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Paris, October 17, 2007
By signing a new cooperation agreement with CWI (Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica) – the Dutch national research institute for mathematics and computer science – INRIA will confirm its presence in the European arena of scientific research and computer science technology transfers.
The two organizations are set to sign a partnership framework agreement on 17 October 2007 on INRIA Futurs premises, where the new INRIA Lille-North Europe research centre will be launched in January 2008. INRIA and its counterpart in the Netherlands, CWI, already have well-established relations, notably through ERCIM, the European consortium in computer science and mathematics.
This agreement between the two research centres places particular emphasis on the field of software services and their development, as well as computer science applications for the economy and finance sectors.
The joint-research will be carried out at CWI in accordance with the INRIA model. Collaboration will target scientific progress at the highest international level in technology transfers and software developments .
The mission of the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control is to carry out research in Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies (ICST). Through six research units located in seven major regions, INRIA employs a workforce of 3,700 people, including 2,900 scientists (from INRIA and associate organisations). INRIA’s annual budget is €162 million (excluding VAT), 20% of which comes from its own resources (contracts, licences). INRIA plays a decisive role in five areas of research: communicative, cognitive, symbolic, numerical and biological systems. INRIA develops many partnerships with industry and fosters technology transfers and business creation (83 enterprises) in the field of ICST, in particular through its affiliate, INRIA-Transfert, who operates four seeding funds.
More information: http://www.inria.fr/index.en.html
Founded in 1946, CWI is the Dutch national research institute for mathematics and computer science. With its 55 permanent research staff, 40 postdocs and 65 PhD students, CWI is a compact institute that lies at the heart of European research in mathematics and computer science. At CWI researchers concentrate on fundamental questions that are inspired by practical problems, giving the institute a well-defined place in the landscape of Dutch research. CWI’s strength is the discovery and development of new ideas, and the transfer of knowledge to academia and to Dutch and European industry. Areas that are being studied are: algorithmic mathematics, including modelling, analysis, simulation and optimization, and fundamental informatics, including complexity theory and algorithms, software technology, and database systems.
More information: http://www.cwi.nl/
| INRIA Vincent Coronini Tel.: + 33 1 39 63 57 29 |
Lowe Stratéus for INRIA Clémentine Duguay Tel. : +33 1 40 41 56 11 |
CWI Martine Roeleveld |
