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  • Telecom SudParis awarded Campus France’s “Bienvenue en France” label

    Telecom SudParis awarded Campus France’s “Bienvenue en France” label

    Telecom SudParis is awarded the “Bienvenue en France” label by Campus France with top rating of three stars

    3 stars, top rating! Telecom SudParis was awarded the prestigious ” Bienvenue en France ” level 3 by the Campus France Labellisation Commission on December 8, 2023. This distinction underlines the excellence of our school in welcoming international students.

    What is the “Bienvenue en France” label?

    The “Bienvenue en France” label, awarded by Campus France, recognizes French higher education establishments that provide international students with high-quality facilities.

    The label has three objectives:

    • To inform international students about the concrete conditions of welcome at French higher education establishments.
    • To attest to the quality of the welcome offered, and to highlight the efforts made by universities and schools to provide international students with the best possible welcome.
    • Promote a welcoming culture within institutions to encourage an atmosphere conducive to international integration.

    What does this mean for students?

    This distinction underlines the excellence of our school in welcoming foreign students and testifies to Telecom SudParis’ compliance with high standards in terms of:

    • quality and accessibility of information,
    • reception facilities,
    • training offer,
    • teaching support,
    • quality of life, accommodation and campus life,
    • post-graduation follow-up,and a commitment to sustainable development and social and environmental responsibility.

    By obtaining the “Welcome to France” label, Telecom SudParis confirms its commitment to excellence and strengthens its international student community.

    Our school’s strengths include:

    • comprehensive website in French and English,
    • computer facilities,
    • intercultural and language training for staff,
    • administrative assistance,
    • bilingual guides,
    • welcome events organized in collaboration with the BDE and the Welcom’ association,
    • an English program starting in the second year,
    • preparatory courses,
    • ECTS credits for sports and community involvement,
    • dedicated housing,
    • a multidisciplinary health team,
      initiatives to raise awareness of disability and addressing gender-based violence,
    • courses and a Summer program to support startup creation,
    • courses on digital technology’s environmental impact,
    • and a strong commitment to equality, including Equality Tuesday and communication materials promoting female students and researchers.

    Label duration

    The “Welcome to France” label awarded to Telecom SudParis is valid for 5 years. However, the continuous improvement process continues, with the introduction of new measures such as a green mobility plan, creation of a career center, development of sports activities, and improvements to the alumni platform. Campus France will be visiting Telecom SudParis to measure our progress over the next 3 years.

    Congratulations to the Telecom SudParis community

    This recognition reflects the collective efforts of the entire Telecom SudParis community. We would like to thank everyone who contributed to this success.

     

    → Detailed information on the Bienvenue en France label

    → Campus France website

     

  • Data-Mobility or the art of modeling travel patterns

    Data-Mobility or the art of modeling travel patterns

    The French have a saying that reflects the daily routine of millions of Parisians: “métro-boulot-dodo” (metro-work-sleep).  While this seems to be the universal experience for Il-de-France residents, individual variations exist. Some individuals only use public transport via one of the two major networks, RATP or SNCF, but others prefer driving. There are also those who change from the metro to the RER train, or leave their car part way and take a train. All of this information can be found through mobile data analysis. Vincent Gauthier, associate research professor at Télécom SudParis, has become a specialist in the area.

    Using mobile networks to understand mobility

    Determining someone’s travel itinerary based on the mobile data provided by their operator is not an easy task. “A telephone only transmits its GPS position to applications that request it, such as Waze,” Vincent Gauthier explains. “The only knowledge an operator can use to establish a person’s geographic location is which mobile base stations they were connected to during their travels.” The French telephone network, which is shared between different operators including Orange, SFR and Bouygues, forms an irregular grid pattern (see Fig. 3). The different relay or base stations provide a network connection based on clearly defined zones. When a person leaves a zone, they automatically enter another one, and their telephone connects to the new corresponding base station. The size of these zones varies in each region. In the Ile-de-France region, a large number of base stations are concentrated and clustered together in Paris, but there are much fewer in the Seine-et-Marne region.

    Using mobile networks to understand mobility

    Fig. 1 : Method used to aggregate the transport networks to closely analyze the route taken.

    Fig. 2 : Origin-destination matrix for a day in the Ile-de-France region.

    Fig. 3 : Grid pattern for the mobile network base stations.

    Data-Mobility or the art of modeling travel patterns

    The information produced from these connections only allows origin-destination matrices that are more or less detailed to be established. As an expert in the graphical representation of large volumes of data (Fig. 2), Vincent Gauthier wants to take this analysis a step further: “How does a person travel? Why? Where does the person live? How many other people take the same route? Answering these questions could help us optimize mobility options.”

    To reproduce the exact route an individual takes based on this non-specific information, he has worked on a new method with another researcher from Télécom SudParis, Mounim El Yacoubi (ARMEDIA team–EPH department).

    From optimizing transportation to geodemographics

    “Mounim and I have patented a method for automatically processing routes, which allows us to determine what types of transport a person has taken during their journey,” Vincent Gauthier explains. Thanks to their “method for route estimation using mobile data”, the two researchers can superimpose the different transport networks over the information the operators receive from the base stations (Fig. 1). “To identify the most likely road or rail journey the users have taken based on their route, we must use a huge database including the locations of the base stations, train stations and the maps of the different transport networks.” They are currently working with Bouygues to develop route estimations in “near real time”.

    In their work, the two researchers are drawing on previous socio-demographic studies they conducted in Milan and in Africa. “We participated in estimating population density in the Ivory Coast and Senegal,” explains Vincent Gauthier. “The goal was to provide socio-demographic data that was lacking in these countries, so that the United Nations could establish more reliable statistics.”

    Vincent Gauthier’s work goes beyond simply modeling big data; his expertise leads us to rethink the geography of our regions: “By analyzing individuals’ routes and optimizing transport options accordingly, we could possibly divide the Ile-de-France region into more relevant sub-areas.”

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