Our school, a key player in modernization
The future of industry in developed countries now depends on the modernization of production processes and the evolution of associated economic models. New technologies are key elements of this transformation, particularly in sectors related to the digitalization of the value chain, additive manufacturing, monitoring and control, composite materials and new materials, the role of humans and management in the factory, and, finally, energy efficiency and the environmental footprint of companies.
CentraleSupélec, as a leading general engineering school, has naturally positioned itself in all of these sectors by relying on fundamental disciplines that constitute its core business: control, signal processing and telecommunications, industrial engineering and process engineering, physics and physical chemistry, mathematics and computer science. For several years, research and teaching teams from all these disciplines have been involved in advancing knowledge and promoting to students the issues associated with the industry of the future.
The cross-disciplinary action Industrie_du_Futur[at]cs involves most of CentraleSupélec's research laboratories across the three sites and a large part of the teaching departments. Its aim is to unite and promote the many existing actions within each entity, but also to encourage the emergence of new cross-disciplinary initiatives or themes and to coordinate collective projects across the institution.
A global approach to meet the challenges of the industry of the future
The number of stakeholders involved, their diversity and their complementarity allow CentraleSupélec to address the issues raised by the industry of the future at very different levels (scientific, methodological, technological, experimental) and in almost all fields. CentraleSupélec thus intends to contribute significantly to the development of the industry of the future through research, training, innovation and transfer, with two major ambitions: to give our industry the means to produce in a competitive and innovative manner but also to our society, the means to produce and consume in a sustainable and informed manner.
Established and emerging research activities, educational programs, national and international projects, spin-offs, experimental platforms, corporate chairs, industrial or academic partnerships, as well as recurring key events on the subject (inter-laboratory seminar days, summer school) make CentraleSupélec a historic and major player in the development of an industry always looking towards the future in an increasingly competitive context and increasingly constrained by the scarcity of resources.
The 6 Major Areas of the Industry of the Future at CentraleSupélec
- Advanced production technologies, advanced control
- Connected, controlled, optimized factories and lines/islands
- New economic and societal models
- Connected objects, Internet of things, industrial Internet, AI
- New approaches to man at work
- Integrated supplier-customer relationships
An entire ecosystem around the industry of the future
Concrete examples for the industry of the future
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The RRSC Chair is a research and teaching chair dedicated to risk analysis and optimizing the resilience of critical infrastructure. It is based on analytical methods from the field of reliability and probabilistic and statistical modeling techniques developed in applied mathematics. The ultimate goal is to solve decision-making and optimization problems under uncertainty that involve the chair's three partners: EDF, Orange, and SNCF.
- Holder : Anne Barros
- Partners : EDF, Orange and SNCF
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Digiscope is a network of platforms for the interactive visualization of large amounts of data and complex calculations. Located within the University of Paris-Saclay, the ten Digiscope rooms are interconnected by a telepresence network enabling remote collaboration. The targeted applications are scientific research, industrial design, decision support, and training. CentraleSupélec developed the equipment Synapse (Digital Interactive Display Room for Teaching and Science Excellence), an image wall based on a 3D rear projection system on a screen of approximately 11m2. The main uses of the platform are the visualization of scientific data from high-performance computing, teaching and student projects.
To increase immersion, motion tracking is provided by four infrared cameras. Computing power for real-time rendering is provided by a machine with 4 cores, 32 TB of RAM, two Nvidia K1 graphics cards, and SSD drives.
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Developed in partnership with ESTIA, the FlexTech Chair is a research and teaching chair dedicated to human-system integration in complex systems with increasing autonomy. It is based on the innovative approach of Human Centered Design (HCD), placing humans and organizations at the heart of industrial and societal issues. This method has proven itself over the past twenty years in high-tech fields (particularly aerospace) requiring a flexible approach and requires further scientific and technical development.
Holder : Guy André Boy
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The FAPS Strategic Research Initiative, co-funded by the University of Paris-Saclay, aims to provide a platform equipped with an SLM machine and a robotic additive and subtractive manufacturing cell based on the laser wire deposition process. This equipment complements existing facilities, such as ONERA's atomization tower and the X-ray tomograph at ENS Paris-Saclay, two Equipex MATMECA facilities, and the five-axis powder projection machine at École Polytechnique and ENSTA.
The members of IRS-FAPS are CEA, CentraleSupélec, ENSTA, ENS Paris-Saclay, École Polytechnique, and ONERA.Image
Laboratories involved in serving the Industry of the Future
| Laboratory or team | Director / Manager | Research areas | |
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 | Digital Vision Center CVN | JC Pesquet | Imaging, digital, signal processing, modelization |
 | Molecular and Macroscopic Energetics EM2C | S. Ducruix | Energy, combustion, physics, applied mathematics |
 | Electrical Engineering Laboratory of Paris GeePs | C. Marchand | Electrical engineering, materials, electromagnetism, characterization of materials for electronics and energy |
 | Rennes Institute of Electronics and Digital Technologies (IETR) | G. Andrieux | Automation, signal processing, telecoms Virtual and augmented reality |
 | Institute for Research in Computer Science and Random Systems - IRISA CIDER Team | Valerie Viet Triem Tong | IT, cybersecurity |
 | Signals and Systems Laboratory L2S | P. Bondon | Automation, signal processing, statistics, telecom |
 | Industrial Engineering Laboratory Lgi | B. Yannou | Industrial engineering, management, economics |
 | Process and Materials Engineering Laboratory LGPM | F. Puel | Production Process Engineering and transformation of matter, Development of materials and biomaterials |
 | Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Digital Sciences Lisnice | S. Rosset | |
 | Paris-Saclay Mechanics Laboratory LMPS | P.-A. Boucard | Mechanics of materials and structures |
 | Lorraine Laboratory for Research in Computer Science and its Applications - LORIA | Additive manufacturing, signal processing | |
 | Mathematics and Computer Science for Complexity and Systems - MICS | C. Hudelot | Applied mathematics IT |
 | CentraleSupelec ONERA NUS DSO Research Alliance SONDRA | S. Saillant | Waves, radar, signal processing |
 | Structures properties and Modeling of solids SPMS | H. Dammak | Physics, chemistry, materials |
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