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Among the five scientists from Rennes who were awarded the 2020 CNRS medals on Thursday 14 October, congratulations to Anne-Cécile Orgerie, CNRS research fellow, member of the Myriads team and head of the transverse energy axis specialising in the energy efficiency of distributed systems. © Jean-Claude MOSCHETTI / IRISA / CNRS Photothèque

What science lies behind the term 'digital'? Through 12 portraits of female researchers, teacher-researchers and engineers - including Anne-Cécile Orgerie, researcher in the Myriads team - the comic book "Les décodeuses du numérique" highlights the diversity of research in the digital sciences in order to break down stereotypes that that discourage women from entering these careers. (In french [..]

After nearly 10 years at the head of IRISA, Jean-Marc Jézéquel hands over to Guillaume Gravier. Guillaume Gravier, Director of Research at the CNRS, has taken over the management of IRISA from Jean-Marc Jézéquel, Professor at the Université de Rennes 1. He will be supported by Pascale Sébillot, Professor at INSA Rennes, and Sandrine Blazy, Professor at Université de Rennes 1.

At IRISA, researchers are studying the interpretability and explicability of artificial intelligence algorithms, a topical issue particularly in relation to ethics. Should algorithms explain the reasoning behind their decisions, for example, so that their fairness can be assessed? Discover the article by Erwan Le Merrer (Researcher Inria, member of the Wide team) " Remote explainability faces the [..]

The current COVID-19 pandemic has forced many countries to take drastic measures to prevent and control the transmission of the virus from one individual to another. Among other things, monitoring the movement of people in order to keep potential infections under control. In this regard, the Board of Informatics Europe* has decided to issue a policy recommendation statement on the use of tracking [..]