Digital systems, which serve as essential hardware foundations for our society, contribute to technological advances in all fields of knowledge. The challenges associated with these systems include, in particular, energy efficiency, cybersecurity, miniaturization, artificial intelligence, and operational safety. Each of these challenges opens up new markets and creates thousands of jobs every year.
However, the French electronics industry - and the European industry more broadly - faces new challenges in the production of digital systems. Sustainable development requires that the design and manufacturing of digital systems take into account new performance metrics such as carbon footprint, the use of mineral resources, and the end of a system’s life cycle. The pursuit of more sovereign and robust technologies also necessitates rapid advancements in the engineering, manufacturing, procurement, and maintenance of digital systems.
At a time when the development of artificial intelligence is advancing rapidly, resources consuming, and driven by strategic interests difficult to reconcile, the ESOS project (Électronique Soutenable, Ouverte et Souveraine*) aims to train studentsat the technician, engineer, and doctoral levels. These individuals will thus be able to strengthen France’s digital sovereignty and design systems with sustainability in mind to reduce their environmental footprint, both locally and globally.
*Sustainable, Open, and Sovereign Electronics
ESOS enhances the appeal of electronics by linking the industry’s challenges, current and future careers, and the opportunities available to students. Its outreach and training initiatives are grounded in scientific research and the development of open technologies. Based in Brittany, the project is developing:
- its outreach initiatives,
- its new training programs,
- its doctoral dissertations,
- its teaching and research community,
- its ties to a strong and dynamic industry.
The goal? To collaboratively develop its programs and foster the expansion and maturation of eco-design and sustainable, open, and sovereign electronics at the national level - particularly through its activities within the DEFIE (Dispositifs Électroniques à Faible Impact Environnemental*) and SOC2 (Systems-on-a-Chip, Connected Systems and Objects), and at the European and international levels through its participation in conferences and communities focused on electronics and digital systems.
For more information on ESOS’s initiatives in student recruitment, education, and research, please visit the dedicated sections.
*Electronic Devices with Low Environmental Impact