Program Overview

The Research Program for International Talents gives undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students from international partner universities of the École polytechnique the opportunity to complete a 3- to 6-month research project in one of the laboratories.

Each year in October, the International Affairs Office sends a call for applications to the laboratories of the Ecole Polytechnique and, at the end of November at the latest, the research subjects are listed below. Find out more about the selection process here.

Located in the heart of the Saclay research cluster, the l'X laboratories offer the chance to work on cutting-edge research topics in a highly internationalized environment.

With 23 research facilities devoted to 8 major specialized or transverse fields, 600 researchers and a €95-million research budget, l'X is ranked 66th in the world for the scientific impact of its publications and for the number of articles co-authored with international institutions (Leiden ranking).

Subjects - Year 2024

Please note that the research subjects presented below are valid for the academic year 2024.
Research subjects are updated at the end of November at the latest each year.

 Title SupervisorCode
PHYSICS   
 

Luminescence characterization methods applied to next generation solar cell materials

Amaury Delamarre

IPVF01

 Development of Compact Electron Focussing and Deflecting Devices

Arnd Specka

LLR01

 

Development of near-field Raman spectroscopy in liquid environment and applications

Alexis Guell

LPICM01

 

Two-photon absorption laser induced fluorescence: calibration of cross-sections

Svetlana Starikovskaia

LPP01

 

Quantitative acousto-magneto-plasmonics

Vasily Temnov

LSI01

 

Modelling electronic density fluctuations with time-dependent density functional theory

Nathalie Vast

LSI02

 

Modelling point defects for quantum application

Nathalie Vast

LSI03

MATHEMATICS   
 

Tomography and inverse scattering

R.G. Novikov

CMAP01

CHEMISTRY   
 

Electrochemical mechanistic studies

Cédric Tard

LCM01

 

Iminophosphorane ONP supported earth abundant metal complexes: From ligand synthesis to catalysis

Audrey Auffrant & Ingrid Popovici

LCM02

BIOLOGY   
 

Sedimentation and dynamics of liquid crystal droplets

Sebastien Michelin

LadHyX01

 

Marangoni flows, instability and complex patterns at a free surface

Sebastien Michelin

LadHyX02

 

Plant dispersal by rain, impact of drops on concave surfaces

Arezki Boudaoud & Stéphanie Drevensek

LadHyX03

 

Biophysical regulation of vascular angiogenesis

Abdul Barakat

LadHyX04

 

Polarization-resolved Second Harmonic Generation for the investigation of collagen degradation in parchments

Gaël Latour

LOB01

COMPUTER SCIENCE   
 

Runtime Analysis of Randomized Search Heuristics

Benjamin Doerr & Martin Krejca

LIX01

 

Novel Deep Learning approaches for 3D shape synthesis and analysis

Maks Ovsjanikov

LIX02

 

Mathematical Optimization for Machine Learning

Claudia D'Ambrosio

LIX03

 

Optimization of shared mobility

Claudia D'Ambrosio & Sharon Di

LIX04

Probabilistic uncertainties and analysis of quantum programsEric Goubault & Sylvie PutotLIX05
 

Probabilistic properties and AI safety

Eric Goubault & Sylvie PutotLIX06
PHILOSOPHY   
 

Metaphysics: From Bergsonian time to the negation of time

Jean-Pierre Bessis

X01

 Contemporary Japanese Philosophy: Nishida's Existentialism and Buddhist PessimismJean-Pierre BessisX02

It is possible to apply for a subject not listed above, developed as part of a collaboration and with the agreement of the tutor and the Research Program coordinators. In this case, please select the "Specific subject defined with the supervisor" option in the application form.

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