An innovative ecosystem for digital transformation
The National Center on Networks and Systems for Digital Transformation is an Institut Mines-Télécom initiative to promote an ecosystem combining advanced research, innovation, skills transfer and development. It establishes a continuum between the academic world and companies to make a major contribution to meeting the challenges of digital transformation. It designs and integrates emerging technologies and new architectural paradigms into its work, taking into account the imperatives of sober resource consumption and new business models. The center accelerates synergies between the digital sector and other business sectors, such as energy, transport, healthcare and the industry of the future. It supports economic and social development through structural partnerships with companies and its global network of academic players.
Sectoral roots for tailor-made solutions
The Center works with players in the business world and the public sector, both in its core business and in several strategic sectors, such as energy, transport, industry 4.0 and healthcare.
For example, in the energy sector, work is focused on smart grid solutions to support the energy transition. In the transport sector, the Center is contributing to the development of connected infrastructures with highly distributed intelligence, particularly at the edge, integrating vehicular networks. In healthcare, it focuses on critical infrastructures for telemedicine, connected health and medical data security. For Industry 4.0, it addresses the sector’s specific challenges, notably in terms of responsiveness, robustness and security, while integrating new paradigms such as digital twins and mixed realities by placing the human at the center. In a transversal way, it deals with artificial intelligence for networks and systems, as well as networks and systems for artificial intelligence, which is becoming increasingly distributed.
A multi-school, multi-partner, multi-activity ecosystem
The Center federates the skills of Institut Mines-Télécom’s various schools, offering a portfolio of services that articulate research, innovation, skills transfer and development.
This coordinated approach, bringing together several schools, disciplines and activities, gives companies access to complementary and increasingly convergent expertise in fields such as telecommunications, cloud, IoT, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence for networks and systems, and advanced services. BearingPoint, Capgemini, Cisco, Ericsson, EDF, SNCF, Renault, Eviden, Hackuity, Nokia, Orange , Kineis and Thales, as well as IRT B-Com and SystemX, have already expressed their support for the Center as it tackles the technological challenges of tomorrow. Meetings are underway with many other players from a wide range of sectors.
The Center fully embodies the training-professional activity continuum, supporting both the development of talents’ skills and companies’ technological innovation. It will offer activities that enable companies to get involved in this continuum at an early stage, notably through end-of-training courses geared towards industrial projects, in conjunction with their business units. To this end, it will draw on ITM’s initial and continuing training courses and the IMTfor5G+ program, while developing new activities in synergy with the economic sector.
It fosters entrepreneurship by developing innovative activities, drawing on the Institut Mines-Télécom’s network of incubators.
A strategic lever for competitiveness, sovereignty and sustainable development
As a player in the field of digital sovereignty, the Centre helps companies meet the challenges of competitiveness by supporting them in their efforts to stay at the forefront of innovation.
The Centre plays a key role in major European and national research programs, notably those co-sponsored by the Institut Mines-Télécom, such as the PEPR “Networks of the Future” and FRAMExG (maturation/pre-maturation program), while also developing activities linked to international standardization processes, to which it contributes.
Thanks to its articulated approach, the Center is able to tackle subjects requiring a high degree of cross-functionality, such as sustainable development. The aim is to make the digital age less resource-intensive and help all socio-economic activities to better control their environmental footprint. Our work also takes into account issues of societal acceptability and regulatory aspects, as well as new sectoral and multi-sectoral geographies and emerging business models.
News
Latest news
- Op-Ed in Le Point — Digital Infrastructures: A Strategic Priority at the Heart of RSTN Centre’s Work
On June 6, Le Point published an op-ed titled “Digital infrastructures: the invisible foundations of our economic sovereignty”. - Second public debriefing of BEREC for the year 2025
On June 11, the second public debriefing of BEREC for the year 2025 was held.Presentation and recorded video are available. - NTN and 6G: Networks in Revolution – Insights from the EuCNC Workshop in Poznań”
A workshop entitled “System Level Analysis of Non-Terrestrial Networks” was organized by the center in Poznan on June 3.
Upcoming event
- Training School on Networks and AI-October 20–24, 2025
We’re excited to announce the second edition of the Training School on Networks and AI,taking place from 20 to 24 October 2025 at CNAM in Paris.
Archives
- The National IMT Center: Catalyst for Innovation According to the Montaigne Report Published in March 2025
- Launch of the Centre national Réseaux et systèmes pour la transformation numérique on January 30, 2025
- Winter training school : AI for Digital Infrastructure – Digital Infrastructure for AI-IMT NE, November, 4th – 7th, 2024
- Institut Mines-Télécom launches its National Center: Networks and Systems for Digital Transformation
Organisation
The IMT National Center – Networks and Systems for Digital Transformation (RSTN) is structured around several thematic and cross-cutting axes, which reflect its key priorities in technological innovation, digital sovereignty, and the environmental impact of digital technologies.
These axes serve to bring together expertise, foster collaboration between institutions, and develop strong synergies with public and private stakeholders.
Each axis brings together an active community of researchers involved in fundamental research, technological development, training, and engagement with socio-economic partners.
Activities
The IMT National Center – Networks and Systems for Digital Transformation (RSTN) brings together researchers committed to the design and improvement of digital technologies that shape our daily lives.
The IMT National Center – Networks and Systems for Digital Transformation (RSTN) is an initiative of the Institut Mines-Télécom aimed at promoting an ecosystem that combines advanced research, innovation, knowledge transfer, and skills development.
Its activities include:
- Research and innovation in areas such as networks, cybersecurity, connected systems, digital infrastructures, and distributed artificial intelligence.
- Collaboration with industry to develop concrete solutions in partnership with businesses and digital stakeholders.
- Training and knowledge dissemination through seminars, thematic schools, and scientific events open to all.
- Building a strategic vision, shared at the national and European levels, to anticipate major digital transformations.
The RSTN Center acts as a catalyst for projects and collaborations, supporting a responsible, secure, and sustainable digital transformation.
The current axes of the Center are as follows:
- Thematic Axis 1 – End-to-end convergent network and system architectures
- Thematic Axis 2 – Design of lower layers of future networks (radio and optics)
- Thematic Axis 3 – Synergies with verticals and multi-sector federation (Healty Focus Area)
- Thematic Axis 4 – Cybersecurity and data protection
- Thematic Axis 5 – Fundamentals and modeling of networks and systems
- Thematic Axis 6 – Artificial Intelligence (AI) for networks and networks for AI
- Thematic Axis 7 – Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN)
- Cross-Cutting Axis 1 – Environmental impact of digital technologies
- Cross-Cutting Axis 2 – European digital regulations
Members
The Center currently brings together over 140 permanent faculty researchers from IMT schools and their affiliated institutions, along with their PhD students and postdoctoral researchers.
