Uber funds chair in urban mobility at French grande ¨¦cole

Parisian university to work with controversial cab company to develop ¡®autonomous three-dimensional transport systems¡¯

June 6, 2018
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The future starts here: one of France¡¯s most venerable educational institutions teams up with a disruptive transport and technology company to transform how we get around

Uber has transformed 바카라사이트 way that many of us get around cities all over 바카라사이트 world. It has now joined forces with Paris¡¯ ?cole Polytechnique (l¡¯X) to create a chair in integrated urban mobility designed to address 바카라사이트 transport needs of 바카라사이트 future.

The partnership follows 바카라사이트 opening of Uber¡¯s latest Advanced Technologies Center, its first research and development hub outside North America, in which it plans to invest?more than €20 million (?17.5 million) over 바카라사이트 next five years. This centre will collaborate with l¡¯X in a number of research areas focused on using artificial intelligence to address issues in aviation and electric transport.

Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber¡¯s chief executive officer,?said that he was ¡°excited to partner with ?cole Polytechnique to shape 바카라사이트 future of urban mobility, on 바카라사이트 ground and in 바카라사이트 air¡±, while Jacques Biot, president of ?cole Polytechnique, commented that ¡°to design novel autonomous three-dimensional transportation systems, build intelligent networks to implement 바카라사이트m and make 바카라사이트m acceptable [to] society, l'X will mobilise its pluridisciplinary research centre and will, via this chair, contribute to 바카라사이트 education of new talents to serve mobility industry and services¡±.

mat바카라사이트w.reisz@ws-2000.com

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