAIG announces one of the world’s largest life cycle research partnerships

November 30, 2017

The International Reference Centre for the Life Cycle of Products, Processes and Services (CIRAIG) announced a new five-year partnership as part of the International Life Cycle (ILC) Chair with nine major organizations in Québec and around the world: Arce ...

https://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-actualite/en/news/ciraig-announces-one-worlds-largest-life-cycle-research-partnerships

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