INRIA Research Centers

INRIA Paris - Rocquencourt

Created in 1967 at the same time as the Institute (IRIA), the INRIA Paris – Rocquencourt Research Center today employs 570 people, of which 380 are scientific researchers, grouped into 35 different project teams. The center developed numerous connections with the universities and large schools in Ile-de-France: Pierre et Marie Curie university (Paris 6), Denis Diderot University (Paris 7), Marne-la-Vallée University and Versailles – Saint-Quentin University, the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, the Paris École Normale Supérieure, the National Higher School of Advanced Techniques and the CNRS. The Center is actively involved in the CapDigital, Mov’eo and System@tic competitiveness clusters and in the Digiteo and Paris Mathematical Sciences advanced research networks (RTRAs). Much of this joint work is carried out in close cooperation with the other INRIA Research Centers in metropolitan Paris, in Saclay. The center focuses on three priority research areas: modeling living systems and the environment, communication networks and systems, and software security.

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INRIA Rennes - Bretagne Atlantique

Founded in 1979, the year when IRIA became INRIA, the INRIA Rennes – Bretagne Atlantique Research Center was developed within a university and research setting. Over time, the relationship has flourished. In Rennes and Lannion, it is a partner of the CNRS, the University of Rennes 1 and the Rennes INSA, together with the IRISA (UMR 6074) and Cachan ENS (Brittany branch). There are two joint project-teams in Nantes cooperating with LINA (part of the University of Nantes, the Nantes École des Mines and the CNRS).

The center maintains numerous affiliations with industrial and application software partners in their fields of preference (informatics – telecommunications – multimedia), both on the regional level with active participation in the Images & Networks cluster, on the national level (ANR projects), as well as the European and international levels.

Grouping approximately 580 people and 26 project teams common to one or several of the partners mentioned, the research center emphasizes three major high-priority themes: management of large-scale distributed networks and systems, design, analysis and compilation of embedded software, as well as methodologies for using multimodal images and data.

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INRIA Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée

Started in 1983, within the framework of the decentralization policy, the Sophia center today has more than 460 people and 30 project teams formed through the close collaboration with the Nice-Sophia Antipolis and Montpellier universities, as well as other research organizations such as the CNRS, the INRA, the CIRAD, and most specifically, the I3S, JAD and LIRMM laboratories. The center also cultivates very strong relationships with the businesses in its geographical area. It also participates in eight PACA competitiveness clusters (SCS, Pégase, Mer, Safety and Security, Photonique, etc.), and is a founding member of the global Solutions communicantes sécurisées (SCS) that groups several dozen businesses. It also contributes to the development of the Sophia Antipolis technocity through its participation in Telecom Valley and the center’s 15 spin-offs. It is also involved in developing the Montpellier cluster, most notably by participating in the Montpellier Agronomy and Sustainable Development foundation, by maintaining close collaboration with INRIA, the CIRAD and LIRMM partners. It is involved in developing the STIC Campus with the Nice-Sophia Antipolis university and Eurecom, and has a fruitful synergy in medicine with the UNSA, the Antoine-Lacassagne Center and the CHU. Its three priority themes are: omnipresent communication and calculation, computational medicine and biology, as well as modeling, simulation and interaction with the real world.Website > http://www.inria.fr/sophia-antipolis Top of page Download this file in PDF

INRIA Nancy - Grand Est

INRIA Nancy – Grand Est Research Center was founded in 1986, and now employs 480 people. Its 22 research teams were formed through close partnerships with regional organizations including: Université Henri-Poincaré in Nancy, the universities of Metz, Nancy 2 and Strasbourg, the INP in Nancy, and the CNRS – mainly with the LORIA laboratories (Lorraine Research Laboratory in Computer Science and its Applications) and the IECN (Institut Élie-Cartan). The center is also present, through dual-location teams, on the Metz, Besançon and Strasbourg sites, within the framework of its outreach strategy across the greater region. Over the last few years through an exclusive partnership with Sarre in Germany, it has focused on creating project teams common to both countries, over the medium term. The Lorraine institute’s main strength is in computing research, which it will continue to develop, but it also wishes to move into applied mathematics, automatic control and interdisciplinary topics combining ICST and other scientific sectors, in particular life sciences and human and social sciences.

The INRIA Nancy – Grand Est Research Center will prioritize the development of three areas of activity: cognition, perception, language and knowledge, simulation, complex system optimization and control, as well as computer system safety and security.

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INRIA Grenoble - Rhône-Alpes

The INRIA Grenoble – Rhône-Alpes Research Center was founded in 1992, and now employs about 500 people. Its 26 research project teams are spread between Montbonnot, near Grenoble, the ENS in Gerland, and the Doua university campus in Lyon. For the most part, they are common to local establishments: the Grenoble and Lyon universities (Joseph-Fourier university, Institution national polytechnique de Grenoble, and the Claude Bernard university), the École normal supérieure de Lyon, the INSA in Lyon, as well as the CNRS – more specifically with their LIG, LJK, LIP or CITI laboratories. The center also maintains numerous relationships with major local players such as ST Microelectronics, France Telecom, Xerox, and nurtures the industrial fabric with the numerous start-ups that were launched within this context. Its teams participate in the Imaginove and Minalogic regional competitiveness clusters, as well as the pôleAESe and System@tic global clusters. In Lyon, the Center’s teams participate in the RTRA Innovations en infectiologie. The center’s three major priorities are: managing dynamic and heterogeneous resources – systems embedded in the calculation and communication infrastructures, modeling and simulating multi-scale and multi-component phenomena, and the perception and interaction with real and virtual environments.

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INRIA Saclay - Ile-de-France

Along with Lille and Bordeaux, the INRIA Saclay – Ile-de-France Research Center is one of three new centers that was in the making within the INRIA – Futurs research unit between January 2002 and December 2007. Created January 1, 2008, the INRIA Saclay – Ile-de-France research center now employs about 350 people. Its 21 research teams (15 IPTs) were formed through close partnerships with the University of Paris-Sud, the École Polytechnique, the Cachan École Normale Supérieure, the CNRS – more specifically with their laboratories: the LRI, the LIX, the LSV, the CMAP and the University of Paris-Sud’s mathematics department. The INRIA Saclay – Île-de-France Research Center will work closely with the System@tic competitiveness cluster to achieve future development, participating in the Digiteo RTRA founded by the CEA, CNRS, INRIA, the École Polytechnique, the Paris-Sud University and SUPELEC, in close cooperation with the Paris-Rocquencourt Research Center. Finally, the Center will also be building a strong relationship with the CEA and its partners through the NeuroSpin brain-imaging project conducted in the MediTech competitiveness cluster. The INRIA Saclay – Île-de-France Research Center will focus on developing three areas of activity: software security and reliability, high-performance calculation and knowledge distributed on the web, as well as the modeling, simulation, and optimization of complex dynamic systems.

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INRIA Lille - Nord Europe

Created in 2008 with Bordeaux and Saclay, following an incubation period of six years within the INRIA – Futurs unit, the INRIA Lille – Nord Europe Research Center employs about 200 people. Its 10 project teams were formed through partnerships with the Lille University of science and technology (Lille 1), the Charles-de-Gaulle university (Lille 3), the École centrale de Lille and the CNRS.

There are seven project teams common with the LIFL, two with the LAGIS, and one with the Paul-Painlevé laboratory (UMR 8524 CNRS mathematical laboratory and USTL). The center hopes in the future to create project teams in conjunction with neighboring European universities. The Haute Borne science park, where the Center recently moved with the help of local government and European funds, will be the geographic center of gravity for any partnership development undertaken by the Center. The competitiveness clusters (I-Trans for land-based transportation and particularly the Trade Industries cluster) and the research campus for interdisciplinary research and technological innovation studying ambient intelligence under the supervision of the CPER will together offer a golden opportunity for scientific development and partnerships with businesses. The center is focused on high-priority scientific areas involving software infrastructures for ambient intelligence, modeling and interactivity with living systems, as well as modeling and simulation.

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INRIA Bordeaux - Sud-Ouest

The INRIA – Futurs’ latest addition – following its “twin” additions of Lille and Saclay in 2008 – is the INRIA Bordeaux – Sud-Ouest Research Center with 273 people. Its 13 research teams were formed through close partnerships with the University of Bordeaux and Pau, as well as with the CNRS and more specifically with their laboratories: the LABRI, IMB, LMA and MIGP. The Center’s skills will be mobilized by applying the themes in the Aerospace Valley competitiveness cluster. The Center develops and will continue developing more and more industrial and academic partnerships with local players. These directly include, for example, Total, Safran/Turbomeca, Thales, Rhodia, the CEA (especially within the context of the research program focusing on the laser mégajoule), France Telecom, EDF, Airbus, SNCF, etc., but also indirectly through the Aerospace Valley cluster. The center’s development capacity and its committed partnerships suggest growth will attain at least 50% over the next 4 years. The center’s main priorities, which benefit from world-class expertise available in the region as well as substantial external contributions, are: modeling, calculation, parallel systems, simulation and visualization, as well as formal systems.

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