Prsentation de l'INRIA

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Welcome to INRIA Sophia Antipolis
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French National Institute for Research in
Computer Science and Control

• Information and Communication Science and
  Technology
• Researching
• Experimenting
• Sharing and transmitting
• Creating points of reference
• A public scientific and technological institute
  under the dual authority of the Ministry of
  Research and the Ministry of Industry

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ICST and society

• A source of innovation in all human endeavors
• Telecommunications, media, engineering, commerce,
  leisure, education, health, transportations,
  environment, finance
• A crucial economic role
• A profound social and cultural impact
• A continuous change
• Advances stemming from research
• Constant demand for new applications

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ICST and Research

• Not just a set of tools but a matter of knowledge
• A young discipline that brings forth
  complexscientific problems
• A strong interaction with all other scientific
  fields
• New ethical issues
• International competition
• Considerable training needs

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The Research Units
Rocquencourt
Loria
Rhône-Alpes
Irisa
Sophia Antipolis
Futurs
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Key figures
A work force of 3,200
2,700 scientists 950 Doctoral candidates 130
Post-docts 200 Expert engineers 560 engineers,
technical and administrative
6 Research Units
Budget 135 M (tax not incl.) including 27,M
from contracts, software licenses, etc.
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Diversity and relevance of INRIAs research
fields

• Communicating systems
• Cognitive systems
• Symbolic systems
• Numerical systems
• Biological systems
• Important and recognized scientific and
  technological results

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Organization into project-teams

• Scientific management
• Project-teams
• Between 10 and 25 scientists
• A strong thematic unity
• Medium term work program and objectives
• Scientific and financial autonomy
• Links and collaborations with industrial and
  academic partners in France and worldwide
• A rigorous evaluation of the results and a
  limited duration

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Technology transfer, an economic ambition

• Research with an eye on business
• An essential element of the Institutes culture
• Objectives
• Lower the transfer time between an idea and its
  marketing
• Optimizing the economic impact on the short,
  medium and long terms
• Creating standards to achieve technological
  breakthroughs
• This transfer policy is asserted in INRIAs
  strategic plan Building strong partnerships
  with major French and foreign companies that are
  leaders on their market

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Working and talking with companies

• A long standing experience in terms of relations
  with the economic sector
• Over 750 ongoing research contracts (Jan. 1st,
  2005)
• Participation in over 40 European projects (6th
  Framework Program), mainly with industry
• Software distribution (contracts and open source)
• Continuous exchanges
• INRIA-Industry meetings
• Technological partnership clubs with small and
  medium-sized companies
• Welcoming engineers from industry
• Industrial post-docs

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Various ways of collaborating with INRIA

• Framework agreements
• Contracts research, studies, consultancy
• Software licenses for evaluation purposes
• Exploitation and co-ownership contracts
• Commercial licenses
• Corporate RD actions
• Consortiums
• Industrial post-docs

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International relations (1)

• A major player in the construction and
  development of European research
• Participation in more than 40 European projects
  (6th Framework Program)
• Co- founder and driving force within ERCIM
  (European Research Consortium for Informatics and
  Mathematics)
• ERCIM Post Doc Fellowship Program
• Development of partnerships with European
  industry
• AIRD Joint virtual laboratory on ambient
  intelligence (INRIA, Philips, Thomson)
• Scilab Consortia, Objectweb
• Setting up bilateral partnerships with other
  European countries
• Fostering cross-boarder exchange with
  neighbouring regions

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International relations (2)

• Joint laboratories
• LIAMA The joint Sino-French Laboratory in
  Informatics, Automation and Applied Mathematics
  (3rd phase)
• The A.M. Liapunov French-Russian Institute in the
  area of applied mathematics and computer science
• LAFMI The Franco-Mexican laboratory in computer
  science
• France-Hong Kong center for Financial and
  Insurance Engineering
• Conferences and government-sponsored events
• CARI African Colloquium on Research in Computer
  Science
• Asia ICST Regional Program - in South-East Asia -
  with CNRS
• Tunisia ICST Regional Program - with the French
  Embassy in Tunis

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International relations (3)

• 33 Associated Research Teams in 14 countries
• Argentina (1), Brazil (1), Canada (5), Chili (2),
  China (1), Greece (1), Island (1), Japan (2), The
  Netherlands (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (1),
  Tunisia (1), Uruguay (1), USA (14)
• Receiving foreign specialists and students (INRIA
  International Internship Program)
• 44 interns from 5 countries
• 1000 scientific visitors from 70 countries

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Training

• Training through research
• 190 doctoral theses in computer science,
  automatic control and scientific computing are
  defended every year after having been prepared
  within an INRIA research project-team(this
  represents 20 of all French doctorates in these
  scientific fields)
• Advising 950 doctoral candidates, including 220
  foreign students, every year
• Welcoming French and foreign engineers and
  interns (welcoming positions, internship program)
• Post-doctoral training
• Welcoming young foreign researchers (about 60
  every year)
• ERCIM fellowships in European countries
• Post-doctoral periods abroad
• Fellowships for industrial post-docs

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Sophia Antipolis Research Center

• - Creation in 1983
• - 30 Research teams in Information and
  Communication Science and Technology (ICST)
• - 500 persons including
• 180 permanent staff,
• 150 researchers and PhD from 42 different foreign
  countries

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In partnership
With . University of Nice Sophia Antipolis
and CNRS . Universities of Marseille and
Montpellier . CIRAD and INRA . Ecole des Mines
de Paris, lEcole des Ponts, l Ecole des
Télécomunications et EURECOM . ENS . Cermics
. Paris VI et le CNRS . Lorraine (Omega), .
Rhône-Alpes (Planète) . Rocquencourt (Axis)
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30 research teamsgrouped in 5 research themes

• Communicating systems 6
• Distributed systems and software architecture
• Networks and telecoms
• Embedded systems and mobility
• Architecture and compiling
• Cognitive systems 4
• Statistical modeling and machine learning
• Perception, indexing and communication for images
  and video
• Multimedia data interpretation and man-machine
  interaction
• Image synthesis and virtual reality

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30 research teamsgrouped in 5 research themes

• Symbolic systems 6
• Reliability and safety of software
• Algebraic and geometric structures, algorithms
• Management and processing of language and data
• Numerical systems 8
• Control and complex systems
• Grids and high-performance computing
• Optimisation and inverse problems for stochastic
  or large-scale systems
• Modeling, simulation and numerical analysis
• Biological systems 6
• Modeling and simulation in biology and medicine
• CardioSense3D Cardiac Simulation (national action)

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Inria Sophia Antipolis Industrial Relations

• Contracts and partnerships
• Through consultancy, research, licence contrats
  know-how transfer
• Through national RD programs (RNRT, RNTL, RNTS,
  PREDIT, )
• Through European funded programs (FP)
• . 33 research contracts with industrial funding
  (ongoing in 2002)
• . 7 with government funding
• . 11 with European funding
• . 17 commercialisation contracts . 12 patents
• A wide range of partners
• Regional Alcatel Space, RealViz, Esterel
  Technologies, INRA, Ifremer, Gemplus
• CSTB, Simulog, FT RD...
• National Dassault Aviation, Astrium, CNES,
  Philips, RATP, Crédit Agricole,
• EDF, GDF, Airbus, Bull, GEMS, Sagem, BRGM,
  CEA,...
• International Hitachi, Mirada Solutions,
  Mentice, Medtroni

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InTechSophia

• A club of partners, a place for companies and
  researchers to meet and discuss
• Its objectives
• Promote synergies between public research and
  industry
• widely open
• A steering committee
• Large companies Thales, Philips
• Small and medium companies Simulog, Silogic
• Industrial clubs Telecom Valley, Club HiTech
• Other research centers Eurecom, I3S
• Fondation Sophia Antipolis
• - Half days on
• Web services, wireless networks, medical imaging
  in the pharmaceutical industry, knowledge
  management and corporate memory, device indepence
  on the web, security on the Internet, parallel
  processing, grid computing

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Start-up of INRIA Sophia Antipolis
ERGOMATIC  Ergonomics of man-machine
interfaces ILOG  Advanced
software components (visualization,
optimization, intelligent agents) ISTAR 
Aerial and satellite image processing,
digital mapping KEENEO Software editor for
Behaviour Recognition Intelligent Video
Surveillance (IVS) REALVIZ  Digital
effects and computer animation UDCAST IP
applications and broadcast links ESTEREL
TECHNOLOGIES Solutions for embedded software,
SOC design validation and
verification QUANTIFICARE Medical image
analysis for pharmaceutical applications GEOMETRY
FACTORY Software components for
computational geometry
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French, European and international organizations
hosted by the research unit- CMA Centre de
Mathématiques Appliquées. Joint laboratory with
Ecole des Mines de Paris- CERMICS Centre
d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Mathématiques,
Informatique et Calcul Scientifique. Joint
laboratory with Ecole Nationale des Ponts et
Chaussées- ERCIM European Consortium for
Informatics and Mathematics - W3C World Wide
Web Consortium
European and international relations . 245
foreigners (40 researchers, 75 PhD students, 30
post-PhD, 50 invited scientists and 50
students) . 42 nationalities . 34 international
collaborations (IST, HPMT, EEC, EVK4, PAI)
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Training and knowledge dissemination

• Training through research
• 150 PhD and students
• Complementary training courses at ESSI, ISIA ,
  thematic seminars, Colloquium (scientific
  conferences)
• Activities in computing engineery, training in
  industrial companies
• Most advanced equipement
• Post-doctoral training
• Welcoming young foreign researchers
• Post-doctoral periods abroad
• ERCIM fellowships in European countries
• Fellowships for industrial post-docs

• Teaching
• University degree courses (DEA, DESS)
• Engineering schools (École Polytechnique, ENS,
  etc.)
• Organizing courses and seminars
• Setting up INRIA courses, seminars and working
  groups
• Organizing national and international conferences

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Library

• A partnership with I3S laboratory (UMR Cnrs-Unsa)
• Open to specialized users, it offers,
• - 34000 books, PhD theses, conferences
  proceedings, research reports
• - 320 specialized reviews covering all the
  research themes (including 230 on line)
• specialized bibliographies on ligne
• Access to resources of Inria Unsa libraries
• - Web site , library portal
• http//www-sop.inria.fr/dias/
• A participation in the following networks
• Bibliothèques françaises de mathématiques (RNBM)
  
• Bibliothèque Nationale (BNF) - pôle associé
  Informatique

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INRIA in Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur

• Scientific  Partnerships
• Joint research teams with
• Ecole des Mines (CMA - Centre de Mathématiques
  Appliquées)
• UNSA (Université de Nice) et CNRS
• Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées (CERMICS)
• Université de Provence

• Collaborations with  
• Laboratories of Nice Sophia Antipolis university
• Institut Eurecom
• Universities of Marseille, Provence and
  Méditerranée,
• Observatoire de la Côte dAzur,
• Observatoire Océanographique de Villefranche
  (Paris VI) Ifremer, IMT etc.

• Institutional Partnerships
• R3T2 , médiathèque (IRIS)
• Participation to professional clubs or
  associations 
• - Telecom Valley, PERSAN, Club HiTech, Pôle
  Santé, ImeT, MITSA, Méditerranée-Technologie
  

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REVES
Rendering and Virtual Environments with Sound

• RESEARCH THEMES
• Rendering for Images and Sound
• Plausible Rendering using Alternative
  Representations.
• High-Quality Rendering for Simulation.
  
• Virtual and Augmented Reality with Sound
  
• Simple and Efficient Re-lighting.
  
• Enriching environments with Sound.
• Appropriate representations for 3D interaction.

COLLABORATIONS MIT, CSTB, EDF/RV, RealViz,
Foundation of the Hellenic World (FHW Athènes),
Electronic Arts
APPLICATIONS Virtual Heritage.
Virtual/Augmented Reality for
Architecture and Urban Planning. Computer Games.
Audio-Visual Production.
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MASCOTTE
Algorithms, Simulation, Combinatorics and
Optmization for Telecommunications
COLLABORATIONS Direction Générale Transport et
Energie de la Commision Européenne, Alcatel Space
Industries (Toulouse), France Télécom RD (CRE),
RNRT Project (PORTO) with Alcatel (Marcoussis)
and France Télécom RD

• RESEARCH THEMES
• Algorithms, discrete mathematics and
  combinatorial optimization.
• Communication algorithms.
• Networks design (optical WDM, SDH, ATM, on-board,
  radio and satellites networks).
• Distributed object oriented simulation.
• Parallel processing and interconnection
  networks.

APPLICATIONS road traffic simulation, design of
SDH services for companies, satellites
constellations, design of optical
networks.
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EPIDAURE
Medical Imaging and Robotics
COLLABORATIONS   General Electric Medical
Systems, Mauna Kea Technologies, Medtronic,
Mentice, Noesis, Nycomed, Philips, QuantifiCare,
Sanofi, Siemens, etc.   

• RESEARCH THEMES
• Extraction of quantitative parameters (shape,
  texture) from images, image registration
  (temporal, multimodal, multi-subject...),
• Construction of anatomical and functional
  atlases from images, morphometry (statistics on
  shape and intensities),
• Analysis of the cardiac motion,
• Modeling of soft tissues for visual and haptic
  interaction, physiological models of organs,
• Coupling of medical imaging and robotics.

• APPLICATIONS
• Computer aided diagnosis,
• Surgery simulation (which can imply virtual
  reality and robotics tools),
• Image guided therapy (planning, control and
  follow-up), which can imply augmented reality and
  robotics tools.

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ARIANA
Inverse Problems in Earth Observation and
Cartography

• APPLICATIONS
• 2D imagery improve quality of an image
  disrupted by noise or blur.
• 3D modelling reconstruct 3D Digital Elevation
  Models (DEM) through high-resolution stereo or
  super-resolution techniques for optical images
  supplied by SPOT or LANDSAT satellites, or by
  aerial imagery. Synthetic Aperture Radar
  imagery, or SAR ("RSO" or "ROS" in French), may
  also provide information and lead to realizing
  more accurate DEM through interferometry
  techniques for example.

• RESEARCH THEMES
• Markovian modelling.
• Variational approaches
• Stochastic geometry
• Parameter estimation

• COLLABORATIONS
• Alcatel Space Ind.,
• Astrium, Sagem,CNES, IGN,
• BRGM,
• DGA.

Restauration
DEM
Network detection
Classification
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ICARE
Instrumentation, Control and architecture of
advanced robots
RESEARCH THEMES . Algorithms and theoretical
aspects of control . Acquisition and use of
sensory data. . Architecture and programming
for robot controllers
APPLICATIONS Stabilisation of mobile
robots Mobile robot navigation and
guidance .Robust visal tracking and
control Visual servoing thechniques applied to
the control of aerial robots
COLLABORATIONS    Ifremer, Cybernetix
andThomson-Marconi-Sonar. , Sagem S.A., Renault
S.A., and CEA.
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ACACIA
Knowledge Acquisition for Aided Design Through
Agent Interaction

• COLLABORATIONS
• Aérospatiale, ATOS, Cnet, CSTB (buildings)Dassaul
  t-Aviation, Dassault- Électronique, DCN, Inrets
  (accidentology), Renault , TILAB and T-Systems
  Nova (télécommunications)
• European Project COMMA and C-Web, European
  network Ontoweb

• RESEARCH THEMES and APPLICATIONS
• Support for Corporate Memory Construction
  
• Management of Multi-expertise Knowledge
  Acquisition and Management from Multiple Experts,
  Management of Multiple Knowledge Models,
  Ontologies or Viewpoints.
• Exploitation and Management of Links between
  Formalized Knowledge and Documents Knowledge
  Management from Texts Management of Links
  between Knowledge Models (or Ontologies and
  Documents.
• Project Memory and Technical Memory in
  Concurrent Design.
• Support for Corporate Memory Distribution and
  Use
• Knowledge Servers on the Web or in an Intranet
  Tools for Interrogation and Browsing in Expertise
  Models and in Documents (WebCOKACE) Support to
   Intelligent  Information-Retrieval in an
  heterogeneous, distributed corporate memory,
  guided by exploitation of knowledge models or
  ontologies.

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ODYSSEE
Computer and biological vision
APPLICATIONS - Mapping of the visual cortical
areas of active monkeys from functional MRI, -
Building corpus for directional verbs in French
sign language. - Cognitive vision systems.
-Mathematical and algorithmic tools for brain
imagery.
COLLABORATIONS     Realviz, Sagem, G.E.C

• RESEARCH THEMES
• Variational methods and partial differential
  equations for vision
• Functional imaging for observing brain activity
• Modelling brain activity