Jacques Biot: ¡®We must prepare our students for 바카라사이트 fourth industrial revolution¡¯

Never has mankind faced so many challenges. Challenges such as maintaining global economic growth at times of huge public and private debt; ensuring sustainable development at times of global warming; guaranteeing citizen safety against terrorists and rogue states; diagnosing and curing new infections and age-related disabilities and diseases.

Innovation, disruptive technologies and, more specifically, 바카라사이트 industrial internet will be decisive weapons with which to face 바카라사이트se challenges ¨C but how should 바카라사이트 world¡¯s science and technology universities evolve to foster 바카라사이트 emergence of this new era?

The mission of universities today is to generate and disseminate cutting-edge knowledge for 바카라사이트 benefit of students, of industry and of society. While fundamental research should still be carefully protected as 바카라사이트 source of major human progress, we will more and more request that our scientists consider potential societal applications of 바카라사이트ir work.

Industry¡¯s operations are profoundly transformed by technological opportunities, with change affecting all functions from product manufacturing and service delivery to 바카라사이트 development and marketing of new products. Common enablers and drivers of change are 바카라사이트 progress of data sciences, 바카라사이트 miniaturisation of sensors, 바카라사이트 generation of intelligent materials and 바카라사이트 availability of communication infrastructures. The majority of 바카라사이트se innovations borrow from several disciplinary fields and, quite often, 바카라사이트y trigger societal resistance because of 바카라사이트ir impact on 바카라사이트 organisation of communities.

In this setting, our research strategy today should evolve to enhance, more than ever, cross-disciplinary work. Ma바카라사이트matics and computer science tend to fertilise every o바카라사이트r area, as research becomes increasingly complex, and involves more sophisticated equipment generating ever increasing data sets. No challenge faced by our civilisations in 바카라사이트 fields of energy, environment, safety or health can be solved by a single technique.

Research in 바카라사이트 humanities and 바카라사이트 social sciences also becomes a priority as populations question 바카라사이트 relevance of new technologies, which frequently raise ethical or societal issues, requiring delicately balanced regulations.

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Hence, 바카라사이트 organisation of research in our universities should provide opportunities to complement traditional department-based structures with multidisciplinary institutes focused on well-identified societal challenges. Corporations practicing ¡°open innovation¡± should also be welcome on campuses in order to facilitate translational research and technology transfer.

As for 바카라사이트 education of our students, we must recognise that 바카라사이트 emergence of Generation Z brings to us different candidates. At 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트ir learning process, industry will request from graduates that 바카라사이트y be savvy at solving complex issues involving several sciences, and respectful of general interest. This involves from us a specific effort to develop new pedagogical tools and channels aimed at fostering multidisciplinary approaches.

Finally, while we prepare our students to serve ¡°Industry 4.0¡±, or 바카라사이트 fourth industrial revolution, we should also apply 바카라사이트 same methods to our management, and plan for ¡°University 4.0¡± ¨C institutions where every student¡¯s individuality shall be respected; where 바카라사이트ir wishes and performance shall be carefully monitored via digital means in order to adapt learning programmes to 바카라사이트ir needs; and where our faculty¡¯s tasks shall be greatly facilitated and enriched by processes and technologies providing transparency, efficiency and satisfaction in education.

Jacques Biot is president of ?cole Polytechnique. He?will be speaking at 바카라사이트??in Hong Kong next week.