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Paris, July 2, 2007
In the year of its fortieth anniversary, INRIA is modifying the
terminology it uses to refer to its research structures, while
staying faithful to the founding principles that have made the
Institute so successful. From
projects to "project-teams" and from research
units to "INRIA research centres", the different
levels in INRIA's research organisation are changing their names
on 1 July 2007.
By implementing these changes, in
a world of research that is constantly on the move, INRIA is striving
to make the characteristics of its model more explicit – a
model based on two complementary pillars: scientific excellence and
technology transfers.
Until now, the term "project" (projet) has been
used to refer to INRIA's basic units, consisting of a team of scientists
working together on a research project, with objectives for scientific
results, and four-yearly evaluations. Today, the term "project" -
widely used in the research field by the French National Research
Agency, the competitiveness clusters, the 7th EU R&D framework
programme, etc. - covers a variety of structures.
For the purposes of clarification, the Institute's research projects will from
now on be called "INRIA project-teams" (équipes-projets
INRIA), to match the terminology already used by the Institute in English.
This term has the advantage of referring both to the group
of researchers and the purpose of the research.
Each project-team will retain the characteristics specific to the INRIA model based on a team of scientists:
Similarly, while the term "research units" (unités
de recherche) referred to INRIA's regional cluster,
it has a completely different meaning in the rest of the french
academic world. INRIA will now call them by a more explicit name.
From 1 July 2007, these units will become "INRIA research
centres" (centres
de recherche INRIA) and the title will include the name of the
host town and the geographical catchment area of the establishment
to indicate its regional location.
INRIA Research Centres on 1 July 2007:
The sixth cluster - INRIA - Futurs Research Centre - will produce three other centres over the coming months:
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The French national institute for research in computer science and control is the only public institute entirely dedicated to research in information and communication science and technology (ICST). It has a 3,600 strong staff - 2,800 of which are scientists - distributed in six research units across France. INRIA has an annual budget of 160 million euros excluding VAT, 20% of which comes from its own research contracts and licences. INRIA has massive influence in the following fields: "networks, telecoms and multimedia", "complex systems and software" and "modelling, simulation and visualisation". It develops collaborations with the economic world through strategic industrial partners and by setting up open forums and creating companies (80 start-ups in 20 years) - particularly through its subsidiary INRIA-Transfert, promoter of four start-up funds.
More information: http://www.inria.fr/index.en.html
| INRIA Vincent Coronini Tel.: + 33 1 39 63 57 29 |
Lowe Stratéus for INRIA Clémentine Duguay / Matthias Le Fur Tel. : +33 1 40 41 56 11/ 66 |
