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The French Institute for Research in ICST

• Information and Communication Science and Technologies

RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

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A scientific and technological public institution under the dual authority of the Ministry of Research and the Ministry of Industry

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Inria Key figures (2012)

4,350 People(60 % paid by Inria)

Associated teams throughout the world

66Research Centresin France

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Project teams 180

Scientific publications

4,432

International conferences

41

A BUDGET OF

Active patents(in total)

255

€ 265M

Of which more than 25% from external

resources

Scientists3,500

1,282 Doctoral students258 Post-Doctoral546 R&D engineers

Software1,000

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107Spin off (in total)

Inria’s Research Centres

Inria RENNESBretagne

Atlantique

Inria BORDEAUXSud-Ouest

Inria PARIS - Rocquencourt

Inria LILLENord Europe

Inria NANCYGrand Est

Inria SACLAYÎle-de-France

Inria GRENOBLE Rhône-Alpes

Inria SOPHIA ANTIPOLISMéditerranée

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Applied Mathematics, Computation and Simulation 1

Algorithmics, Programming, Software and Architecture

Networks, Systems and Services, Distributed Computing

Perception, Cognition and Interaction

Digital Health, Biology and Earth

5 Main research topics

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Inria Project-Team

• 10 to 30 people working under a scientific leader supervision

• Focused scientific theme and international evaluation

• A limited lifespan : average 8 years, maximum 12 years

• Well-defined objectives and work program

• Linked to and cooperating with industrial and scientific partners in France and around the world

• A priori and a posteriori evaluation

Inria Project Team

180Inria Project-

Teams in 2012

140in partnership

An organization that complements the universities

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European partnershipsKey player in the European Research Area• Involvement in more than 250 European projects under the 7th Framework

Programme (FP6/FP7)• Involved in H2020

Founding member and driving force within EIT ICT Labs (French node), the cluster aimed to build the Future Information Society in

Europe

Founding member and driving force within ERCIM (European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics)

W3C European host

Development of contacts with major Europeanindustrial groups • LIRA, joint virtual health and well being laboratory

(Inria, Philips, Fraunhofer, CWI)• Scilab, Objectweb consortia

Creation of bilateral agreements with other European countries

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International relations

Develop strong partnerships all around the world :

• Joint research laboratories for long-term cooperations• LIAMA (Sino-French Laboratory for computer Science, Automation, and Applied Mathematics)

• JLPC (Joint Laboratory for Petascale Computing. Inria-Urbana Champaign, USA)

• LIRIMA (International Laboratory for Research in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics in Africa)

• CIRIC (joint Laboratory for Communication and information Research and Innovation Center in Chile)

• Inria project-teams associated with foreign teams for 3 years on a research objective (66 in 2012)

Increase Inria attractivity

• An Internships program for master and PhD students (151 in 2012)

• Visits of scientists from many other countries

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Milestones1981 - Creation in Sophia Antipolis scientific park

1983 - Creation Inria Sophia Antipolis Centre

1988 - First TCP/IP connection Europe – US

- Operator of the first regional research computer network

1994  - Creation of the W3C Europe office (Inria founder)

1999 - Host of the European group ERCIM

2003 - First Inria Project-team in Montpellier

2010  - First Inria project-team with an European university (Bologna-Italy)

- KIC EIT ICT labs creation

2012 - Opening of the Campus SophiaTech

2013 - 30th Anniversary of Inria Sophia Antipolis – Méditerranée Centre - 10

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KEY figures (2012)

• 600 people including 510 scientists (researchers, lecturers, PhD students, post-doctoral, engineers ) and 90 staff support.400 Inria employees and 200 by partners

• Budget 2012: 29,7 M€ including • 21 M€ (state funding with 18 M€ for Inria Civil Servant Salary)• 8,7 M€ external funding (contracts, software licenses, etc.)

• 3 sites: Sophia Antipolis/Nice (32 teams), Montpellier (5 teams), Bologna (1 team) - 19 000 m² of buildings on 7 ha in Sophia Antipolis

• 38 teams – 23 teams in partnership with CNRS, universities and engineering schools

• 50 nationalities

• 16 start-ups, including 9 since 2000

• 29 active patents, 280 software

• Evaluation by the French Evaluation Agency (2006-2010): A+

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3 Main scientific priorities

Computational Medecine and Biology

Omnipresent Communication and Computing

Modelling, Simulation and interaction with the real world

Research focused on scientific challenges addressing the needs of society such

as health, environment, agronomy, energy, transports,

telecommunications…

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Applied Mathematics, Computation and Simulation (6 teams)APICS, ECUADOR, McTAO, NACHOS, OPALE, TOSCA• Very high performance computing for computational sciences (national action)• C2S@EXA : Computer and Computational sciences at Exascale (national action)

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Algorithmics, Programming, Software and Architecture (4 teams)AOSTE, GALAAD2, GEOMETRICA, MARELLE

Networks, Systems and Services, Distributed Computing (7 teams)COATI, DIANA, FOCUS, INDES, MAESTRO, SCALE

Perception, Cognition, Interaction (9 teams)• AYIN, GRAPHIK, HEPHAÏSTOS, LAGADIC, REVES, STARS, TITANE, WIMMICS,

ZENITH

• Personally Assisted Living (PAL) (national action)

Digital Health, Biology and Earth (12 teams)• ABS, ASCLEPIOS, ATHENA, BIOCORE, CASTOR, COFFEE, DEMAR, LEMON,

MODEMIC, MORPHEME, NEUROMATHCOMP, VIRTUAL PLANTS• CardioSense 3D, Cardiac Simulation (national action)• Morphogenetics : Deciphering morphogenesis at multiple scales (national action)

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• Euro-mediterranean relations • Italy : Joint research projet team with Univ. of Bologna (Focus) (Davide Sangiorgi)

• Greece: Cooperation Agreement signed with the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. (September 2010) – Ioannis Emiris

• Tunisia: Visit of a delegation led by the managing director to meet our main partners : Enit Lamsin, Ensi, Sup’Com (March 2010). Strong participation within the framework STIC Tunisia. Many co-publications since 2003. Challenge MED IN Sup’Com Tunis. (July 2011)

• Algeria: 1st Algerian-French University/Research Conference. (October 2010). 1 Project STIC Algeria in 2011 and 2012. (project within the framework STIC-Algerie (Prof. D. Cherifi and L. Boumghar from USTHB, Alger). 4 teams involved with some Algerians partners.

• Marocco: Collaboration with the University of Marrakech, Institut National des Postes et Télécommunications Rabat, 1 permanent researcher in Opale.

Since 2005, strong involment within the framework EuroMéditerranée 3+3 and International Laboratory for Research in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics (LIRIMA), created in 2009.

• Pilote of the CoAdvise project (FP7 « People » programme) : fund euromed. PhD theses

• Leader of the EuroMéditerranée 3+3 programme (Algeria, Spain, France, Italy, Morocco, Tunisia)

International relationships (2013 1/2)

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• International•19 associate teams mostly with USA universities (Stanford and Berkeley), but also Chile, Canada and Asia

•Teams of the centre are involved in : Inria-CNRS-FAPs cooperation in Brazil, STIC AmSud, Math AmSud, STIC Asia programmes, Inria@SiliconValley, Poncelet France-Russia joint laboratory, LIAMA (joint laboratory with Chinese Academy of Sciences)

•20 researchers and post-doc involved in the Communication and information Research and Innovation Center (CIRIC) in Chile, joint Center (Inria, Universities of Chile)

•Since 2006, about 1000 foreign researchers have been welcomed in the research teams.

International relationships (2013 2/2)

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• Training through research 150 PhD/year and 140 internship/year Activities in computing engineery, training

in industrial companies Most advanced equipement

• Post-doctoral training• Welcoming young foreign researchers

• Post-doctoral periods abroad

• ERCIM fellowships in European countries

• Fellowships for industrial post-docs

Training and knowledge dissemination

• Teaching University degree courses (Master) Engineering schools (École

Polytechnique, ENS, etc.) Creation of international master of

UNS (Biocomp – Ubinet) and with Montpellier, master TIC-Santé

Teaching computing and digital science to teachers in secondary school

Member of the GIS Ecole Normale supérieur de Lyon – UNS - CNRS – INRIA

Involved in the MPSI courses ofCIV School in Valbonne

• Organizing courses and seminars

Setting up Inria courses, seminars and working groups

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A research centre in Euroregion with an international influence

Centre de recherche

Lille – Nord Europe September 2011

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