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<strong>Polytechnique</strong>’s<br />
spheres of excellence<br />
<strong>Polytechnique</strong> has <strong>de</strong>veloped spheres of excellence <strong>and</strong> critical mass<br />
in <strong>research</strong> in several <strong>strategic</strong>ally important fields.<br />
<strong>Polytechnique</strong> has consolidated three sector-based spheres of excellence<br />
in highly competitive fields: aerospace <strong>and</strong> transportation; multimedia,<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation technologies <strong>and</strong> telecommunications; <strong>and</strong> life sciences<br />
<strong>and</strong> engineering. These three areas are of key <strong>strategic</strong> importance <strong>for</strong><br />
Montréal <strong>and</strong> Québec. They are supported by a well-structured sectorbased<br />
environment <strong>and</strong> by the local presence of numerous SMEs, major<br />
originators, <strong>and</strong> <strong>research</strong> consortiums in which <strong>Polytechnique</strong> actively<br />
participates.<br />
<strong>Polytechnique</strong> <strong>research</strong>ers have also established major strengths in three<br />
theme-based areas of excellence corresponding to transversal <strong>and</strong> often<br />
supportive technologies: leading-edge materials <strong>and</strong> nanotechnologies;<br />
systems science <strong>and</strong> engineering; <strong>and</strong> energy, environment <strong>and</strong> sustainable<br />
<strong>de</strong>velopment. The applications of these theme-based <strong>research</strong> spheres<br />
touch on many fields in which technologies are often still in their early<br />
stages. <strong>Polytechnique</strong> <strong>research</strong>ers are members of numerous national <strong>and</strong><br />
international <strong>research</strong> networks in these areas.<br />
<strong>Polytechnique</strong> affirms its <strong>de</strong>sire to showcase <strong>innovation</strong> in training,<br />
interdisciplinarity <strong>and</strong> open <strong>innovation</strong>, <strong>and</strong> commits to acting with a<br />
sustainable-<strong>de</strong>velopment perspective.<br />
As <strong>de</strong>scribed in Strategic Direction 2, <strong>Polytechnique</strong> aims to strengthen<br />
<strong>and</strong> support these spheres of excellence. We will implement the required<br />
mechanisms to ensure their <strong>de</strong>velopment <strong>and</strong> monitoring, <strong>and</strong> to i<strong>de</strong>ntify<br />
promising fields <strong>for</strong> the future. We will also <strong>de</strong>vote major ef<strong>for</strong>ts to<br />
increasing lea<strong>de</strong>rship in these areas, in or<strong>de</strong>r to maximize synergies.<br />
Field-based spheres<br />
Theme-based spheres<br />
Aerospace <strong>and</strong><br />
transportation<br />
BY INNOVATING IN<br />
ENGINEERING TRAINING<br />
Leading-edge materials<br />
<strong>and</strong> nanotechnologies<br />
Multimedia, in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
technologies <strong>and</strong><br />
telecommunications<br />
Life sciences <strong>and</strong><br />
engineering<br />
. . .<br />
BY FOSTERING<br />
INTERDISCIPLINARITY<br />
AND OPEN INNOVATION<br />
. . .<br />
WITH A SUSTAINABLE-<br />
DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE<br />
Systems science <strong>and</strong><br />
engineering<br />
Energy, environment<br />
<strong>and</strong> sustainable<br />
<strong>de</strong>velopment
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