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Florent Sevely, best DGA thesis 2025
Florent Sevely, a doctoral student in the MRS team, received the DGA 2025 award for best thesis, chosen among a hundred candidates.
Rachel Grosset-Darracq, silver medal at the ISCCM 2025 conference
Rachel Grosset-Darracq was awarded a silver medal at the ICDCM 2025 conference last September.
Launch of the Robotics PEPR at LAAS-CNRS!
The new “Robotics” research program was launched on Tuesday, February 3, at LAAS-CNRS.
11/02, International Day of Women and Girls in Science
On this International Day, discover the feature on Céline Comte, a computer science researcher, in Manon Magazine
The 2025 Paul Laffitte Prize has been awarded to Vianney Monnier!
Vianney Monnier has been awarded the 2025 Paul Laffitte Prize by the French Combustion Society.
Two Best Poster Awards for LAAS-CNRS!
At the annual PEPR Électronique conference held on 18 and 19 March in Lyon, two Best Poster Awards were presented to Rachel Grosset Darracq and Pomme Hirshauer.
CEM Best Student paper for Lucas Kemystetter
Lucas Kemystetter, a PhD student in the ESE team, won the award for best student paper at the CEM 2026 conference.
Passing of Alain Costes, former LAAS director
It is with deep emotion and great sadness that we share with you the sad news of the passing of Alain COSTES on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
Better Identification of Atomic Defects in Crystals Using Quantum Computation
Accurately identifying point defects in a crystal is a major challenge for microelectronics and emerging quantum technologies, where a single misplaced atom can make all the difference.
Two Awards for Research on Malaria Resistance for Emilie Guémas and Dulce Trejo !
Emilie Guémas and Dulce Trejo from the M3 team have been recognised for their work on malaria resistance
Article of the Year for S4m team in Sports Engineering Journal!
The article “Quantitative Study of a Full-Scale Pedaling Mannequin for Wind Tunnel Testing,” written by Pascal Acco, Georges Soto-Romero, and Sébastien Terol of the S4M team for the Sports Engineering Journal, was named Article of the Year.
Inauguration of the Jorowila IRP: A Transatlantic Bridge for Robotics and Wireless Technologies
The Jorowila International Research Project (NYU-CNRS Joint Robotics and Wireless Laboratory), led by the Gepetto team at LAAS-CNRS and New York University, was officially launched on April 17, 2026, at NYU. This project is developing an ambitious initiative to bring …
