Scientific and technical research is carried out jointly between Centrale Paris and Supélec, which allows both institutions to benefit from the « Institut Carnot » label. Let us recall that the vocation of an Institut Carnot is to generate know-how, in particular for companies but also for society, based on sustainable research. To this end, its commitment is two-fold: first, forging high-quality research partnerships (i.e joint research projects with companies based on special contracts) ; second, focusing  today on preparing the scientific know-how that will be useful to society in the future (scientific renewal). The French government creates a virtuous cycle by contributing funds to the research contracts of Institut Carnot, thus enabling them to finance their sourcing needs. For Supélec as well as Centrale Paris, this is the ideal way to ensure continuity between long-term research and ensuing research partnerships.

The C3S Institute is one of the major players in the field of Systems Sciences (i.e. multi-application sciences) and it is closely interconnected with such technologies as Information, Communications, Energy and Processes. The aim of C3S is to provide industry and service companies alike with highly accurate and innovative solutions. Thanks to its vast know-how, the Institute’s presence covers a wide range of markets, namely space, transportation, telecommunications, services, healthcare, economy and finance.

The Science of Systems

Modeling, analysis and control of complex, non-linear or hybrid systems;  robust/predictive control; statistical signal processing; non-uniform sampling and singular signal processing; learning; uncertainty characterization; multi-physics/multi-scale methods; optimization; scientific engineering; knowledge management

Technologies

Communications: mobile wireless communications: theory, signal processing, multiple access techniques (MC-CDMA, OFDMA), adaptive modulation and coding, MIMO, channel estimation, software-defined radio and cognitive radio; channel/source coding; optoelectronic and microwave devices/systems; EMC, microwave sensors and probes, electromagnetic complex structures, electromagnetic dosimetry, inverse problem of waves; antennas and signal processing; architecture of mixed-signal circuits and microsystems, next-generation digitizing systems; embedded systems.
Energy: electrical and mechanical systems optimization, electrical machines, power networks, power electronics; combustion; devices and components reliability; materials for renewable energy; environmental and medical control by means of electrochemical processes.
Information: heterogeneous information and systems; distributed systems, networks and information systems, security; grid computing; HPC; image processing, multimodal information processing; embedded software; data mining.
Processes: carbonaceous materials; metal coatings; energy materials; material modeling for pharmaceutical application; industrial liquid waste processing; bioprocesses.