Welcome to InriaSophia Antipolis–Méditerranée Research Center
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The French Institute for Research in ICST• Information and Communication Science and Technologies
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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
€ 265MOf 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 1Algorithmics, 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 relationsDevelop 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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Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée
Research Centre 9March, 2014
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)
1Algorithmics, 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 rechercheLille – Nord Europe September 2011
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