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Polytechnique Montréal and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology sign memorandum of understanding

February 14, 2024

Polytechnique Montréal and the public teaching and research institution NTNU (Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet, or Norwegian University of Science and Technology) have signed a memorandum of understanding to facilitate academic and research ...

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Google makes a major donation of $1.3 million to support the Multidisciplinary Institute for Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience (IMC2)

January 25, 2024

On January 25, Google.org took an important step by announcing a $1.3 million grant to Fondation et Alumni de Polytechnique Montréal in support of the Multidisciplinary Institute for Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience (IMC2). This historic donation by Goo ...

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Lunar engineering: creation of the Astrolith research unit at Polytechnique Montréal

January 24, 2024

Polytechnique Montréal sets up a research unit in space resources and infrastructure engineering, the first such group dedicated to the development of lunar engineering in Canada. ...

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Professor Samuel Pierre awarded the Engineering Institute of Canada’s Julian C. Smith Medal

December 21, 2023

Samuel Pierre, a full professor in the Department of Computer Engineering and Software Engineering, receives prestigious recognition of his contributions to the field of engineering. ...

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Professor Catherine Beaudry recognized for advancing innovation policy

December 5, 2023

Catherine Beaudry, a full professor in the Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering, recently received the 2023 Trailblazer Award for Innovation Policy from the Canadian Science Policy Centre (CSPC). ...

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Zhouhang (Amelia) Dai, ninth recipient of the Order of the White Rose

December 4, 2023

At an emotion-filled ceremony held 34 years after the anti-feminist murders of December 6, 1989, Polytechnique Montréal today awarded the Order of the White Rose Scholarship to Zhouhang (Amelia) Dai, an engineering student who is committed to achieving an ...

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Activities commemorating December 6, 1989

November 24, 2023

Thirty-four 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 act ...

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Polytechnique Montréal at 150: all the more reason to celebrate!

November 21, 2023

On Monday, November 20, 2023, the extended Polytechnique Montréal community and its many partners commemorated a significant moment in the history of Québec: the 150th anniversary of North America’s first French-language engineering school. Here is a phot ...

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Professor Foutse Khomh awarded a prestigious NSERC Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship

November 1, 2023

Foutse Khomh, full professor in the Department of Computer Engineering and Software Engineering, is among the six recipients of a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship for 2023. ...

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Polytechnique Montréal and Wrocław University of Science and Technology sign a collaboration agreement

October 25, 2023

Polytechnique Montréal and Poland's Politechnika Wrocławska have signed a collaboration agreement for scientific, technical and academic purposes. ...

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150th anniversary lectures: David Saint-Jacques brings inspiration to Polytechnique Montréal

October 23, 2023

On October 19, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques shared stories about his career and experience in space at a special event held to mark Polytechnique Montréal's anniversary year. Mr. Saint-Jacques is also an astrophysicist, physici ...

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Polytechnique Montréal and Brazil’s Unicamp renew their collaboration agreement

October 20, 2023

Polytechnique Montréal and Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), a leading public university in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, have extended a framework agreement for scientific, technical and academic collaboration. ...

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Cybersecurity: GEDAI Chair created to tackle insider threats

October 19, 2023

The allusion in the name reflects the founders’ ambitions. By initiating the GEDAI (pronounced “JEDI”), the Institutional Chair on the Detection, Analysis and Automated Management of Internal Breaches and Anomalies, Polytechnique Montréal intends to attac ...

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Canada’s energy transition: $14 million to foster scientific research and governance

October 4, 2023

Trottier Family Foundation invests in Polytechnique Montréal to act as an energy compass for the country ...

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Four Polytechnique Montréal graduate students earn prestigious research grants

August 30, 2023

Government of Canada awards scholarships to PhD candidates Marie Bellemare, Gayaneh Petrossian and Amirali Karimi, as well as postdoctoral fellow Stephen Lee. ...

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Canada Research Chairs awarded to professors Boulay, Karabulut Kurt and Anbil Parthipan; funding renewed for Professor Rousseau’s Chair

August 29, 2023

Anne-Marie Boulay, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Gunes Karabulut Kurt, Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Sarath Chandar Anbil Parthipan, Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Engi ...

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Four Polytechnique Montréal faculty members awarded research funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Government of Québec

August 29, 2023

Professors Sampada Bodkhe, Marco Bonizzato, Elmira Hassamzadeh and Pooneh Maghoul have been awarded funding for their respective research projects from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund and the Government of Québec. ...

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Carbon neutrality in Canada: the IET at Polytechnique Montréal launches Pathways Explorer, an interactive visualization tool

July 10, 2023

On July 5, 2023, the Institut de l’énergie Trottier (IET) at Polytechnique Montréal launched the Pathways Explorer, a new interactive online dashboard for net-zero scenarios visualization. ...

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Polytechnique Montréal signs general agreement with Université PSL in France

June 27, 2023

Polytechnique Montréal and Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (Université PSL) have signed a far-reaching agreement to facilitate academic mobility and research collaboration in engineering and all areas of study. ...

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Launch of the UNESCO Chair in Green and Sustainable Electronics at Polytechnique Montréal

June 19, 2023

Polytechnique Montréal is taking the lead in the fight against the global electronic waste crisis as the host institution of the UNESCO Chair in Green and Sustainable Electronics (known locally as ÉleVéS, an acronym derived from the chair’s French name). ...

https://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-actualite/en/news/launch-unesco-chair-green-and-sustainable-electronics-polytechnique-montreal

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