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The IP Paris Research Day held on December 1, 2025, was dedicated to numerical modeling and the ecological transition. Twenty-one PhD students from the Institut Polytechnique de Paris had the opportunity to present their research by pitching their doctoral work to the scientific community in one minute. On the occasion of the 2026 REFLEXIONS Conference about Energy Transition, this is a look back at several topics presented on December 1st, representative of the research conducted in this field at IP Paris.

Ensuring the stability and sustainability of an energy system has strategic political implications, emphasizes Mathieu Xémard, defense engineer and project manager at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Defence and Security (CIEDS) at IP Paris. Energy security will be the focus of the round table he will chair at the Réflexions conference organized by the Institut Polytechnique de Paris on February 5th.

On December 1, 2025, the Institut Polytechnique de Paris held the fourth edition of its Research Day, focusing on numerical modeling and ecological transition. Around thirty speakers took part in the event, which was aimed at the IP Paris scientific community. It was an opportunity to create synergies and promote major projects for 2025, such as the creation of the Interdisciplinary Center Seas and Oceans (CIMO). Here is a video review of this important event in the IP Paris calendar.

The necessary decarbonisation of the energy sector raises many challenges related to resources, conflicts of resources use and the environment. These issues will be at the heart of the round table on energy sustainability to be held during the Reflexions Conference, which is organised on February 5th by the Institut Polytechnique Paris. This round table will be chaired by Philippe Drobinski, Director of Research at the Dynamic Meteorology Laboratory (LMD*) and Director of the Energy 4 Climate (E4C) interdisciplinary center at IP Paris.

The CIEDS and the French Joint defence staff, in partnership with the AID and the IP Paris incubators, are launching a Call for Expressions of Interest aimed at start-ups within the IP Paris ecosystem, with a view to their participation in the IDEM initiative.

Philippe Nghe is a professor at the Structural Biology of the Cell Laboratory (BIOC) at École Polytechnique. He was recruited in September 2025 as part of the Tenure Track IP Paris program, within the interdisciplinary Engineering 4 Health center*. After exploring the role of ribonucleic acid (RNA) in the origins of life, the researcher will now delve deeper into the link between RNA sequences and their functions, particularly therapeutic ones. To do so, he will rely on artificial intelligence.

Clémence Badie has joined the Laboratory of Condensed Matter for Physics at École Polytechnique as a tenure-track assistant professor supported by the interdisciplinary Materials 4 Society center at IP Paris*. For five years, she will be able to conduct her research on thin film material deposits applied to electrochemistry, such as water electrolysis. Portrait of a researcher committed to academic research and knowledge transfer.

Since January 1st, 2026, Thierry Coulhon has officially been named president of the EuroTech Universities Alliance. Succeeding Koen Janssen (TU/e), he will lead this excellence network during a symbolic year marking its 15th anniversary, with the ambition of strengthening scientific and technological integration on a European scale.

Signed in June 2023, the "Complex Systems Architecture" (ASC) Chair embodies the ambition of the Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris) to strengthen the links between academic research, excellence in education, and industrial innovation.

The Institut Polytechnique de Paris announced on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, the nomination of Robbert Dijkgraaf as the new President of the ISAB (International Scientific Advisory Board). This nomination is part of the growth momentum for IP Paris initiated in July 2024 and strengthens its global scientific influence.

A series of meetings designed to facilitate exchange between the Materials community and the Artificial Intelligence community, the internal workshop of the interdisciplinary center Materials for Society (M4S) are held on the third Tuesday of every month.

Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris) is pleased to announce the results of the 2025 edition of its IP Paris Prematuration Call for Projects. This program aims to foster innovation by turning laboratory research into real-world solutions for tomorrow's society. 19 projects will receive funding for this 7th edition. This demonstrates the strength of innovation at IP Paris.