1. 1 INRIA The French Research Institute in Information and Communication Science and Technology (ICST)

2. 2 INRIA Overview National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control public institution under the dual authority of the Ministry of Research and the Ministry of Industry created in 1967 by Général De Gaulle –research –experiment –share and disseminate –create references –transfer

3. 3 INRIA Key Figures Budget 220 M€ (22% from contracts) 3,900 people, 2,800 scientists: 1000 PhD students 500 Post-Doctoral and R&D engineers 170 research teams 80 associated teams throughout the world 4 300 scientific publications 24 International conferences 230 active patents 96 innovative spin-off companies created 800 ongoing contracts 70 software products in 2009 INRIA Nancy Grand Est INRIA Rennes Bretagne Atlantique INRIA Bordeaux Sud-Ouest INRIA Lille Nord Europe INRIA Paris Rocquencourt INRIA Saclay Île-de-France INRIA Grenoble Rhône-Alpes INRIA Sophia Antipolis Méditerranée

4. 4 INRIA Research Model the INRIA Project - Team: 10 to 30 people, with a scientific leader a focused scientific theme a limited lifespan: 7 to 12 years medium-term objectives and work program linked to and cooperating with industrial and scientific partners, in France and around the world financial and scientific autonomy transfer objectives a priori and a posteriori evaluation each 4 years 170 INRIA Project-Teams

5. 5 INRIA Partnership Research: joint works with: –universities –other research institutions as: –LIAMA (Beijing Academia of Sciences) –Microsoft Research –Alcatel-Lucent Bell joint works with partners from other fields: health, energy, environment, agriculture, transports… Transfer: 800 research contracts software licences (proprietary or open source) 96 spin-off companies created consortia involvement (W3C/ERCIM, Scilab, ObjectWeb…)

6. 6 INRIA 4 Years Vision the Strategic Plan: defines a 4 years contract with the Government defines our priorities 7 scientific and technical challenges: Model Program Communicate Interact Digital Engineering Digital Medicine Digital Sciences

7. 7 Created in 1983 35 research teams on 4 sites (Sophia Antipolis, Marseille, Montpellier and Bologna in Italy) in partnership (half of them) with CNRS, universities and engineering schools Three main scientific domains : –Computational Biology and Medicine –Ubiquitous Computing and Communications –Modeling, Simulating and Interacting with the real world Host of the European group ERCIM (European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics), which is itself the European host of the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). INRIA Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée

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9. 9 Budget 2010: 31 M€ including –22,5 M€ (state funding with 15 M€ for INRIA Civil Servant Salary) –8,5 M€ external funding (contracts, software licenses, etc.) 197 INRIA permanent staff (budgetary positions) –113 researchers and 84 staff support (ETA) 47 other permanent researchers staff (CNRS, Universities) 253 non permanents (PhD students, post-doctoral, engineers, from about 46 different foreign countries…) => A workforce of 500 persons with 380 scientists INRIA Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée

10. 10 2001: 1998: 2005 : 2000: 1990: 1988: 2000: 2007: 2006 : 2000 : 2003: INRIA Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée 1988 : Spin-off

11. 11 2000: Call for application Welcome Chinese students to application PhD program Excellent research environment –Excellent advisors –Self-motivated study –Free collaboration with different researchers Colorful life –Good scholarship (around 1800 euros/month) –More than 35 days –Beautiful scenery in the Mediterranean region Future –Good job opportunities for PhD students