Discover Gilles Babinet's latest book, published in May 2023
ABOUT THE BOOK
What were the defining moments in the advent of the Internet as we know it? How the hippies, God and Science invented the Internet is a reminder of how a few genius engineers embodied cybernetic innovation and how, as technology progressed, the history of the Internet drew the breathless soap opera of the contemporary world. At a time when the artificial intelligence revolution is in full swing, Gilles Babinet also looks at the prospects for this technology. In addition, he outlines the possible future of our society in the context of the widespread development of the Internet, and the way in which regulation and innovation in information technologies might be articulated.
Gilles Babinet’s older books
Gilles Babinet has written several books about digital transformation, a topic that has been fascinating him for many years
L'Ère Numérique, un nouvel âge de l'humanité, Le Passeur, 2014
Big Data, penser l'homme et le monde autrement, Le Passeur, 2015
Transformation digitale : l'avènement des plateformes, Le Passeur, 2016
Préface - Transformation digitale 2.0 : 6 leviers pour parer aux disruptions, éditions Pearson, 2019
Refondre les politiques publiques avec le numérique, Dunod, 2020
Gilles Babinet’s contribution to some publications
October 2021
Innovation: France's Got Talent
French unicorns have been on the rise. In 2017, there were only 3 such companies, a.k.a. startups that are valued at more than €1 billion. Within four years, as of October 14th 2021, that number has shot up to 19. The United Kingdom is still well ahead, with 31 unicorns under its belt. However, France now ranks second on the list of the largest start-up ecosystems in Europe, on par with Germany.
However, the lack of diversity in talent and the gap between research and entrepreneurship further reduce the country’s capacity to innovate. As a key driver of growth, investment in human capital must become a priority for France if it wants to strengthen its innovation ecosystem.
In partnership with Accenture, Institut Montaigne conducted extensive data collection across 10 countries, and more than 50 interviews with private actors and French and international experts. As a result, we have put forward nine recommendations for how to make France a key player in European innovation.
April 2020
FRENCH youth: online and exposed
In the last 20 years, the social life, education, and lifestyle of young people in France has been radically transformed by the emergence of digital technology and the development of smartphones. However, these changes — and above all their impact on this segment of the population — are not well understood. In fact, analyzing young people's use of digital technology is extremely difficult, as the typical adolescent tries to avoid the scrutiny and surveillance of the adult world, and new channels and virtual spaces for socializing are constantly emerging.
June 2017 (French only)
Higher education and digital: get connected!
Available in french only.
French higher education is facing many challenges: constantly rising enrolments, stagnation of our institutions in international rankings, budgetary impasses, etc. School and university dropouts are struggling to be absorbed, guidance is not provided in a satisfactory manner and the professional integration of students is insufficiently effective. Although major reforms have been carried out since the end of the 1990s, driven by movements towards European harmonisation and national autonomy, there is still a feeling of incompleteness. This report analyses how higher education institutions, in initial and continuing education, can take advantage of the potential of digital technology to increase the quality of their teaching models, promote integration into the labour market, and improve the quality of their teaching. quality of their teaching models, to promote the professional integration of students the professional integration of students and strengthen the attractiveness of our institutions, in France and abroad. France and abroad.
big data and the internet of things : making france a leader in the digital revolution
The movement that gotunder way in the first decade of the 21st century with the rise of the Internet and the advent of Web2.0, featuring social networks and smartphones, has continued with the development of the Internet of things and Big Data.The next wave of Internet growth will spring from the convergence of persons, processes, data, and objects — the “Internet of Everything”.
Connected things are still often perceived as products for personal wellbeing and leisure, but they include a myriad of potential technologies, uses, and services. The multiplication of sensors entails and the exponential growth in the quantity of data generated is expanding the size of Big Data.
April 2015
February 2013
For a digital "New Deal”
Available in french only.
This study reminds us, through numerous figures and foreign examples, that digital technology is a major tool for the competitiveness of developed economies. In order to illustrate the digital revolution that our country is currently undergoing, this study looks at three levers on which to act in order to bring about structural changes in France: the financing of innovation, the modernisation of public action and the education and health sectors.