Innovation Research Project (IRP)

The Research and Innovation Projects enable you to benefit from the expertise of engineering students (5 years of higher education) and the support of Télécom Saint-Etienne’s research professors.

The aim is to explore, experiment and study the feasibility of your idea or project or to respond to your problem through reflection and the provision of concrete solutions and tools.

The subjects given can cover all of the school’s fields:

Computer science
AI, big data, applications, web, machine learning..

Electronics
sensors, automation, embedded systems, connected objects..

Télécom
telecom architecture, telecommunication..

Networks
cybersecurity, routing, servers, coding, transmission..

Photonics
optics, laser processes..

Image
image analysis and processing, 3D imaging, biomedical imaging..

The principle :

A team of 4 to 6 students in the final year of the engineering course (Bac +5) takes charge of your idea/project/problem related to research or innovation.

First, you define the framework of the project (state of the art).
Once the context is clear, the students work on the project in 2 steps called SPRINT :

SPRINT 1 : Ideation. The project team, accompanied by the Télécom Saint-Etienne teaching staff, has 3 days to come up with new ideas, possible methods, possible solutions and to build the production plan.

SPRINT 2: Production. The project team has 3 days to develop the chosen solution/method (resulting from the ideation phase and validated by the client). For this, the team will have several resources at its disposal: access to the school’s technological platforms and state-of-the-art equipment, support from technical experts.

Each of these two stages ends with a pitch and the writing of a summary for the client.

In order to conclude and enhance the value of their work, the teams present it to the jury and the project leader (valorisation).

Chronology October to January

STATUS OF THE ART
Framing

Analysis of the problem and the project environment.
Construction of the ideation plan

IDEA Sprint 1

Propose solutions & methods.
Construction of a production plan

PRODUCTION
Sprint 2

Development of the chosen track / method

VALORISATION

Oral presentation to a jury

Participants

Companies of all sizes, researchers and associations.

Fee

– 1000€ for companies (net of tax)
– 650€ for partner companies (net of tax)
– Free for companies in partnership with the Innovation Chair