A look back at Paris Air Show 2025
Chair ASC's ambitions
The Complex Systems Architecture Chair is a major initiative of IP Paris. It represents a strategic collaboration between the academic world and key players in the French defense industry.
Its main objective is to train future engineers to tackle defense challenges through a systemic and multidisciplinary approach, while strengthening national sovereignty.
The major developments since 2023
Faculty member hiring
Four permanent faculty members have been hired within our members schools :
- Jérémy Dubut - École Polytechnique
- Mario Gleirscher - ENSTA
- Georgios Bakirtzis - Télécom Paris -- find out more about him, ici
- Philipp Schlehuber -Caissier - Télécom SudParis
Education
New programs have been designed as Formal Methods at École Polytechnique and Complex Networks at Télécom SudParis.
Corporate partnerships
The ASC Chair is at the heart of a vibrant collaborative ecosystem: workshops, student projects, and now the ASC Challenge create valuable opportunities for students, researchers, industry experts, and institutions to come together. The Chair is overseen by CIEDS – the Interdisciplinary Center for Defense and Security Studies, which ensures its strong connection to the IP Paris ecosystem. It reflects a commitment to close collaboration with key players in the defense sector.
“Two years after its launch at the Paris Air Show, the ASC Chair at Institut Polytechnique de Paris has never been more strategically relevant. It has become a true platform for fruitful diiscussions between engineers, researchers, and industry — a shared foundation for developing the defense systems of the future,” said Thierry Coulhon, Chairman of the Management Board of IP Paris.
Our partners : Dassault Aviation, Dassault Systèmes, NAVAL GROUP, KNDS France, Agence de l'innovation de défense.
