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France’s National Industrial Property Institute (INPI) released its 2018 ranking of patent filers. The CEA held on to its fourth-place ranking, coming in just behind three industrial corporations (Valeo, PSA, and Safran) with 674 patent applications published. This was the CEA’s best year ever with the exception of 2016 and 2017 (684 applications). It is […] >>

Of the 31 ERC Advanced grants awarded by the European Research Council (ERC) to researchers in France at the end of March, five were given to researchers in Grenoble, and three went to researchers at IRIG. Martin Blackledge is investigating the structural and dynamic behavior of viral-replication machines. Renaud Demadrille is developing dye-sensitized photovoltaic cells […] >>

Atomic layer deposition (ALD) has become a technique of choice for depositing very thin films. However, the technique does have the disadvantage of being very slow. For the first time ever, speeding up the process appears to be within reach. A recent article by David Muñoz-Rojas (LMGP), Tony Maindron (Leti), and other ALD experts outlined […] >>

Deep learning could be used to crack the encryption codes used to safeguard secure products. Leti’s CESTI* studied the threat in research that recently resulted in a PhD dissertation that earned broad international recognition. The research focused on attacks via auxiliary channels. These attacks log massive amounts of data on a chip’s electricity consumption and […] >>

The 2019 edition of ESONN* garnered more than 200 applications from PhD candidates and junior researchers from around the world for fewer than 50 slots, confirming the summer school’s stellar reputation. ESONN is co-organized by the CNRS, CEA, Grenoble Institute of Technology, and Grenoble-Alpes University from August 25 to September 14. The curriculum is equally […] >>