The 2009 annual report, covering the activity of the whole Institute, is now available in two formats: in the print version and in the on-line version that can be consulted online. It is an opportunity to look back over an eventful year and to share this document which is both important and at the same time enjoyable to read.
A multi-task learning based hybrid prediction algorithm for privacy preservin...journalBEEI
There is ever increasing need to use computer vision devices to capture videos as part of many real-world applications. However, invading privacy of people is the cause of concern. There is need for protecting privacy of people while videos are used purposefully based on objective functions. One such use case is human activity recognition without disclosing human identity. In this paper, we proposed a multi-task learning based hybrid prediction algorithm (MTL-HPA) towards realising privacy preserving human activity recognition framework (PPHARF). It serves the purpose by recognizing human activities from videos while preserving identity of humans present in the multimedia object. Face of any person in the video is anonymized to preserve privacy while the actions of the person are exposed to get them extracted. Without losing utility of human activity recognition, anonymization is achieved. Humans and face detection methods file to reveal identity of the persons in video. We experimentally confirm with joint-annotated human motion data base (JHMDB) and daily action localization in YouTube (DALY) datasets that the framework recognises human activities and ensures non-disclosure of privacy information. Our approach is better than many traditional anonymization techniques such as noise adding, blurring, and masking.
You are 15 years old. Imagine walking into a hip emporium that inspires you to be curious and energizes you to succeed at a career. You sit down and play games; learn how to build games, 3D worlds and simulations; or just chat with like-minded friends about the future. The entire experience is about helping you "visualize" your science and engineering career exploration. In a "design team setting" you "play" roles ranging from 3D modeler to aerospace engineer.
IncredibleMinds goes beyond college guidance and occupational information to address the entire process of STEM career assessment, exploration and action planning necessary to help minority youth find STEM careers that fit their skills, interests, personalities, and developmental needs. New educational solutions need to be relevant and valuable to industry as well as relevant and valuable to youth (National Association of Governors, 2006). The key to the future of education is leveraging current investments in entertainment software and industry technologies.
We use commercial video games as the conceptual bridge to “playing” with industry simulation and modeling tools. Modeling and simulation tools are the immersive environments that our next-generation engineers and scientists must master. These tools provide the means to design and build engineered systems as well as to investigate and visualize complex scientific phenomena. The modeling and simulation industry is a $6 billion U.S. industry that is central to innovation in high-growth industries and the advancement of scientific discovery. Today, Congressional and industry leaders consider the modeling and simulation industry a "national critical technology.” According to Dr. Edwin Crues, NASA Constellation Program Modeling and Simulation Architect, “We cannot have an active and vibrant space program without an active and vibrant modeling and simulation community to support it.”
A multi-task learning based hybrid prediction algorithm for privacy preservin...journalBEEI
There is ever increasing need to use computer vision devices to capture videos as part of many real-world applications. However, invading privacy of people is the cause of concern. There is need for protecting privacy of people while videos are used purposefully based on objective functions. One such use case is human activity recognition without disclosing human identity. In this paper, we proposed a multi-task learning based hybrid prediction algorithm (MTL-HPA) towards realising privacy preserving human activity recognition framework (PPHARF). It serves the purpose by recognizing human activities from videos while preserving identity of humans present in the multimedia object. Face of any person in the video is anonymized to preserve privacy while the actions of the person are exposed to get them extracted. Without losing utility of human activity recognition, anonymization is achieved. Humans and face detection methods file to reveal identity of the persons in video. We experimentally confirm with joint-annotated human motion data base (JHMDB) and daily action localization in YouTube (DALY) datasets that the framework recognises human activities and ensures non-disclosure of privacy information. Our approach is better than many traditional anonymization techniques such as noise adding, blurring, and masking.
You are 15 years old. Imagine walking into a hip emporium that inspires you to be curious and energizes you to succeed at a career. You sit down and play games; learn how to build games, 3D worlds and simulations; or just chat with like-minded friends about the future. The entire experience is about helping you "visualize" your science and engineering career exploration. In a "design team setting" you "play" roles ranging from 3D modeler to aerospace engineer.
IncredibleMinds goes beyond college guidance and occupational information to address the entire process of STEM career assessment, exploration and action planning necessary to help minority youth find STEM careers that fit their skills, interests, personalities, and developmental needs. New educational solutions need to be relevant and valuable to industry as well as relevant and valuable to youth (National Association of Governors, 2006). The key to the future of education is leveraging current investments in entertainment software and industry technologies.
We use commercial video games as the conceptual bridge to “playing” with industry simulation and modeling tools. Modeling and simulation tools are the immersive environments that our next-generation engineers and scientists must master. These tools provide the means to design and build engineered systems as well as to investigate and visualize complex scientific phenomena. The modeling and simulation industry is a $6 billion U.S. industry that is central to innovation in high-growth industries and the advancement of scientific discovery. Today, Congressional and industry leaders consider the modeling and simulation industry a "national critical technology.” According to Dr. Edwin Crues, NASA Constellation Program Modeling and Simulation Architect, “We cannot have an active and vibrant space program without an active and vibrant modeling and simulation community to support it.”
The University of Southampton is one of the UK\'s preeminent aerospace university\'s, recognised widely for its research, student experience and industry collaborative support.
Je TIC au passé, présent et au futur, Journée du 23/12/2014Mohammed TAMALI
قد يكون من السابق لأوانه أن يقول قائل أن حركة التغيير في الشعوب و الأمم غير مهمة ... و لكن حين يُنظرُ إلى الحقائق، تقع المفاجأة، لقد تم تجاوز الملياريْ مستعمل للانترنت و يستمر، لإثبات أن هذه أداة اتصال أساسيه حتى أن منظمة الأمم المتحدة، اقترحت مؤخراً ‘أن الإنترنت يجب أن يكون حق من حقوق الإنسان’.
ما يتم تبادله من معلومات عبرَ وسائلِ الاعلام
و الاتصال غير محدود، من يتشارك المعلومات
غير مسؤول، اللغة المعبر بها مفتوحة و الرابح
غير معروف. ألغيت الحدود الجغرافية حتى أنها لم تعد ذات فائدة استراتيجية بل وسائل الاعلام باتت هي المسيطرة و المؤثرة فيما تبقى ... من ‘الثقافات و الحضارات’.
بلغ عدد مستعملي وسائل الانترنت في 2014 ما يفوق 2.986 مليار زبون (لا زائر) ما يمثل زادة قدرها %560 مقارنة مع ما كان في بداية سنة 2000.
AIR: Architecture for Interoperable Retrieval on Distributed and Heterogeneou...Florian Stegmaier
Nowadays multimedia data is produced and consumed at an ever increasing rate. Similarly to this trend, diverse storage approaches for multimedia data have been introduced. These observations lead to the fact that distributed and heterogeneous multimedia repositories exist whereas an unified and easy access to the stored multimedia data is not given.
This paper presents an architecture, named AIR, that offers the aformentioned retrieval possibilites. To ensure interoperability, AIR makes use of recently issued standards, namely the MPEG Query Format (MPQF) (multimedia query language) and the JPSearch transformation rules (metadata interoperability).
L Spring 2010 Alternative Summit About The Lisbon Strategy In Education And R...spring2010
We don't want any market of knowledge ! Universities are not to sell !
That's why we call to an alternative summit in Brussels on 25 March 2010, when the Spring Council of Eupean Head of States deecides the futiure of the Lisbon Strategy.
It will be held in the European Parliament
Inria - leaflet of research centre Bordeaux Sud-Ouest,Inria
Inria Bordeaux – Sud-Ouest is located on the university campuses of Bordeaux and Pau. With its academic and industrial partners it conducts research in computational sciences and technologies (computer sciences, mathematics and robotics) enhanced by technology transfers and innovation in a particularly stimulating and dynamic region of France.
The University of Southampton is one of the UK\'s preeminent aerospace university\'s, recognised widely for its research, student experience and industry collaborative support.
Je TIC au passé, présent et au futur, Journée du 23/12/2014Mohammed TAMALI
قد يكون من السابق لأوانه أن يقول قائل أن حركة التغيير في الشعوب و الأمم غير مهمة ... و لكن حين يُنظرُ إلى الحقائق، تقع المفاجأة، لقد تم تجاوز الملياريْ مستعمل للانترنت و يستمر، لإثبات أن هذه أداة اتصال أساسيه حتى أن منظمة الأمم المتحدة، اقترحت مؤخراً ‘أن الإنترنت يجب أن يكون حق من حقوق الإنسان’.
ما يتم تبادله من معلومات عبرَ وسائلِ الاعلام
و الاتصال غير محدود، من يتشارك المعلومات
غير مسؤول، اللغة المعبر بها مفتوحة و الرابح
غير معروف. ألغيت الحدود الجغرافية حتى أنها لم تعد ذات فائدة استراتيجية بل وسائل الاعلام باتت هي المسيطرة و المؤثرة فيما تبقى ... من ‘الثقافات و الحضارات’.
بلغ عدد مستعملي وسائل الانترنت في 2014 ما يفوق 2.986 مليار زبون (لا زائر) ما يمثل زادة قدرها %560 مقارنة مع ما كان في بداية سنة 2000.
AIR: Architecture for Interoperable Retrieval on Distributed and Heterogeneou...Florian Stegmaier
Nowadays multimedia data is produced and consumed at an ever increasing rate. Similarly to this trend, diverse storage approaches for multimedia data have been introduced. These observations lead to the fact that distributed and heterogeneous multimedia repositories exist whereas an unified and easy access to the stored multimedia data is not given.
This paper presents an architecture, named AIR, that offers the aformentioned retrieval possibilites. To ensure interoperability, AIR makes use of recently issued standards, namely the MPEG Query Format (MPQF) (multimedia query language) and the JPSearch transformation rules (metadata interoperability).
L Spring 2010 Alternative Summit About The Lisbon Strategy In Education And R...spring2010
We don't want any market of knowledge ! Universities are not to sell !
That's why we call to an alternative summit in Brussels on 25 March 2010, when the Spring Council of Eupean Head of States deecides the futiure of the Lisbon Strategy.
It will be held in the European Parliament
Inria - leaflet of research centre Bordeaux Sud-Ouest,Inria
Inria Bordeaux – Sud-Ouest is located on the university campuses of Bordeaux and Pau. With its academic and industrial partners it conducts research in computational sciences and technologies (computer sciences, mathematics and robotics) enhanced by technology transfers and innovation in a particularly stimulating and dynamic region of France.
Digital technology now forms a central part of our everyday lives. It can be found in the majority of objects and services that we use every day, including the Internet, computers, mobile phones, cameras, portable music players, televisions, game consoles and GPS receivers, but it is also hidden away, sometimes in a less visible manner, in vehicles, industrial tools, medical devices, decision support systems, etc.
In the space of barely a few years, all these technologies have already profoundly changed our lives, to the point of becoming indispensable. They will continue to do so in the future, thanks to applications that are currently being developed. This is the route taken by researchers at Inria, a public research body, which is inventing the digital world of the future.
How to Use EasyBib School Edition: Student Instructionsbeilers
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Inria - leaflet of research centre Nancy - Grand EstInria
The Inria Nancy - Grand Est research centre organises many scientific cooperation programs with its academic partners in the region as a whole and internationally, in particular with Sarrebruck and Luxembourg.
Inria - leaflet of research centre Lille - Nord EuropeInria
The Inria Lille – Nord Europe research centre provides access to the top European and international research for innovation and companies, in particular in its region. Thanks to its commitment and drive, the Inria Lille – Nord Europe research centre asserts an attractive international recruitment and hosting policy.
This presentation compares the activities of Future Internet Socio Economics and Future Internet Enterprise Systems. Although there are similarities in terms of discussions about neutrality, regulation and rights the drivers are significantly different between consumers (largely focus of FISE) and industry (largely focus on FInES)
A Novel Biometric Approach for Authentication In Pervasive Computing Environm...aciijournal
The paradigm of embedding computing devices in our surrounding environment has gained more interest
in recent days. Along with contemporary technology comes challenges, the most important being the
security and privacy aspect. Keeping the aspect of compactness and memory constraints of pervasive
devices in mind, the biometric techniques proposed for identification should be robust and dynamic. In this
work, we propose an emerging scheme that is based on few exclusive human traits and characteristics
termed as ocular biometrics, promising utmost security and reliability. Complex iris recognition and
retinal scanning algorithms have been discussed which promises achievement of accurate results. The
performance and vast applications of these algorithms on pervasive computing devices is also addressed.
A Novel Biometric Approach for Authentication In Pervasive Computing Environm...aciijournal
The paradigm of embedding computing devices in our
surrounding environment has gained more interest
in recent days. Along with contemporary technology
comes challenges, the most important being the
security and privacy aspect. Keeping the aspect of
compactness and memory constraints of pervasive
devices in mind, the biometric techniques proposed
for identification should be robust and dynamic. In
this
work, we propose an emerging scheme that is based on few exclusive human traits and characteristics termed as ocular biometrics, promising utmost security and reliability. Complex iris recognition and retinal scanning algorithms have been discussed whi
ch promises achievement of accurate results. The
performance and vast applications of these algorithms on pervasive computing devices is also addressed.
A NOVEL BIOMETRIC APPROACH FOR AUTHENTICATION IN PERVASIVE COMPUTING ENVIRONM...aciijournal
The paradigm of embedding computing devices in our surrounding environment has gained more interest
in recent days. Along with contemporary technology comes challenges, the most important being the
security and privacy aspect. Keeping the aspect of compactness and memory constraints of pervasive
devices in mind, the biometric techniques proposed for identification should be robust and dynamic. In this
work, we propose an emerging scheme that is based on few exclusive human traits and characteristics
termed as ocular biometrics, promising utmost security and reliability. Complex iris recognition and
retinal scanning algorithms have been discussed which promises achievement of accurate results. The
performance and vast applications of these algorithms on pervasive computing devices is also addressed.
Advanced Computational Intelligence: An International Journal (ACII)aciijournal
The paradigm of embedding computing devices in our surrounding environment has gained more interest
in recent days. Along with contemporary technology comes challenges, the most important being the
security and privacy aspect. Keeping the aspect of compactness and memory constraints of pervasive
devices in mind, the biometric techniques proposed for identification should be robust and dynamic. In this
work, we propose an emerging scheme that is based on few exclusive human traits and characteristics
termed as ocular biometrics, promising utmost security and reliability. Complex iris recognition and
retinal scanning algorithms have been discussed which promises achievement of accurate results. The
performance and vast applications of these algorithms on pervasive computing devices is also addressed.
mobile ICT-technologies will lead to the disruption of health care including R&D as we currently know it; since regulated markets pose significant hurdle on innovation, reverse innovation appears to be the logic consequence to improved the efficacy of health care as well as the way therapeutic concepts are being developed. Personalized medicine will become reality in a completely new dimension which are deriving from remote diganostics converging with innovative drugs to theranostics.
Emerging Technologies: Benefits, Applications and Challenges | Enterprise WiredEnterprise Wired
This comprehensive guide embarks on an exploration of emerging technologies, delving into their core principles, diverse applications, and the profound impact they exert on various industries and society at large.
ON SOFT COMPUTING TECHNIQUES IN VARIOUS AREAScscpconf
Soft Computing refers to the science of reasoning, thinking and deduction that recognizes and uses the real world phenomena of grouping, memberships, and classification of various quantities under study. As such, it is an extension of natural heuristics and capable of dealing with complex systems because it does not require strict mathematical definitions and
distinctions for the system components. It differs from hard computing in that, unlike hard computing, it is tolerant of imprecision, uncertainty and partial truth. In effect, the role modelfor soft computing is the human mind. The guiding principle of soft computing is: Exploit the tolerance for imprecision, uncertainty and partial truth to achieve tractability, robustness and low solution cost. The main techniques in soft computing are evolutionary computing, artificial neural networks, and fuzzy logic and Bayesian statistics. Each technique can be used separately, but a powerful advantage of soft computing is the complementary nature of the techniques. Used together they can produce solutions to problems that are too complex or
inherently noisy to tackle with conventional mathematical methods. The applications of soft computing have proved two main advantages. First, it made solving nonlinear problems, in
which mathematical models are not available, possible. Second, it introduced the human knowledge such as cognition,
ecognition, understanding, learning, and others into the fields of
computing. This resulted in the possibility of constructing intelligent systems such as autonomous self-tuning systems, and automated designed systems. This paper highlights various areas of soft computing techniques.
The technologies of ai used in different corporate worldEr. rahul abhishek
Artificial intelligence (AI) is making its way back into the mainstream of corporate technology, this time at the core of business systems which are providing competitive advantage in all sorts of industries, including electronics, manufacturing, software, medicine, entertainment, engineering and communications, designed to leverage the capabilities of humans rather than replace them, today’s AI technology enables an extraordinary array of applications that forge new connections among people, computers, knowledge, and the physical world. Some AI enabled applications are information distribution and retrieval, database mining, product design, manufacturing, inspection, training, user support, surgical planning, resource scheduling, and complex resource management.
In this 2022 edition of its annual report, Inria provides food for thought on how to get a sense of perspective within a digital world that is constantly and attempts to provide relevant responses to society’s growing expectations on public research in digital.
Dans cette édition 2022 de son rapport annuel, Inria donne des pistes de réflexion pour prendre du recul dans un monde numérique en accélération permanente et tente d'apporter des réponses pertinentes aux attentes croissantes de la société à l’égard de la recherche publique dans le numérique.
Each year, Inria institute publishes its annual report for the previous year. In a "magazine" format, it highlights our results and gives our partners the opportunity to share and understand their vision of our institute and digital technology. This report highlights Inria's role, its commitments, its actions and its impact in building digital sovereignty through research and innovation.
Comme chaque année, Inria publie son rapport annuel de l'année précédente. Décliné sous un format "magazine", il fait la part belle à nos résultats et donne la parole à nos partenaires pour partager et comprendre leur vision de notre institut et du numérique. Ce rapport souligne le rôle d’Inria, ses engagements, ses actions et son impact pour construire la souveraineté numérique par la recherche et l’innovation.
Every year, Inria publishes its activity report for the previous year. In its 20 pages of scientific and economic successes, the report pays particular tribute this year to the commitment and action of all the Institute's staff, in both crisis and strategic projects.
Comme chaque année, Inria publie son rapport d'activités de l'année précédente. Un document qui, au travers de ses 20 pages de réussites scientifiques et économiques, salue tout particulièrement cette année l'engagement et l'action de tous les personnels de l'institut, dans les projets de crise comme les projets stratégiques.
Après l’intelligence artificielle, les voitures autonomes et connectées et la cybersécurité, c’est au tour de l’éducation de faire l’objet d’un livre blanc publié par Inria. L’institut vient en effet de dévoiler un document de plus de 130 pages offrant, avec l’aide de collègues de plusieurs domaines, son expertise pour aider à comprendre et faire évoluer le monde de l'éducation, grâce et avec le numérique.
En savoir plus et téléchargement : https://www.inria.fr/fr/education-numerique-livre-blanc-inria-edtech
Inria's ambition is to work with its partners to build France's scientific, technological and industrial leadership in the European dynamic and strengthen our digital sovereignty.
L'ambition d'Inria ? Construire avec ses partenaires le leadership scientifique, technologique et industriel de la France dans la dynamique européenne et renforcer notre souveraineté numérique.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
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Topics covered:
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UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
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LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
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Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
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- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
5. inRia
3,150 scientists
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174
million (2009) –
21% of which from
its own resources
project-teams
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active in 2009
research
centres
4,100
collaborators
all over france
97
companies
formed since 1984
INRIA is a public research establishment entirely dedicated
to information and communication sciences. For more than 40 years,
it has supported the economic and social transformations linked
with the dissemination of digital technologies. As such, together with
its academic and industrial partners, it conducts at the highest
international level an increasingly influential activity in fundamental
research and technology development. the knowledge produced
at InrIA has become essential in medicine, biology and many other
sciences. It enriches our everyday lives (communication, safety,
Internet usages) and sheds light on the issues of sustainable development
and energy conservation.
05
6. inteRview with the ceo, Michel cosnaRd
Whether in terms of the environment,
education, health, economics
or research, INrIa is trying to meet the issues
of tomorrow’s society.”
Michel Cosnard, general puBlic
What contribution is inria making to the digital
(Chairman and Ceo technologies now filling our daily lives?
since 2006) answers
Michel Cosnard. InrIA is involved in many ways in
the questions the design of technologies now appearing on the
most frequently market. the development of intelligent devices such
asked by different as the Smartphone, which can be used not only for
calls but also for using online services, is based on
groups of society work in telecommunications, human-computer inter-
regarding the faces, and software, to which institute researchers
challenges facing have contributed. Another example – social net-
works, currently very much in vogue, are generating
information and communication science a great deal of research into software security and
and technology (ICSt). reliability, confidentiality of interchanges, and pri-
vacy protection. our teams are also tackling crucial
issues affecting all traffic on the Internet. We are also
involved in the deliberations surrounding the ethical
Wide-ranging
questions which may be raised by rapid advances
in technology and their widespread adoption. We
have recommended the creation of an ethics com-
science
mittee for our fields, so as to be able to take such
concerns into consideration at a very early stage in
the research process.
open to society young people
at large
how does icst research contribute
to solving society’s big questions?
M. C. InrIA is showing an interest now in those ques-
tions which are real issues for future generations, such
as sustainable development, medicine and personal
care services. We have placed these big questions
in our strategic plan, and our work in this area has
been much strengthened over the last four years. For
example, our researchers are modelling plant growth
with a view to improving food production, and are
06 InrIA AnnuAl report 2009
10. ReseaRch centRes
Eight centres
at the heart of
the INRIA system
the centres, which are firmly established in the local
landscape, are a gateway (access, path) for
their partners to all of the Institute’s skills. We take sensor for
embedded
a closer look at the year’s key initiatives. systems.
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CoMMErCIaL INdustrIEs a BooM IN EMBEddEd
the InrIA-Industry meetings, soFtWarE
which took place in lille in June research into embedded software
on the topic of commercial is a strong point of the centre
industries, were given a warm and the partnerships that we’re
reception. the format adopted developing with St Microelectronics
was well matched with the and the CeA (French Atomic
expectations of manufacturers energy Commission) are at the
in the sector, which are taking heart of the regional dynamic
a growing interest in r&D on this topic. this is a rich field for
issues. We retained a highly research, as well as being crucial for
practical approach, manufacturers, as the programming
with demonstrations offered of multicore architectures - a major
by all InrIA centres. this event component of our research into
is a high point of our efforts embedded software - is the key
(concerning manufacturers), to their competitive future. this year
which aim to build a genuine we launched 10 projects on the
community between researchers subject, as well as the integrative
demonstration of and manufacturers at both research centre pIlSI together with
a virtual store at a regional and national level. our partners.
the inria-industry
Max dauchet, director of the inria François sillon, director of the inria
meetings in lille.
lille – nord europe research centre. grenoble – rhône alpes centre.
Rennes
a WINdoW oN thE BraIN
the neurinfo platform, launched with our partners from
InSerM (national Institute for Health and Medical research),
the university of rennes 1 and the university Hospital Centre,
is intended for the study of inflammatory and degenerative
brain diseases. It stands out due to its triple use, in research,
clinical applications and for industry, for example in the testing
of drugs. our researchers add innovative tools to neurinfo
for the acquisition and utilisation of images and the management
of databases. In the long term, we’re planning to insert
the irm, core of the neurinfo platform, financed the platform into european research infrastructures.
by a state-region project contract together with Patrick Bouthemy, director of the inria
a significant contribution from inria. rennes – Bretagne atlantique research centre.
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15. Present
everywhere,
for everyone
Like the networks that link
sometimes very distant entities,
INRIA forges links with numerous
academic and industrial partners
in France and abroad. It regularly
ventures out to meet young people
and its fellow citizens. Its scientific
NETWORK results and its technologies enrich
Athéna/Odyssée
The brain
the business and social world.
and its billions
of connections
reconstructed
by imaging.
16. INfluENcE IN ThE scIENTIfIc cOmmuNITy
Indicators in good shape
INRIA assigns its performance assessment to an internal monitoring
unit, which is three years old this year. Its goal is to evaluate the
progress of the Institute’s activities by monitoring certain indicators
covering its scientific production, its management and its transfer
activities. the verdict? A clean bill of health!
“The Institute is on “The monitoring unit, created in 2007, is now an evaluate activity.” these indicators, covering fac-
essential tool. Research is now thought out in terms tors such as the number of publications, research-
the whole achieving
of objectives, whether as part of ers, patents, submissions to the HAL-INRIA open
the objectives the modernisation of govern- archives and european contracts, are all positive.
set under the ment management (organic the institute can be proud of the number of pro-
four-year contract law relating to finance laws - posals that have been accepted by european
signed with the LOLF) or the four-year contract,” programs (around 25%) – testament to the quality of
government, which explains Madeleine Zalkind, in the projects submitted. Activity is also increasing on
comes to an end charge of the INRIA activity monitoring unit. “Work the data transfer side. For example: the amount of
this year.” on the database, which is a real investigatory software submitted to the Agency for the protection
task, serves to calculate the indicators needed to of programs (87 copyrights in 2009) has risen by 14%
ERC: A vINtAge yeAR IN 2009 SpEEdIng up ThE dISSEMInATIOn oF scIeNtIFIc ResuLts
This year, INRIA researchers have hAl and has strongly urged its
once again had their projects praised researchers to submit their articles to
by the European Research council. the platform. furthermore, the 7th edition
marie-france sagot was named as of the conference on the knowledge
the winner of the “senior researchers” Internet was held in December
category and received a €2.5 million this year at the sorbonne, together
grant for her innovative project with the support of the ministry for
in the mathematical, algorithmic Rapidly disseminating the result of higher Education and Research, the
and biological study of symbiosis. their research is a priority for scientists. university of Paris 1 and the max-Planck
The close relationship between To this end, in 2004, INRIA signed the Institute. “This is recognition of INRIA’s
different species could potentially Berlin Declaration, which committed involvement in open access in France
lead us to revisit the notions of health, the major signatory organizations to and worldwide,” notes Jean-Jacques
our relationship with the environment working towards the direct, open and Millet, representative of scientific
and even the concept of space and free communication of all scientific and technical information at the
the individual. knowledge (an initiative supported Institute and head of the conference’s
francis Bach (see page 43) and by the ANR and the European science organization committee. “The French
Pierre-yves Oudeyer were winners foundation). The Institute has since session provided an opportunity to
in the “junior researchers” category teamed up with the cNRs (french reflect on the future of HAL and speak
and received a five-year grant of National centre for scientific Research) about its transformation into a national
€1.5 million. to promote the open archives platform shared-governance platform.”
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17. compared to 2008. As for the principal indicator of
scientific production from the Inria team-projects
(quantity of “internationally recognized scientific
15,000
submissions and 32% of scientific
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publications” calculated on the same basis for the publications entered into hAl.
past ten years), it is constantly increasing and rose
from 4,034 in 2008 to 4,351 in 2009.
“An analysis of the indicators shows that only the
distribution of the Institute’s financing has changed project-teams created
compared with the forecasts of the four-year con- in 2009.
tract,” says Madeleine Zalkind. “Whereas, initially,
an equal contribution was expected from the
government, Europe and industrial contracts,
the share from the government, via the new A REwARdEd cAReeR
National Research Agency (ANR), and Europe
increased, while the share from industrial contracts gérard huet received the prestigious award from the
European Association for Theoretical computer science
decreased.” INRIA has taken note of this develop-
(EATcs Award) in Rhodes on July 9 in recognition of
ment and is now focusing its attention, particularly
an illustrious career in fundamental computing research.
within competitiveness clusters, on sMes with a
This researcher, a member of the Académie des sciences
major potential for innovation.
and the Academia Europaea, is notably responsible for
a variety of work in the field of formal verification. This work
includes the design of the verification assistant coq, currently
used to ensure the reliability of programs intended for
applications including air transport and financial transactions.
COnTRACTuAl
INcoMes 2009 (IN %)
A best-seLLeR In RObOTICS
6 six INRIA researchers contributed to the Springer Handbook
of Robotics, the 2008 best-seller of the scientific publisher
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springer in the engineering category. This book, which looks
back at 50 years of research and the social and ethical
40 implications of this field, received two awards from the
Europe Association of American scientific Publishers: the Award
ANR and other in Engineering & Technology and the Award for Excellence
43 state funds in Physical sciences & mathematics.
Businesses
miscellaneous
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18. INfluENcE IN ThE scIENTIfIc cOmmuNITy
Software development
plots a new course
INRIA is currently turning its attention to the production of completed software programs
to improve their impact in scientific and industrial circles. the implementation of a new
organizational structure for software development is already bearing fruit and opening up
new prospects. stéphane ubeda, director of technology development, tells us more.
In-Situ Over the last few years the Institute
The Wild platform has been aiming to enhance software
is a shared
working environment development. what stage are things
comprising a at today?
32-screen interactive Stéphane ubeda. three years ago, we began a
wall. Using simple
revision of our policy in order to improve the matu-
gestures, it is possible
to move an image, ration stage for software developed by research
zoom in on a detail and to encourage its use by a larger number
or show documents of researchers and industry players. our labour
to all participants.
power has grown thanks to the recruitment of
engineers, the creation of experimentation and
development services (seD) in each research
centre and management at a national level.
At the same time, we have organized software
development actions (ADt). these are initiatives
that bring together seD engineers and researchers
as part of a technology development program.
It’s a large-scale structured approach. this system
is now firmly in place and is beginning to bear
fruit. As a result, we have around 60 ADts and are
beginning the third call for project tenders.
gEnOuEST bIoINFoRMAtIcs pLAtFoRM
what are the effects of this new
The Genouest platform is a resource platform is attached to the symbiose
organizational structure?
centre for biology laboratories. bioinformatics team, which
S. u. thanks to this policy, we have reasserted
It is now IsO 9001 certified, IBisA* has a direct link with biologists.
the value of the role played by engineers. seDs
labelled and a part of the Renabi As a result, Genouest was
national network of bioinformatics chosen by INRA to develop the are now seen as dynamic places for the training
platforms. It develops tools for bioinformatics section of the pest of young engineers. Around 100 of them have
managing large bulk data such genomics program. One already worked in these structures since 2007. the
as the Biomaj software, a flagship of its tasks is hosting a specialised R&D culture acquired during their stay at INRIA
product developed together with database on aphids, AphidBase, will be an asset in their professional lives and a
INRA. It also actively participates which is used as a source benefit for the industry that will employ them later
in the implementation of information of baseline information around on. ADts also offer a visibility that encourages
systems required due to the larger the world. projects with common interests to come together.
volume of data on living species. For example, cardiosense3D (a major initiative
Another advantage is that the *National life sciences platforms. on the digital modeling of the heart) now uses
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19. Vgate: a full-scale 3D immersion platform at INRIA Grenoble Rhône-Alpes.
the sofa platform (created by an ADt dedicated form on the intelligent home “The ideal
to medical simulation algorithms). this fosters the is currently in the making. this
is to have
wider use of software programs. will unite actions relating to
a limited
home help, the intelligent
what prospects lie ahead? office and energy conserva-
number of large
S. u. today our priority is to combine certain tion. It’s a way of breaking
platforms
actions in order to reduce the number of opera- work down into its constituent covering growth
tions, while at the same time enlarging the base elements but also provides topics that
of teams participating in each one. the aim is to an opportunity to encour- are capable
increase the effect of the resources and personnel age the emergence of new research topics. of uniting various
made available in order to obtain more complete For example, current research combining robot- projects.”
software programs and increase the impact of ics and the home is undoubtedly an approach STéphane Ubeda, director
results. We will also be uniting development efforts that should be addressed more widely given its of technology development
around major challenges facing society. A plat- promising prospects.
MulTI-AnTEnnA coMMuNIcAtIoN
oN tHe HoRIZoN
New radiocommunication standards are banking on multi-antenna
transmission, which enhances the performance of mobile phones
and laptops. The Radio platform – financed by INsA (National Institute
of Applied sciences), the Rhône-Alpes region and INRIA – enables the
creation and simulation of devices operating on all sorts of standards
(Wi-fi, umTs, lTE) in order to fine-tune their performance and power
consumption models and adapt the protocols. using this, it is possible
to shorten the design cycle for new-generation devices, which is
an advantage for the platform’s industrial partners such as Orange
labs. “The platform is also the strong point of a European project
on the planning of the future fourth-generation networks that began
this year,” says Jean-Marie gorce, leader of the swing team.
“Our expertise in modeling is also being put to use as part of a joint
laboratory with Alcatel-Lucent.”
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20. INfluENcE IN ThE scIENTIfIc cOmmuNITy
Familiarising schools
with digital sciences
Aware of the loss of interest among youths in research and mathematics,
INRIA is stepping up its efforts in liaison with teachers and academics in order
to help primary and secondary school students learn more about Icst.
this is paving the way for computing to enter into the school curriculum.
“INRIA has a role to play in disseminating digital the sophia Antipolis centre. INRIA is also involved
sciences among the general public, as well as in the Digital universities plan in partnership with
more specifically among stu- the unisciel and unit university groupings. It runs
dents and their teachers, who the Fuscia project, the aim of which is to improve
themselves have little training in the accessibility of educational resources in Icst.
this discipline,” notes Yannick the virtual reception office, which opened this
le Thiec, head of the general year, has enabled 200 students from secondary
public communication project. schools and preparatory classes to directly con-
INRIA has for years been campaigning for digital tact researchers in order to prepare their personal
Since 2008, INRIA has been sciences to be introduced into school syllabuses. supervised work (tpe) and personal supervised
a partner of the Ministry consequently, it is delighted at news that these initiative work (tIpe).
for National Education in
disciplines will be entering secondary schools from
the Mathematics Olympiads.
2012 as an optional subject in the final year of gAInIng MORE vISIbIlITY
science. the research centres have made a major this support in the teaching of Icst complements
contribution to this development by providing the business awareness activity that the Institute
training aimed at mathematics teachers, includ- has been carrying out for a number of years,
ing the algorithmics course offered this year by notably through collaborations with academies.
InRIA fIlMS oN uNIveRscIeNce.tv
Eight videos explaining digital sciences to the
general public have been chosen to be shown
on universcience.tv. This weekly updated Internet
television site was launched at the end of 2009
by the Palais de la Découverte and the cité des
sciences. INRIA is a partner of this new media
resource dedicated to sciences and technologies
and accessible to all users.
The Open-Vibe film made in 2009 shows how
to directly control a computer using thought.
It will be available on universcience.tv
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21. Lillosciences in Lille. This event,
organized by the INRIA Lille – Nord
Europe centre and the University of
Lille 1, was one of the seven national
winners of the Science Festival
2009 call for project tenders. At all
INRIA centres, researchers actively
participate in this public event.
A MAjoR step FoRWARD FoR
COMpuTER SCIEnCE TEAChIng
the collège de France and INRIA have
created a five-year “computing
and Digital sciences” chair. gérard berry,
a world-renowned researcher and a
member of the Academy of sciences and
the Academy of technologies, will be the
first holder. We asked this leading computer
In 2009, the INRIA Lille – Nord europe centre signed sciences educator two questions.
an agreement with the Academy of Lille, bringing whY IS ThE CREATIOn Of ThIS ChAIR A SpECIAl EvEnT?
the number of agreements nationwide to six. each
The creation of this chair establishes the discipline as an
of the eight centres regularly makes arrangements
independent science and marks its recognition by the
for students to join the teams or researchers to
other sciences. This is only right, as with 29% of global R&D,
speak at the establishments.
this discipline currently offers the biggest growth prospects.
In the long term, INRIA is also contributing towards
The chair also allows a highly varied audience to be reached
the creation of a digital scientific culture fund. thanks to radio and Internet broadcasts. for example, my first
since 2004, it has been running a popularisation course was downloaded tens of thousands of times.
site called Interstices that now has 246 contributors
and is this year offering special entry for second-
whY dO YOu plACE A MAJOR EMphASIS On
ary school students. It is involved in the publica-
ThE nEEd fOR COMpuTER SCIEnCE TO bE TAughT
tion of popularisation documents, such as the
In SECOndARY SChOOlS?
DocSciences issue on digital sciences and life
To prepare for the future and develop individuals who are
sciences. At each of the centres, events such
active participants in the information society, it is essential
as the science Festival have finally provided an
to teach this discipline very early on in life. computer science’s
opportunity for a major initiative to be carried out
entry into the collège de france has provided an opportunity
aimed at the general public.
to make the teaching of the science that underpins digital
technologies rather than their usage a priority in primary and
secondary schools.
“Being visible
on the Web is
essential for the
attractiveness of
75%
of mathematics
teachers at the
100,000
visitors have attended INRIA events.
both a university
10,000
Academy of Nice
and a research organization have taken the
algorithmics training
and, more generally, for offered by the INRIA
disseminating a country’s sophia Antipolis centre. students have visited
scientific and industrial INRIA this year or
attended courses given
thinking.” by researchers at
Patrick ramBert, head of the Fuscia project educational establishments.
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25. Securing
the future with
green sciences
Mathematics and computer science are
today decisive in understanding environmental
issues (agronomics, climatology, energy).
These disciplines help us to devise and
develop essential tools for responding
to the major challenges of our time: energy
ENVIRONMENT savings, health, finance, industrial design
Digiplante and the emergence of a safer, more
Modeling
the impact of intelligent and more usage-focused Internet
climate change generation.
on plant growth.
26. REsEaRch IN acTION
Nano-D
Modeling nanoscopic
objects using Samson
software.
Gamma
Visualization of different Clime
speeds around a Falcon plane. Air quality forecast.
Smart research sible that the Institute’s responsiveness could
eventually be restricted. It seemed useful and
important to implement an organizational
through
structure that would facilitate the coordi-
nation of teams and skills and would be
more suited to their geographical dispersion.
coordination
The aim was also to adapt to developments in
the institutional framework of research, which
often require collective responses to requests
for project tenders by european structures or
the National Research Agency. This improved
after INRIa was created in 1967, little had changed in the coordination is also one of the objectives of
way research was organized. The new organizational the new Alliance of Digital Sciences and Tech-
structure introduced in 2009 is expected to enable the Institute nologies (Allistène), bringing together the Con-
ference of the Heads of French engineering
to respond better in a collective, coordinated and rapid Schools (CDeFI.), the French Atomic energy
manner to the increasingly complex and multidisciplined Commission (CeA), the French National Insti-
problems facing researchers. tute for Scientific Research (CNRS), the Con-
ference of university presidents (Cpu), INRIA
and the Institut Telecom.
What was the idea the number of project-teams rose from 87 at
behind reorganizing the end of 2000 to 169 at the end of 2009, plus How will research be run from now on?
research? around 20 teams in the evaluation process. C. P. Five main fields have been defined
Claude Puech (Direc- Relations between research teams were around four main activities (modeling, pro-
tor of Research Depart- previously established very spontaneously, gramming, communicating and interacting)
ment). The main aim was whenever personal relations sprang up or and one application field (life and environ-
to achieve improved efficiency, particularly meetings between researchers took place, ment sciences). In each field, a deputy
because of the considerable growth in the for example at conferences. The increase scientific director is supported by a com-
Institute’s workforce. In the space of 10 years, in the number of teams meant it was pos- mittee of five to seven people with in-depth
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27. 3,150
researchers work within
eight centres of the INRIa
distributed in all france.
SuStAiNAble eNviRoNmeNt: IMpROVINg ThE cOORdINaTION
Of REsEaRch EffORTs aNd MakINg ThEM MORE VIsIblE
“INRIA has skills in the majority areas for the consistency of work. The first concerns
of cross-discipline themes green IT and the development of more resource-
in sustainable development,” friendly software, communication protocols,
explains isabelle Herlin, who operating systems and compilers. The second core
participated in a working group work area is sustainable towns and ambient
on the subject. No less than intelligence, including the development of sensor
65 project-teams contribute to this topic, in various networks (for observing and monitoring), software
sectors: energy (green computing and ITER (for measuring actions or managing networks)
project), transport (road traffic modeling and and tools that facilitate teleworking. The final core
control etc.), sustainable towns, health, ecology area, which is cross-departmental, brings together
and the environment (plant, ocean and air quality work in information and communication science
modeling, etc.). To achieve better coordination and technology (IcsT) that “serves” sustainable
of scientific work and an improvement of its impact, development: energy, transport, environment
the Research department identified three core and ecology.
knowledge of the field and its different to a strategic project that the Institute wants
facets. Together, they explore the main chal- to focus on in keeping with its strategic plan
lenges, coordinate the scientific community and the milestones identified in this plan.
in their field and initiate new collaborations Research at INRIA: 8 research centres
between researchers from INRIA’s various (Rocquencourt, Rennes, Sophia Antipolis,
centres or between the Institute’s teams and Grenoble, Nancy, Bordeaux, lille and
outside parties. Cross-departmental subjects Saclay), 2,800 researchers, 174 INRIA project-
such as high-performance computing also teams, 25 teams, 20 Collaborative Research
benefit from this improved visibility. Actions, 3 exploratory Actions, 6 large-Scale
This new management structure has proved Initiative Actions, and 19 Technology Devel-
very useful in working towards the creation opment Actions.
of new industrial and academic strategic 1. CDEFI: Conference of Directors of French
partnerships. For example, it has enabled us to Engineering Schools.
2. CPU: French Conference of University Presidents.
respond to recent demands in the field of sus-
tainable development by quickly identifying
the skills concerned. It is also more attentive to
the emerging subjects raised by researchers
with the aim of initiating new scientific fields.
ePS: A MICRoBIoloGY pReDICTIoN Tool
Are the current tools suitable? The ability to predict the growth of pathogenic bacteria in food enables
C. P Yes. exploratory actions foster the emer-
. consumer safety to be more effectively guaranteed. The collaborative research
gence of new subjects that constitute a action Eps (statistical projected Eco-microbiology), coordinated by Pierre Del
departure from the traditional approaches. moral from the alea team, develops sophisticated statistical tools for improving
Collaborative research actions encourage the predictions made on the basis of microbiology models. These tools produce
synergies between teams and support a reliable estimate of the model’s parameters, while also factoring in the multiple
research efforts that require the involvement sources of errors associated with the experimental handling necessary to test
of researchers from several disciplines, or the model. after millions of virtual counts and hundreds of hours of computing,
even several organizations. large-scale ini- the specific filtering methods can satisfactorily estimate the probability, for
tiative actions aim to give a particular scope example, of locating a can of food that carries a health risk before its use-by date.
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28. REsEaRch IN acTION
FIelD: ApplIeD MATHeMATICS,
CoMpuTATIoN AND SIMulATIoN
You find a lot of INRIA mathematicians “automation”). Thanks to these cross-
and computer code developers discipline skills in computing, optimization,
in this field: 35 teams in total, or statistics and control, they are also led
around 500 people. These researchers work to collaborate with many other colleagues
in close collaboration with their counterparts within INRIA.
from other scientific disciplines (physics, In the future, the challenge for these teams
biology, materials science, sciences of the will be the growing complexity of the
universe), with whom they develop specific problems to address, with an increasing
applications. To do so, they write equations, volume of data to handle, models from
beRNARD eSPiAu,
analyze them and find numerical schemes highly diverse origins needing to be
DepuTY SCIeNTIFIC
DIReCToR, “FIelD: for conversion into computer programs. combined and ever-more advanced
ApplIeD MATHeMATICS, Based on this modeling, they simulate computing resources conducting billions
CoMpuTATIoN systems and, for some applications, go of billions of operations per second,
”
AND SIMulATIoN”
as far as controlling them (in other words, which will need to be adapted to.
Financial crisis: head of the Mathfi project-team. “Partner
banks are adapting our algorithms to their
mathematicians
specific needs and take their own decisions
about risk hedging.”
to the rescue? HeDGiNG RiSkS
Interdependence of the markets, lack
of regulation and badly hedged risks (in
financial mathematics is a real challenge for mathematicians. particular for the well-known subprime
The development of increasingly complex products and the mortgages) were the initial cause of the
crisis. The global economy is founded on
emergence of new markets for derivatives linked with energy, these risk exchange techniques, which
commodities, climate and even pollution require specific require increasingly sophisticated software
modeling, advanced mathematical analysis and efficient programs.
So what can mathematicians do in this
computational methods. context? “I think that it is necessary to
enhance the research activity, and con-
tinue to develop the mathematical tools
The financial crisis in 2008 took the entire world to better handle model uncertainty, sud-
by surprise and made life rather difficult for den fluctuations and risk control, with con-
mAtHFi PRojeCt-teAm mathematicians. “The objective of the soft- stant computational concerns,” responds
7 peRMANeNT MeMBeRS ware Premia that we’re developing is to set Agnès Sulem.
12 pHD STuDeNTS up a technology watch These researchers’ daily activities con-
3 poST pHD for numerical problems sist of analyzing and controlling random
toSCA PRojeCt-teAm related to the evaluation processes. They develop sophisticated
10 peRMANeNT MeMBeRS and hedging of financial algorithms to address pricing of finan-
8 pHD STuDeNTS derivative products,” cial derivatives and to evaluate their risk
1 poST pHD explains Agnès Sulem, hedging.
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