Research Strategy

The exponential development of the information and communication technologies has brought with it the emergence of the Digital Society, characterized by an explosion in exchanges of data, contents and knowledge in all business sectors.
In the French academic and industrial research landscape, the Institut Télécom is the only research body to cover all the scientific and technical fields in a coordinated and coherent fashion in the midst of this profound transformation in which the technologies of both communication and intelligence are coming to the fore.

The Institut Télécom Research Strategy

The Institut Télécom 2008 -2012 research strategy is based on a vision of the Digital Society focused on three main issues:

    * The drivers of the technology, media and uses that form what is commonly known as the “Internet of the Future”
    * The needs of Society: social integration, health, services, sustainable development and security
    * The needs of the economy: knowledge production, regulation, value creation and innovation.


This strategy is supported by three levers:

    * The excellence of the institute’s disciplinary research
    * The relevance of its finalized research
    * The development of partnerships with businesses (large groups and SMEs, other research bodies and universities
    * Strong involvement in the ecosystem of innovation.