Acknowledgements

I would like to thank ISTE for the trust and interest shown in this editorial project, the result of meetings, readings and my experience as an engineer. This book would not have been possible without the intellectual support of Christian Ruby and the contributions of all those who have kindly provided a testimony, an image, an idea, an act or a word of support... In the hope of forgetting no one, I would like to express my gratitude to:

Yann Amice, technical director of Metigate.

Raul Amoros, co-founder of the "How Much?" website.

Katrin Amunts, professor of neuroscience at the University of Düsseldorf, head of the "Human Brain Project" at the Institute of Neurosciences and Medicine in Jülich (Germany).

Talha Ansari, PhD student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (China).

Xavier Antoine, professor of mathematics at the Université de Lorraine, director of the Institut Elie Cartan de Lorraine in Nancy.

François Axisa, engineer, researcher and scientific author.

Guillaume Balarac, researcher at the Laboratoire des écoulements géophysiques et industriels at the Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble.

Dominique Barth, director of the Laboratoire données, algorithme, ville intelligente et durable at Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin.

Jean-Marc Baste, vascular and thoracic surgery practitioner at the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Rouen.

Laurent Beaudet, wind aerodynamics engineer at Adwen in Rouen.

Sara Belingheri, documentalist at Wellcome Trust in London (United Kingdom).

Ulrich Bert, public relations manager at NASA in Washington (United States).

Eva Bessac, researcher at the l'Oréal R&D Center in Saint-Ouen.

Fabienne Bessac, researcher at the Laboratoire de chimie et physique quantiques at the Université Paul Sabatier de Toulouse.

Géraldine Bidault, head of the Digital Photo Library at the Collection Management Department of Château de Versailles.

Christophe Binétruy, researcher at the Institut de recherche en génie civil et mécanique (GéM) and professor at the École Centrale de Nantes.

François Bodin, researcher at the Institut de recherche en informatique et systèmes aléatoires in Rennes.

Nicolas Boisson, engineer at OptiFluid in Villeurbanne.

Philippe Bonnelle, head of the Refining Modeling Department at Total in Paris.

Jean-François Boussuge, researcher at CERFCAS in Toulouse.

Frédéric Boudon, researcher at the Unité mixte de recherche amélioration génétique et adaptation des plantes méditerranéennes et tropicales (AGAP), at the Centre de recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD) in Montpellier.

Eric Boyer, HPC project manager at GENCI in Paris.

Alain Breyer, photographer.

Daniel Broc, researcher at the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives in Saclay.

Christophe Calvin, head of the Computer, Computer Simulation and Intensive Computing Sector at the Directorate of Basic Research, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives in Saclay.

Pascal Casari, researcher in mechanics and composite materials and professor in the Department of Physical Measurements at the Institut universitaire technologique de Saint-Nazaire.

Emanuele Casarotti, researcher at the National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology in Rome (Italy).

Jean-Emmanuel Charrault, administrator at Château de Breteuil.

Marc Chausserie-Laprée, naval engineer.

Nicolas Chevassus-au-Louis, historian and journalist.

François-Xavier Chevenat, draftsman.

Marx Chhay, researcher at the Laboratoire d'optimisation de la conception et d'ingénierie de l'environnement at the Université Savoie-Mont Blanc d'Annecy-Chambéry.

Philippe Cinquin, director of the Laboratoire techniques de l'ingénierie médicale et de la complexité - informatique, mathématiques et applications, at the Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble.

Thomas Clavet, engineer and founder of EMC3-Consulting in Marseille.

Mélanie Clément-Fontaine, researcher and director of the Laboratoire de droit des affaires et nouvelles technologies at the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin.

Christine Collis, assistant to the wind tunnel manager at ONERA in Palaiseau.

Solenne Coutagne, curator of libraries at the Service d'histoire de la santé, Bibliothèque inter-universitaire, at the Université Paris Diderot.

Stéphane Dabrowski, photographer at the Direction du patrimoine de la Cinémathèque française in Paris.

Philippe Dandin, research engineer at Météo-France in Toulouse.

April Deady, portfolio manager of Virtual Human Modeling solutions at Dassault Systems in Providence (United States).

Loïc Debeugny, research engineer at ArianeGroup in Vernon.

Camille Dégardin, graphic designer and scientific illustrator.

Bertrand Delezoïde, researcher at the Institut List at the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives in Saclay.

Gérald Desroziers, research engineer at Météo-France in Toulouse.

Jean-Philippe Destruel, communication manager at Mété-France in Toulouse.

Markus Diesmans, head of the simulation component for the "Human Brain Project" and professor of theoretical neuroscience at the Institute of Neurosciences and Medicine in Jülich (Germany).

Anthony Dijon, design engineer at Météodyn in Nantes.

Antoine Ducoin, researcher at the Laboratoire de recherche en hydrodynamique, énergétique et environnement atmosphérique at the École Centrale de Nantes.

Pascal Dumont, vascular and thoracic surgery practitioner at the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Tours.

Benoît Dupont, expert non-destructive testing engineer at the Centre technique des industries mécaniques in Senlis.

Peter Eiseman, founder of GridPro.

Pierre-Vladimir Ennezat, cardiologist specializing in vascular diseases at the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Grenoble.

Laurent Evrard, bookseller in Tours.

Eric Favre, director of Comsol France in Grenoble.

Luka Fineisen, artist.

Laurent Fribourg, research director at the CNRS, Laboratoire de spécification et de vérification at Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan.

Sebastian Fuentes, calculation and research engineer at Bois-HD in Nantes.

Benoit Gauvreau, researcher at the Institut français des sciences et technologies des transports, de l'aménagement et des réseaux in Bouguenais.

Julien Gardan, researcher in mechanics and materials at Ecole polytechnique féminime in Sceaux.

Sophie Génermont, research fellow at the Department of Environment and Agronomy, at the Institut national de la recherche agronomique in Grignon.

Jean-Frédéric Gerbeau, deputy director general for science at INRIA in Rocquencourt.

Jean-Pierre Goux, engineer and writer.

Virginie Grandgirard, researcher at the Institut de recherche sur la fusion par confinement magnétique, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives in Cadarache.

Caroline Grippon-Lamotte, in charge of audiovisual productions at ONERA in Paris.

Ian Goodfellow, researcher at Google Inc. in Mountain View (United States).

Gwenaël Guillaume, researcher at the Centre d'études et d'expertise sur les risques, l'environnement, la mobilité et l'aménagement in Strasbourg.

Nicolas Guilpart, senior lecturer in the Department of Agriculture, Forestry, Water and Environmental Sciences and Engineering at AgroParisTech in Paris.

Eric Guilyardi, researcher at the Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace in Paris and at the Department of Meteorology of the University of Reading (England).

Aziz Hamdouni, researcher at the Laboratoire des sciences de l'ingénieur pour l'environnement at the Université de La Rochelle.

Patrick Hennebelle, researcher at the Institut de recherche sur les lois fondamentales de l'Univers, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives in Cadarache.

Sophie Hoyau, researcher at the Laboratoire de chimie et physique quantiques de l'Université Paul Sabatier in Toulouse.

Nadia Imbert-Vier, head of multimedia services at the Communication Directorate of the European Space Agency in Paris.

Erwan Jacquin, founder of HydrOcean in Nantes.

Catherine Jordan, founder of the "Subjective Geography" project in Nantes.

Daniel Jouandon, history teacher in Tours.

Florence Klotz, in charge of the publishing and events department at the Communication Department of the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives de Saclay.

Dimitri Komatitsch, researcher at the Laboratoire de mécanique et d'acoustique at the Université d'Aix-Marseille.

Martin Konopka, engineer at ArianeGroup GmBH in Bremen (Germany).

Ghislaine Labouret, research engineer at the ingénieure de recherche au Laboratoire psychologie de la...