News at Centrale Nantes
Upcoming events
- Oleksii Holubnychyi, visiting professor at Centrale Nantes hosted by the LS2N laboratoryJune 18, 2026 - July 17, 2026Oleksii Holubnychyi, professor at the State University « Kyiv Aviation Institute » in Ukraineis visiting the GeM laboratory from 18 June to 17 July 2026.
- Kartikey Joshi, visiting professor at Centrale Nantes hosted by the GeM laboratoryJuly 15, 2026 - July 17, 2026Kartikey, a Senior Scientist at the Institute of High Performance Computing A*STAR in Singapore is visiting the GeM laboratory from 15 to 17 July 2026.
- Study Day on Culture and Digital Heritage as part of Nantes Digital Week 2026September 22, 2026The 8th edition of the event dedicated to art, culture, and digital heritage in Nantes will take place on September 22, 2026, at the Nantes History Museum.
- Centrale Nantes Hosts JCAD 2026: Computing and Data DaysOctober 5, 2026 - October 7, 2026From October 5 to 7, 2026, Centrale Nantes will host the Computing and Data Days: a scientific and technical conference on computing and data.
- Centrale Nantes organises the 37th edition of the Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics (ParCFD) eventNovember 3, 2026 - November 6, 2026The event will take place from 4 to 6 November in Nantes.
Latest news
- Centrale Nantes has been awarded the jury’s special prize at the 2026 Eco-mobility AwardsJune 29, 2026For this third edition, held on 23 June 2026 in Paris, SNCF Voyageurs recognised organisations that encourage more environmentally responsible travel amongst their staff and customers.
- Jeremy Réthoré has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for 2025 to advance our understanding of material fractureJune 29, 2026The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the successful applicants for its 2025 ERC Advanced Grant call. Among them is Julien Réthoré, a research director at the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM) at Centrale Nantes.
- PhD thesis defense - Yuexuan KONG - ED SISJune 26, 2026Multi-view self-supervised learning for music information retrieval
- PhD thesis defense - Sreejan ALAPATI - ED MASTICJune 26, 2026Development of a Cable-Driven Upper-Limb Exosuit for Rehabilitation and Activities of Daily Living
- Two students from Centrale Nantes have won the 2026 RISC-V national competitionJune 24, 2026Titouan Copin and Simon Cau, second-year students on the Communicating Embedded Systems engineering programme at Centrale Nantes, have won the 6th edition of the national RISC-V competition, organised by Thales, the CNRS’s SOC² research group and the CNFM.
- Aurélien Sérandour: Accreditation to Supervise Research (HDR)June 23, 2026Aurélien Sérandour will defend his Accreditation to Supervise Research (HDR) on 23 June 2026.
- Launch of the European AIMPERES project: AI to help decarbonise maritime transportJune 22, 2026Centrale Nantes is taking part in the European AIMPERES project, which aims to accelerate the reduction of emissions from maritime transport through the use of artificial intelligence.
- PhD thesis defense - Gianni BARAKAT - ED SISJune 19, 2026Modeling and numerical simulation of the roto-molding process for pressurized hydrogen storage tank liners
- Oleksii Holubnychyi, visiting professor at Centrale Nantes hosted by the LS2N laboratoryJune 18, 2026 - July 17, 2026Oleksii Holubnychyi, professor at the State University « Kyiv Aviation Institute » in Ukraineis visiting the GeM laboratory from 18 June to 17 July 2026.
- PhD thesis defense - Andrew CAUNES - ED SISJune 16, 2026Multi-sensor semantic segmentation through deep learning: application to the analysis of the state of roadinfrastructures
- Centrale Nantes is raising awareness among its staff and students about responsible event managementJune 16, 2026Centrale Nantes is firmly committed to sustainable development. Its priorities include: educating students and staff on the environmental, social and societal challenges of sustainable development; reducing its environmental impact; and engaging its stakeholders by setting an example.
- PhD thesis defense - Noh BIN ZAINAL ABIDIN - ED SISJune 11, 2026High-Fidelity CFD Analysis of Submarine Hydrodynamics and Near-Field Flow Characteristics Using VariousTurbulence Models and Operating Conditions
- Nantraliens Alumni Awards: Congratulations to the winnersJune 11, 2026On June 4, 2026, Centrale Nantes, Centrale Nantes Alumni, and the Centrale Nantes Foundation announced the winners of the first edition of the Nantraliens Awards.
- Five students from Covenant University welcomed to Centrale Nantes as part of the Erasmus+ programmeJune 4, 2026Since March 2026, Centrale Nantes has been hosting five students from Covenant University, one of Nigeria’s leading universities, for a semester of study at the school. This exchange is funded by the Erasmus+ programme, which supports international exchanges and cooperation between higher education institutions around the world.
- Sophie Limou appointed Junior Member of the 'Institut universitaire de France (IUF)'June 3, 2026From 1 October 2026, Sophie Limou, a professor at Centrale Nantes, will join the 'Institut universitaire de France (IUF)' as a Junior Member. This nomination recognises the excellence of her research and the quality of her academic project.
- B.Sea: Centrale Nantes is involved in this major training initiative for the transition of the maritime industriesJune 1, 2026As a partner in the B.Sea project, Centrale Nantes is contributing, through Centrale Nantes Executive Education, to the development of innovative training programmes focused on the challenges of transition within the maritime industries, and more specifically on marine renewable energy (MRE).
- Centrale Nantes launches a leading experimental platform for collaboration between drones and autonomous vehiclesJune 1, 2026On Friday 29 May, in the presence of Christelle Morançais, President of the Pays de la Loire region, and Nicolas Boyard, Regional Academic Delegate for Research and Innovation (DRARI), Centrale Nantes inaugurated the PARMATAC arena. This platform enables the testing of cooperation between drones and autonomous vehicles under real-world conditions.
- Centrale Nantes is proud to have received the Special Jury Prize in the Ingénieuses 2026 competitionMay 21, 2026Centrale Nantes is proud to have received the Jury’s Special Prize for its project ‘Shaping the future of engineering for women’. This award recognises the school’s year-round commitment to encouraging more young women to pursue careers in science and engineering.