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Research chairs

What is a Chair?

An academic chair for teaching and research is a multidisciplinary program supported by a benefactor, aimed at developing academic activities (research and/or training) on issues that are a priority for the School and related to the benefactor’s areas of interest.

 

The ENS Foundation manages several research chairs funded by companies.

Learning through research is at the very heart of the School; it defines its identity and reputation. Research, education, and innovation, which are intrinsically linked, are expected to grow in the coming years, and the Foundation’s role is to ensure their sustainability. In this regard, funding from private companies is essential to complement the resources the School already receives through various public and private calls for projects.

Street ART(s) Chair
Supported by the Renault Fund for Art and Culture

A groundbreaking scientific and cultural program
The chair promotes practice-based research in collaboration with the ENS Arts Department.

Space Chair
Supported by nine benefactors

Space through the lens of the social sciences and humanities
A chair designed to explore uncharted fields of knowledge, approaching space in a transdisciplinary manner.

Climate change Chair
Supported by la MACIF

Inaugurated in 2024, focusing on climate change
The “Climate Change: New Divides, New Collaborations” chair, approached through the lens of both the exact sciences and the social sciences.

Carbon Storage in Soils and Subsoils Chair
Supported by Ardian

A research program by the ENS Geology Department
Inaugurated in 2024, this chair is dedicated to carbon storage in soils and subsoils. It is supported by Ardian’s sponsorship.

Social Justice and AI Chair
Supported by Abeona

Since 2019, hosted by the ENS Mathematics Department
The research activities focus specifically on justice, bias, and fairness in artificial intelligence.

Observatory on the Environmental Impact of AI
Supported by Capgemini

Within the ENS AI and Society Institute
The observatory aims to advance research on assessing the environmental footprint of AI and to identify actionable strategies for its mitigation.

Quantum Information Theory Chair
Supported by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Cutting-edge research in quantum computing
A strong interplay between abstract mathematical research and experimental work on new devices for implementing qubits.

Algorithms and Machine Learning Chair
Supported by Casino

A chair for researchers and students
To support ENS talent and advance cutting-edge computer science, in partnership with the Casino Group.

Philippe Meyer Institute of Physics

A chair and an award with the Meyer Foundation
Since 2012, the partnership between the foundations has supported research in fundamental interactions and statistical physics.

Foundations of Theoretical Biology Program
Supported by 3DS

An interdisciplinary chair
To reinterpret existing practices and develop new methods in molecular biology.

Risk Geopolitics Chair
Supported by Axa

A 10-year partnership
Developing new risk assessment methodologies across various themes: human geography, theory and ethics of uncertainty, media, and more.

European Anthropology Chair
Supported by the Notre Europe Fund

On the concepts of nature and animality in Europe
The goal is to understand how the management of animal-borne diseases has reshaped human-animal relationships in Europe.

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Artificial Intelligence Chair
Supported by LVMH

A close partnership for AI
The goal of this chair is to establish collaboration in data processing using statistical learning and computer vision methods.

CO₂ Capture in Oceans Chair
Supported by Chanel

Oceans in the Fight Against Climate Change
A study of carbon sinks, marine biodiversity, and the role of oceans as a food source for coastal communities.

Data Science and Cybersecurity Chair
Supported by Be-Ys

A multidisciplinary scientific sponsorship since 2016
The chair aims to be a platform for scientific exchange, fostering collaborations focused on cybersecurity.

Other project supported by companies

The Airbus endowment currently funds the Rhadia Cousot Scientific Award. This award is presented annually by the chair of the program committee of the SAS Conference (Static Analysis Symposium) for the best paper describing the work of a student or early-career researcher; it is called the “Rhadia Cousot Best Young Researcher Paper Award.”

As part of its program to support academic excellence, Google, through this donation, contributes to the Computer Science Department’s machine learning project, which aims to develop optimization algorithms for statistical learning.

A team ready to assist you

Do you have a sponsorship project and wish to work with the ENS Foundation to create a research chair?
We are here to guide you. Please feel free to contact us: solen.lallement@ens.psl.eu