News : Interviews

You were appointed Director of CEA-Leti in July. How have you adjusted to your new role? S.D.: Quickly!If you remember, back in July there was a lot of talk about the semiconductor shortage, technological sovereignty, and Intel’s plans to expand its manufacturing base into Europe.The French government’s Directorate General for Enterprise (DGE) and Brussels very […] >>

Grenoble-Alpes University’s application for national IDEX (Initiatives of Excellence) funding was approved in late June. Were you surprised? We wanted it and our local stakeholders certainly worked hard to make it happen.We were careful not to take anything for granted. This was not a given. You have to remember what has been happening on other […] >>

The French government has selected four Irig joint research units to receive Equipex grants. What does this mean for Irig? Our success rate has never been higher. We really have done exceptionally well. The grants will finance equipment that is crucial to programs in Irig’s key research areas. Investments will include the beamlines at ESRF, […] >>

What is the rationale behind Need for IoT, a joint project between Grenoble-Alpes University, Grenoble INP, CNRS, and the CEA? The idea for project, which launched in 2018, came from scientists at LTM and CEA-Leti. They wanted to head off the problem of dwindling cobalt, gallium, indium, germanium, and platinum supplies to mitigate the impact […] >>

Tell us about Think What Matters. We are a collective of around ten students from Grenoble INP, Sciences Po Grenoble, UGA, and INSA Lyon. We started the collective in late 2019 to make information about the environmental transition more accessible and, therefore, make the transition more inclusive, something that was missing. We organize lectures and […] >>