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Paris, October 7, 2005
The Brazilian Ministry of Science
and Technology chose INRIA as
the best French location to present its country's industrial
Research & Development activities in Information and Communication
Science and Technology (ICST). This choice demonstrates INRIA's
worldwide position in these research areas.
As part of the Year of Brazil, INRIA is honored to host on October 12 and 13, 2005 at its Rocquencourt site, the "Brazilian Information Technology Days", a series of Brazilian exhibitions and software demonstrations.
Luis Fernandes Rebelo, Brazil's Vice-Minister of Science and Technology,
Joseph Mariani, Director of the ICT Department, MENESR, and Gilles Kahn,
Chairman and CEO of INRIA, will inaugurate the event.
The interest of Brazilian researchers and industrialists for INRIA demonstrates the institute's notoriety; INRIA's scientific excellence and expertise in technology transfers are increasingly in demand. For over twenty years, joint projects with various Brazilian states, especially Rio Grande do Sul, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Pernambouco, and Rio Grande do Norte, have confirmed the quality of exchanges and the joint R&D results in information and communication science and technology.
These days for exchanges are organized with the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology, and with the support of the Society for the Quality and Promotion of Brazilian Software (Softex) and of the PETROBRAS Research Center. These two days of meetings will include presentations and demonstrations in a range of fields: communication security over the Internet, telemedecine, telecommunications, automated banking services, graphical visualization, IT applied to management, etc.
Journalists who would like to take part in the event should contact our Press Service.
| Vincent
Coronini INRIA Tel.: +33 1 39 63 57 29 |
Matthias
Le Fur Stratéus for INRIA Tel.: +33 1 40 41 56 66 |
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
