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Paris, July 13 2005
The Interministerial Committee for Regional Planning (CIADT) has
just picked 67 Competitive Centers1. INRIA, whose
vocation is to carry out research in new information technology,
is pleased
to see that all of the centers the Institute supported have been
selected. INRIA's research units, located in 7 different French
regions, are thus taking part in 8 'global projects' or 'projects
with a global purpose.' One more proof that INRIA is one
of the major assets of France in facing the international challenges
in information science and technology.
INRIA is a partner in 4 of the 6 'global projects' 2, in 4 other 'projects with a global purpose' 3, and in 4 'national projects' 4. The Institute offers the various regions in which it is installed the means to face global economic changes. Due to the growing involvement of INRIA in the field of life sciences and medical technology, the collaborations already already started in two of the other 'global projects' concerning the health5 sector will rapidly be reinforced. The Institute has research units in Rocquencourt, Rennes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (Sophia Antipolis and Marseille), Rhône-Alpes (Grenoble and Lyon), Lorraine (Nancy and Metz), and Bordeaux, Lille and Saclay. It can thus boast an accumulation of know-how and technological competence present on all of these sites.
By selecting the applications supported by INRIA, the government emphasizes the growing role played by Information and Communication Science and Technology (ICST). The latter are ever more present in multiple areas of daily life, industry and services, and are transforming society. For INRIA, research is not just about developing computing products. In the context of this new government boost, the Institute intends to continue contributing to the economic development in all sectors of the economy, and to propose innovations for industry, services and administration in collaboration with its partners.
The "Competitiveness Center" project is a real world experiment for the policy asserted by INRIA in its Strategic Plan. The results presented by the Prime Minister highlight the adequacy between the selected scientific and technological fields and the challenges of the Institute's Strategic Plan. A further satisfaction for INRIA is that the three regions in which the future research unit incubator, INRIA Futurs, is located are selected in the restricted list of the 15 'global projects' or 'projects with a global purpose'.
INRIA, the National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control,
is dedicated to research in information and communication science and technology
(ICST). Throughout its six research units located in seven major regions*,
the Institute has a workforce of 3,500, 2,700 of whom are scientists from INRIA
and its partner organizations. INRIA has an annual budget of 135 million euros,
20% of which comes from its own research contracts and development products.
The Institute plays a crucial role in five areas of research: communicating
systems, cognitive systems, symbolic systems, numerical systems and biological
systems.
INRIA develops many partnerships with industry and fosters technology transfer
and company foundation in the field of ICST - some eighty companies have been
founded. Startups are financed in particular by INRIA-Transfert, a subsidiary
of INRIA that supports four startup funds.
INRIA's international collaborations result in the welcoming and recruitment
of foreign students and extensive research scientist exchanges. The priority
is given to geographical areas with a strong economic potential - the European
research area, Asia and North America- while maintaining continuous relations
with South America, Africa and the Middle East.
*Aquitaine, Bretagne, Lorraine, Ile-de-France, Nord Pas de Calais, Provence
Alpes Côte d'Azur and Rhône-Alpes.
For more information: www.inria.fr
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Kohler Stratéus for l'INRIA Tel. +33 1 40 41 56 10 |
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