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IP Paris Best Thesis Awards: three Télécom Paris PhD students honoured

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Clément Le Ludec, Raphaela Andres, Abdelaziz Bounhar (l. to r.): our PhD students honoured by IP Paris

Nine doctoral students stood out in this 2025 edition. Two of them (ex-aequo) were awarded the IP Paris Best Thesis Award, worth €5,000, and seven were recognized in the category of Department Best PhD Thesis Award and received a €3,000 prize. Among them, three PhD students from Télécom Paris:

IP Paris Best Thesis Award co-recipient

Clément Le Ludec, Department of Social Sciences and Management, from i3 SES lab

In 2017, two economists predicted that 50% of jobs would be fundamentally changed or even replaced by AI. In this climate of concern about the end of work, and to assess the real impact of AI, Clément Le Ludec set out to understand how models are created and how they are used by organizations (companies, public services, etc.).

Department Best PhD Thesis Awards co-recipients

Raphaela Andres, Department of Economics, from the Economics & Statistics Research Centre (CREST), i3 SES lab

How can we improve society and the economy by reducing the risks associated with digital technology? To answer this question, Raphaela Andres conducted an empirical study on political and managerial interventions in the digital economy. She then analyzed their effectiveness and potential side effects.

Abdelaziz Bounhar, Department of Information, Communication and Electronics, from LTCI lab

How can connected devices transmit data efficiently while remaining undetected? This is the subject of Abdelaziz Bounhar‘s thesis, which focuses on reinforcement learning and covert communication for the Internet of Things (IoT).