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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, ...