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NSERC Alliance Grants: Polytechnique Montréal ranks first, winning 24% of all funds awarded to Québec universities

February 25, 2021

Polytechnique Montréal researchers have once again demonstrated their ability to kick start large-scale projects that have a concrete impact on the country’s citizens. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) recently announ ...

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50 Polytechnique Montréal researchers among the top 2% most cited in their respective fields

February 24, 2021

Some 50 of Polytechnique Montréal’s current and former researchers appear on a prestigious list of the world's most productive and cited researchers in their respective fields, according to a Stanford University study. ...

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Software Engineering: Professors Antoniol and Khomh Receive Award for Most Influential Article of the Decade

February 18, 2021

Full Professors Foutse Khomh and Giuliano Antoniol (Department of Computer and Software Engineering) are just two of the article’s authors who will be celebrated for their achievement during the Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering (SANER) virt ...

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A Polytechnique Montreal Department of Electrical Engineering professor and a doctoral student both win Awards

February 15, 2021

Professor Ke Wu will receive the Julian C. Smith Medal, awarded by the Canadian Institute of Engineers, while doctoral student Intikhab Hussain will receive a graduate scholarship from the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S). ...

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Cybersecurity: Polytechnique Montréal’s community and the general public are invited to the first edition of the 24h@CTF event

February 10, 2021

Polytechnique Montréal, in partnership with the PolyHx student group, Cybereco, Desjardins, Yogosha and Maltem Canada, have set up 24h@CTF – an exciting cyber-based “capture the flag” event of interest to interest cybersecurity aficionados and rookies ali ...

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Le professeur Jamal Chaouki lauréat du prix John R. Grace de la Société canadienne de génie chimique

23 octobre 2024

Jamal Chaouki, professeur titulaire au Département de génie chimique, a reçu ce prix en reconnaissance de ses contributions exceptionnelles dans le domaine du génie chimique. ...

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Technology start-up companies at Polytechnique Montréal get $600,000 funding boost

February 5, 2021

Polytechnique Montréal is firmly establishing itself in Québec’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, positioning itself as a pillar for technology start-ups. To this end, the university has just obtained $600,000 of funding from the Government of Quebec and the Ci ...

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A maritime cybersecurity research center is set to take form

January 28, 2021

Polytechnique Montréal's cybersecurity team is joining forces with two companies in the maritime sector to establish a maritime cybersecurity research and development center. Their goal? To secure the computer and electronic systems responsible for s ...

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A liquid pixel projector to treat surfaces with increased accuracy

January 14, 2021

It’s an innovation that could accelerate the completion of biochemical and biological tests- in addition offering entirely new vistas to researchers. A Polytechnique Montréal team recently unveiled its "pixelated chemical display", a kind of min ...

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New ENAP- Polytechnique Montréal DESS in the Management of Systems and Complex Projects for Public Interest

January 13, 2021

Polytechnique Montréal and the École nationale d’administration publique (ENAP) have announced the creation of a new joint graduate diploma (DESS) in the Management Of Complex Systems And Projects For Public Interest. ...

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The CAN-SBX 2020-2021 Challenge: PolyOrbite’s experiments will take to the skies in a stratospheric balloon

January 6, 2021

Two experiments developed by PolyOrbite, a technical group at Polytechnique Montréal, will be performed this summer using a Canadian Space Agency balloon that can reach 30 kilometres altitude. ...

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Three Polytechnique professors awarded Canada Research Chairs, in addition to federal and provincial government funding

December 16, 2020

Professors Myriam Brochu, Dominique Claveau-Mallet, and Clara Santato are leading innovative research work with support from the Canada Research Chairs Program, the John R. Evans Leaders Fund (via the Canada Foundation for Innovation- CFI), and the Govern ...

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Brielle Chanae Thorsen, sixth recipient of the Order of the White Rose

December 2, 2020

With immense pride, Polytechnique Montréal’s administration today awarded the sixth annual Order of the White Rose scholarship to Brielle Chanae Thorsen, a graduate of Queen’s University’s (Kingston, Ontario) Bachelor’s of Mechanical Engineering and Appli ...

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Energy efficiency: a Québec-wide quest begins to link heat emitters with heat seekers

December 2, 2020

Professor Michaël Kummert (Polytechnique Montréal, Department of Mechanical Engineering), will soon start a special kind of prospecting in Québec, in partnership with a team lead by Université de Montréal’s Professor Franck Scherrer (Faculté de l’aménagem ...

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Activities commemorating December 6, 1989

November 30, 2020

Thirty-one years have passed since the anti-women attack that took the lives of 14 young women and injured 13 other individuals on December 6, 1989, at Polytechnique Montréal. To honour the memory of the victims of this tragedy, several commemorative acti ...

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Landing in Switzerland – before even the Moon or Mars!

November 30, 2020

If all goes as planned, Professor Giovanni Beltrame’s team (Department of Computer and Software Engineering) will travel to Lucerne, Switzerland in July 2021- accompanied by his three robot rovers and a robot dog. The group’s mission? Map terrain totally ...

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Invisible organic light-emitting diodes reach new world record

November 24, 2020

You can’t see it with the naked eye, but a new fluorescent organic light-emitting diode (OLED) could shed light on the development of innovative applications in devices such as smartphone and television displays using near-infrared light. Created through ...

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Geothermal energy: newly-launched project will bring enviro-energy production to Québec schools faster

November 18, 2020

Polytechnique Montréal, Hydro-Québec, the Centre de services scolaire de Montréal, the Centre de services scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles, the Centre de services scolaire des Samares, Natural Resources Canada’s CanmetENERGY Research Centre, the U ...

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Detecting the SARS-CoV-2 virus in saliva: A clinical study starts

November 11, 2020

A multidisciplinary team and their project, led by Polytechnique Montréal’s Professor Frédéric Leblond and the CHUM’s Dr. Dominique Trudel is moving into Phase II - developing a diagnostic tool using saliva samples to detect COVID-19 carriers. Over the ne ...

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COVID-19: Research project headed by Professor Frédéric Leblond funded by the CFI and the Government of Québec

November 6, 2020

Professor Frédéric Leblond has received funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Government of Québec for a research project to create a biofluid characterization platform using Raman spectroscopy. The purpose? To develop a saliva test to ...

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