The interministerial service of the Archives of France (SIAF), in partnership with the Paris School of Economics, is launching the Socface research project, conducted by the National Institute of Demographic Studies (INED) and the company Teklia. The evolution of French society from 1836 to 1936 will be studied based on the twenty population censuses conducted during this period, preserved and digitized by the Departmental Archives. The interdepartmental service of the Archives of France is one of the services that make up the general direction of heritage and architecture. With the General Inspection of Heritage, it exercises, among other things, a scientific and technical control over the public archives still in the hands of the State's public services and establishments. With the Paris School of Economics, it has just launched the innovative research project Socface, which was selected last year by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), the French research funding agency.

With the temptation of social media and no professor around to scold you, it can be easy to get distracted while taking an online class. Now, one school in Paris is making efforts to keep remote students on track with their tasks – an AI will monitor their every move. Starting in September, two online classes from the ESG business school will be using a facial recognition program called Nestor to measure students' engagement, and it will even give them warnings when they start to slack off. A business school in Paris is making efforts to keep remote students on track with their tasks – an AI will monitor their every move. Nestor, a software from LCA Learning, tracks eye movements and facial expressions using the computer's webcam Nestor, a software from LCA Learning, tracks eye movements and facial expressions.

For those of us who zone out during university lectures, the temptation multiplies when you taking classes from home. Next fall, a business school in France will try to stop online students from getting distracted with an AI app called Nestor. To judge your level of attention, it can track your face and eyes and even detect when you pull out a phone. If you start to slack off, it can warn you via pop-up messages or emails, and tell you roughly when you may drift away again. The bot will be used for two classes at the ESG Business school, including a 30 hour "street marketing" course, as part of a distance learning program.