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  Home Page - Polytechnique - Polytechnique Montréal
Polytechnique Montréal is one of Canada’s leading engineering schools and is the largest in Québec in terms of its student population and the scope of its research budgets.
Founded in 1873, Polytechnique has always provided high-quality university instruction in engineering at all levels by focusing on human values and striving to meet the needs of industry and society.
With 58 research units, Polytechnique’s research activities are among the most active in Canada and account for nearly one-quarter of all university research in engineering in Québec.
www.polymtl.ca /en   (236 words)

  
  Department of Mathematics at MIT | Undergraduate: Exchange Program at Ecole Polytechnique, France   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Ecole Polytechnique (also called "X") is the most prestigious institution in Science and Engineering in France.
On the Polytechnique side, you must fill the application form (see last year's version; the new version will be available soon) and provide all the necessary documents.
She will be able to advise you regarding the application to Ecole Polytechnique and answer questions related to studies and student life at Polytechnique.
www-math.mit.edu /text-only/undergraduate/xusa.html   (923 words)

  
 Ecole Polytechnique - About the Ecole
Founded in 1794, the École Polytechnique, a state supported institution of higher education and research, is the most prestigious engineering Grande Ecole in France.
Napoleon settles the Ecole at Montagne Sainte Genevieve, downtown Paris as a military Academy and gives its motto "Pour la patrie, les sciences et la gloire".
the Ecole becomes a state supported civilian institution, under the auspice of the Minister of Defense.
www.polytechnique.edu /page.php?MID=17   (220 words)

  
 École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne in Switzerland.
In 1946, it was renamed to École polytechnique de l'Université de Lausanne (EPUL).
In 1969, the EPUL was separated from the rest of the university of Lausanne and became a federal institute under its current name.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/EPFL   (547 words)

  
 Ecole Polytechnique - 208 Years of History
: The Ecole's flag receives the Legion of Honor, for its contribution to the Victory.
: The Ecole becomes a state supported civilian institution, under the auspice of the Minister of Defense.
The Ecole Polytechnique was created right after the French Revolution
www.polytechnique.edu /page.php?MID=28   (253 words)

  
 Ecole Polytechnique (Military College, France)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
A fac-simile of the original flag was manufactured in 1894 for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Ecole Polytechnique.
In 1940, after the defeat of the French Army, the Ecole Polytechnique was demilitarized and moved to Lyon, in the non-occupied zone.
In the past, the flag of the Ecole Polytechnique was nicknamed Zurlin, after General Zurlinden, who had ordered to add blinds to the windows of the School.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/fr^ecpox.html   (521 words)

  
 LadHyX - Charles Baroud
I am a faculty member (Maître de conférences) at the Mechanics department of Ecole Polytechnique.
Ecole Polytechnique, I am doing experimental work on instabilities in flows at the scale of a few (to a few hundred) microns.
The fundamental studies are inspired by the flows in the complex geometry of the lung.
www.ladhyx.polytechnique.fr /people/baroud   (283 words)

  
 Ecole Polytechnique presentation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The École polytechnique is a national public establishment of an administrative character run under the supervision of the French ministry of defense.
Studies at Polytechnique cover a scope that usually goes beyond undergraduate studies (while not covering enough to grant a Master's degree); students who go on to pursue a Master's degree following the Polytechnicien program often find that they can achieve it in less time than students coming from regular undergraduate programs.
The admission to École polytechnique in polytechnicien cycle is made through a selective entrance examination, and requires at least two years of preparation after high school in Classes Préparatoires such as the Lycée Louis-Le-Grand, or the Lycée Henri IV.
www.fbsalliance.com /eng/html/44.html   (506 words)

  
 Gendercide Watch: The Montreal Massacre
The Montréal Massacre of December 6, 1989, in which 14 women students at the École Polytechnique were systematically killed and 13 other students wounded by a lone gunman, is indelibly imprinted on the minds of Quebeckers and others who struggled to comprehend the worst single-day massacre in Canadian history.
In the 1970s and 1980s, growing numbers flocked to the École Polytechnique, the School of Engineering at the University of Montréal.
He had also studied for admission to the École Polytechnique, but was not accepted -- a decision he apparently blamed on "affirmative action" policies promoted by feminists and their sympathizers.
www.gendercide.org /case_montreal.html   (1403 words)

  
 Ecole Polytechnique   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The École de Polytechnique, founded by the Convention in 1794 to train engineers and scientists for the military and civil service and by 1848 the most prestigious of France's
As the historian of the école, P. Tuffrau, so wisely observed: "The Ecole had fought alongside the people so long as the goal was political liberty; it was not prepared to set out on the paths, dark and winding as they were, of social reconstruction."
The students who now took their places on the establishment's side of the barricades did not lack for familiar company.
www.ohiou.edu /~Chastain/dh/ecolepol.htm   (1010 words)

  
 Globeinvestor.com: World first in university research: Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal inaugurates its Thixomolding ...
Polytechnique has conducted significant traction trials in laboratory settings, research that Polytechnique expects should result in being able to manufacture components that are lower-cost, lighter and more durable.
Founded in 1873, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal is one of Canada's top engineering teaching and research institutions and first in Québec for the size of its student body and the scope of its research activities.
Polytechnique offers courses and programs in 11 engineering specialties and conducts nearly one-quarter of university engineering research in Québec.
www.globeinvestor.com /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CNW/20051104/C0767   (1076 words)

  
 Ecole Polytechnique, 1794-1850: Differences over Educational Purpose and Teaching Practice, The American Mathematical ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Thus the role of the school was changed to that of a preparatory institution for the other schools, with a three-year curriculum.
The change was reflected in a change of name, made in September 1795, to Ecole Polytechnique; the adjective first appeared in a pamphlet published that year by an involved politician, Claude Prieur de la Côte d'Or (1763-1832), on 'l'enseignement polytechnique de l'Ecole Centrale des Travaux Publics' [53].
Director of the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, he seems to have viewed his old school as the father of the new one [42].
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3742/is_200503/ai_n13247956   (901 words)

  
 École Polytechnique - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The École polytechnique (the "Polytechnic School"), often referred to by the nickname X, is the best-known French grandes écoles of engineering and management.
The École polytechnique is a higher education establishment run under the supervision of the French ministry of defense (administratively speaking, it is a national public establishment of an administrative character).
Studies at Polytechnique cover a scope that usually goes beyond undergraduate studies (students are awarded a Master after the third year of their studies at Polytechnique); students usually go on to pursue a second Master's degree following the Polytechnicien program and most often achieve it in less time than students coming from regular undergraduate programs.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/%C3%89cole_Polytechnique   (2215 words)

  
 École Polytechnique   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
On December 6, 1989 fourteen women were shot to death by Marc Lepine at the École Polytechnique, University of Montreal.
On the unusually balmy Saturday of Nov. 3, 1990 école polytechnique was premiered along with A Call to Prayerby Alvin Curran and Alma Materby Claude-Paul Gauthier in a stunning outdoor performance in Montreal during New Music America/Montreal Musiques Actuelles 1990.
The piece is written for the eight churchbells in the bell tower of the Université du Quebec a Montréal (UQAM), for the UQAM choir, directed by Miklos Takacs.
www.sfu.ca /~westerka/programnotes/polytechnique.html   (442 words)

  
 Alliance Program
In the spring 2004, 3 students from the Ecole Polytechnique have spent a 3 months research internship at the Earth Institute.
Columbia and the Ecole have their own programs in the Mathematics of Finance, but they have decided to work on the launching of a dual degree in common that would combine the best of the two institutions in Probability, Statistics, Numerics, Economics and Finance, financial mathematics.
Alliance is an innovative program whose aim is to initiate and accompany new initiatives in the fields of education cooperation, research collaboration, and policy outreach.
www.columbia.edu /cu/alliance/education.html   (857 words)

  
 École Polytechnique de Montréal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is occasionally referred to as Montreal Polytechnic, although in Canadian English its French name is more commonly used.
This extracurricular activity helps participating students learn different cultural visions and helps them appreciate the different factors of global competitiveness in the engineering field.
A comprehensive list of student committees, technical societies and social activities is available on Polytechnique's "Student life" website.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/%C3%89cole_Polytechnique_de_Montr%C3%A9al   (892 words)

  
 Ecole Polytechnique - Academics
The aim of the École Polytechnique is to provide its students, with broad-based high-level scientific training and a broad view of the outside world.
The doctoral program is run by the ÉP School of Doctoral studies which confers PhD degrees, supervises and promotes “complementary training programs” for Polytechnique students.
To pursue advanced studies in mathematics, applied mathematics, computer science, economics, mechanics, physics, chemistry or biology, for a period between three months and a full academic year.
www.polytechnique.edu /page.php?MID=18   (165 words)

  
 Oct 26 - Ecole Polytechnique Selects MWH Soft InfoWater, InfoSurge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
This major research, critical to protecting public health, is sponsored by the Canadian Water Network, one of the four Networks established in 2001 through the Government of Canada's Networks of Centers of Excellence (NCE) Program.
A leader in science and technology for over 125 years, the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal is one of the most significant teaching and research establishments in Canada ranked first in Quebec for number of students and quality of research activities.
"The Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal demonstrates every day why it is an unconditional leader in distribution system water quality research," said Paul F. Boulos, Ph.D, President and COO of MWH Soft.
www.tenlinks.com /news/PR/mwh/102606_ecole.htm   (933 words)

  
 Oct 31 - Ecole Polytechnique Creates Research Chair with Dassault, Others   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
PARIS, France, October 31, 2005 - The Ecole Polytechnique Innovation Management research chair aims to bridge the academic and business worlds.
Ecole Polytechnique, drawing on its high teaching and research potential as well as on its network of academic and industrial partners, has already launched two chairs : the Chair “Sustainable Development” with EDF in 2001 and the Chair “Complex Systems Engineering” with Thales in 2004.
Partnership between Ecole Polytechnique and the four industrial groups Arcelor, Dassault Systèmes, Renault and Valeo takes shape through a financial backing and research experience exchanges.
www.tenlinks.com /NEWS/PR/DASSAULT/103105_chair.htm   (1627 words)

  
 THE POLYTECHNIQUE LEGACY
Anyway, back to France's great École Polytechnique: Two years before he imposed a military dictatorship on France, Napoleon Bonaparte was the twenty-eight-year-old head of the French army.
When Fourier, now 27, took a faculty post at the École Polytechnique in 1795, his politics followed him, and he was jailed again.
And all that defined the influence of the École Polytechnique.
www.uh.edu /engines/asmedall.htm   (3612 words)

  
 CRG - Centre de Recherche en Gestion
Cette chaire est le fruit d'un partenariat entre l'Ecole Polytechnique, HEC, et la Fondation d'Enterprise Renault.
Le CRG est impliqué dans 3 des 5 chaires de l'Ecole Polytechnique.
Le CRG est le centre de recherche en gestion de l'Ecole Polytechnique, et la composante gestion de l'UMR PREG du CNRS
crg.polytechnique.fr   (336 words)

  
 CBC News - Canada reflects on the Montreal massacre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Canadians across the country are pausing today to remember 14 women killed 11 years ago by a crazed gunman in Montreal.
On Dec. 6, 1989, Marc Lepine walked into l'Ecole Polytechnique in the early evening carrying a high-powered rifle.
Then he killed himself, and left behind a note that said feminists had ruined his life.
cbc.ca /cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2000/12/06/massacre001206   (318 words)

  
 Evolutionary Computation and Applications at Centre de Mathématiques Appliquées de l'Ecole Polytechnique ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Evolutionary Computation and Applications at Centre de Mathématiques Appliquées de l'Ecole Polytechnique (ResearchIndex)
Evolutionary Computation and Applications at Centre de Mathématiques Appliquées de l'Ecole Polytechnique (1997)
This document uses CoBlitz to cache paper downloads.
citeseer.ist.psu.edu /schoenauer97evolutionary.html   (1920 words)

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