Four researchers from the Institut Polytechnique de Paris awarded ERC Starting Grants
>> Find all the information about the projects supported on the École Polytechnique and Center for Research Economics and Statistics websites
About the ERC
The European Research Council (ERC), established by the European Union in 2007, is Europe's premier funding body for excellence in exploratory research. It funds creative researchers of any nationality and age to carry out projects across Europe.
The ERC offers four core grant programs: Starting Grants, Consolidation Grants, Advanced Grants, and Synergy Grants. ERC Starting Grants are aimed at young researchers at the beginning of their careers (2 to 7 years post-doctorate). Each winner will be able to develop a team of their choice, focused on an exploratory scientific issue at the frontiers of knowledge.
With its additional proof-of-concept grant program, the ERC helps recipients bridge the gap between their pioneering research and the early stages of commercialization.
The ERC is governed by an independent governing body, the Scientific Council. Since November 2021, Maria Leptin has been the President of the ERC. The ERC's overall budget for the period 2021-2027 is over €16 billion, as part of the Horizon Europe program, under the responsibility of the European Commissioner for Startups, Research, and Innovation, Ekaterina Zaharieva.
About Vignesh Kannan
Vignesh Kannan is a researcher at the Solid Mechanics Laboratory (LMS*).
His MultiPhaseXtrM project explores the behavior of shape memory alloys under extreme dynamic conditions.
*LMS: a joint research unit of the CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, and Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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About Thomas Debris-Alazard
Thomas Debris-Alazard is a research fellow at Inria in the Computer Science Laboratory at Ecole Polytechnique (LIX*).
His IQ-SCALe project focuses on the resilience of new cryptographic protocols, particularly in light of the possible advent of quantum computers.
*LIX: a joint research unit of the CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, and Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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About Alejandro Alvarez Laguna
Alejandro Alvarez Laguna is a CNRS researcher at the Plasma Physics Laboratory (LPP*).
His HiMomPlas project aims to contribute to the improvement of plasma propulsion systems by establishing numerical models capable of taking into account the full physical complexity of the process.
*LPP: a joint research unit CNRS, Observatoire de Paris-PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris-Saclay, École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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About Anna Korba
Anna Korba is a research fellow at ENSAE Paris at the Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST*) and Hi! PARIS affiliate.
The OptInfinite project led by Anna Korba aims to develop new optimization and sampling methods for probability measures, a key challenge in the field of artificial intelligence and modern machine learning.
*CREST: a joint research unit CNRS, École Polytechnique, GENES, ENSAE Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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