Discover CONNECT, the magazine for SMEs seeking innovation through the digital sciences, and get access to ICST news, updates on the state of research and applied technology for industry, portraits of partners who have participated in Inria research teams working with innovative SMEs, special reports and other features. Come on, CONNECT!
The OW2 Open Source Cloudware Initiative aims to develop an open source cloud computing stack. It involves several OW2 projects like JOnAS, JASMINe, CLIF and ProActive to provide elasticity for Java EE platforms as a service. The initiative works with Orange on a use case to improve platform efficiency and reduce energy costs through self-sizing of Java EE clusters based on workload. The goal is to attract more components to the OW2 cloud stack and position OW2 as a key player in open cloud computing through collaborative projects.
CONNECT, the magazine for SMEs seeking innovation through the digital sciences, and get access to ICST news, updates on the state of research and applied technology for industry, portraits of partners who have participated in INRIA research teams working with innovative SMEs, special reports and other features. In the current issue: Is cloud computing where it's at for SMEs? Digital sciences for domestic health.
This chapter discusses strategic planning for end-user information systems (EUIS) and innovation. It emphasizes that effective use of EUIS must be carefully planned and managed. Two models that describe how technological innovations are adopted by organizations are presented. The chapter also discusses how technology can be used to restructure business processes and gain competitive advantage. Finally, it provides guidelines for developing an EUIS strategic plan and explains why strategic planning is important for achieving widespread benefits from new technologies.
1. The document presents a framework called IDEA for analyzing how enterprise 2.0 technologies can support knowledge management. IDEA stands for Interaction, Documentation, Evolution, and Adoption.
2. The IDEA framework categorizes how technologies like social networks, wikis, blogs, and tags support the knowledge management processes of interaction, documentation, evolution of knowledge bases, and individual adoption and construction of knowledge.
3. The researchers propose using the IDEA framework to measure and evaluate the success of knowledge management initiatives and to structure the convergence of knowledge management and enterprise 2.0.
Addressing Today's Challenges in Application DevelopmentMicro Focus
This document summarizes a presentation on addressing challenges in application development. It discusses how business imperatives and technology opportunities present challenges and solutions. Modernizing enterprise IT and application delivery is key. COBOL programmers have an important role to play in modernization efforts, including refactoring legacy systems, integrating systems of record with new systems of engagement, and extracting reusable business rules. With investments in skills and tools, COBOL can remain relevant in heterogeneous, modern systems that integrate multiple programming languages.
FASyS: Personalised and Proactive Health and Safety for Aging Workforces in the Future Sensing Enterprise Working Environments
Dr Oscar Lazaro – Innovalia Association
The OW2 Open Source Cloudware Initiative aims to develop an open source cloud computing stack. It involves several OW2 projects like JOnAS, JASMINe, CLIF and ProActive to provide elasticity for Java EE platforms as a service. The initiative works with Orange on a use case to improve platform efficiency and reduce energy costs through self-sizing of Java EE clusters based on workload. The goal is to attract more components to the OW2 cloud stack and position OW2 as a key player in open cloud computing through collaborative projects.
CONNECT, the magazine for SMEs seeking innovation through the digital sciences, and get access to ICST news, updates on the state of research and applied technology for industry, portraits of partners who have participated in INRIA research teams working with innovative SMEs, special reports and other features. In the current issue: Is cloud computing where it's at for SMEs? Digital sciences for domestic health.
This chapter discusses strategic planning for end-user information systems (EUIS) and innovation. It emphasizes that effective use of EUIS must be carefully planned and managed. Two models that describe how technological innovations are adopted by organizations are presented. The chapter also discusses how technology can be used to restructure business processes and gain competitive advantage. Finally, it provides guidelines for developing an EUIS strategic plan and explains why strategic planning is important for achieving widespread benefits from new technologies.
1. The document presents a framework called IDEA for analyzing how enterprise 2.0 technologies can support knowledge management. IDEA stands for Interaction, Documentation, Evolution, and Adoption.
2. The IDEA framework categorizes how technologies like social networks, wikis, blogs, and tags support the knowledge management processes of interaction, documentation, evolution of knowledge bases, and individual adoption and construction of knowledge.
3. The researchers propose using the IDEA framework to measure and evaluate the success of knowledge management initiatives and to structure the convergence of knowledge management and enterprise 2.0.
Addressing Today's Challenges in Application DevelopmentMicro Focus
This document summarizes a presentation on addressing challenges in application development. It discusses how business imperatives and technology opportunities present challenges and solutions. Modernizing enterprise IT and application delivery is key. COBOL programmers have an important role to play in modernization efforts, including refactoring legacy systems, integrating systems of record with new systems of engagement, and extracting reusable business rules. With investments in skills and tools, COBOL can remain relevant in heterogeneous, modern systems that integrate multiple programming languages.
FASyS: Personalised and Proactive Health and Safety for Aging Workforces in the Future Sensing Enterprise Working Environments
Dr Oscar Lazaro – Innovalia Association
El documento describe los beneficios de la web 2.0 profesional y docente. Facilita la interacción y participación sin límites entre cibernautas, ayuda a crear blogs y compartir información de forma fácil. También permite el aprendizaje activo en grupo y la investigación retroalimentativa, mejorando el trabajo en equipo y haciendo las clases más dinámicas y participativas. Además, genera inteligencia colectiva para obtener resultados superiores y facilita el comercio electrónico satisfaciendo las necesidades de los usuarios.
The document discusses how human civilization has evolved over time through changes brought about by natural phenomena and human activities. It questions whether evolution allows for immortality and suggests that while evolution has adapted environments to suit human survival, humans themselves remain imperfect. The document touches on various topics like illegal logging, pollution, natural disasters, environmental protection, climate change, and future sustainability.
Prism Software provides several document management solutions including DocForm for variable data printing, DocRecord for document management, and DocSystem for distributed printing and workflow. These solutions target small to medium businesses and are applicable to industries such as healthcare, education, retail, manufacturing, and more. Prism has successful partnerships with Océ and provides a one-stop shop for solutions across production printing, transactional printing, and enterprise document management needs.
This document lists the main body parts of a human in no particular order, including hair, nose, eyes, mouth, ears, arms, shoulders, hands, finger, knee, legs, toes and feet.
The document is a resume for Michael Jacoby seeking opportunities in pharmaceutical or medical device sales. It summarizes his experience including over 15 years in pharmaceutical sales and management roles at Sanofi-Aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb promoting various drugs. He has a Masters in Public Health from Hunter College and a Bachelors in Health Care Administration from St. Francis College.
This document provides instructions and examples for completing a keyboarding and document processing assignment. It includes examples of personal business letters, memorandums, and discusses proper ergonomics. The assignment covers sentence completion, discussion questions, proofreading, and formatting a memorandum. Key topics covered are keyboarding skills, types of business documents, ergonomics, and identifying errors.
The document discusses eCopy Barcode Recognition Service which can automate tasks associated with scanning documents such as naming, indexing, and filing. It allows indexing of document batches using barcodes for increased productivity and decreased errors. Barcode recognition has a much lower error rate compared to manual data entry. The service supports splitting files, routing folders based on barcodes, naming files with barcode values, and configuring settings. It is designed to be accessible to all office workers for shared scanning.
DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) is an international standard that defines requirements for data transmission over cable television systems. It allows cable TV operators to provide high-speed internet access over existing hybrid fiber-coaxial networks. Key versions include DOCSIS 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0, which have increased downstream and upstream speeds. DOCSIS 3.0 features channel bonding and support for IPv6 to provide up to 160 Mbps downstream and 120 Mbps upstream speeds.
I spent my summer vacation in Alaska taking photographs of the breathtaking scenery and wildlife. The vast landscapes, from snow-capped mountains to lush forests and glacial lakes, provided endless opportunities to capture nature's beauty. My photos aim to convey Alaska's grandeur and serve as memories of an unforgettable trip to America's last frontier.
El documento describe los beneficios de la web 2.0 para la interacción profesional, la docencia y como entorno colaborativo. Facilita la participación sin límites entre cibernautas, ayuda a crear blogs y compartir información. Mejora el aprendizaje activo y trabajo en equipo en la docencia. Genera inteligencia colectiva para obtener resultados superiores a través del intercambio de información ágil.
INRIA experienced unprecedented growth between 1999-2003. The French government made information and communication science and technology a top priority and doubled INRIA's resources over 4 years. This allowed INRIA to increase its permanent staff from 755 to 1,148. INRIA also focused on international recruitment and partnerships. It strengthened partnerships with French universities and expanded nationally. INRIA directed its research towards priority areas like telecommunications, multimedia, health, and biology.
This constellation was created when Chuck Norris punched himself in the face, solving the question of what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. The explosion from Chuck Norris punching himself was so massive that it almost caused the universe to implode. The story of how this constellation was formed by Chuck Norris will astonish you.
Inria is a public research institute established in 1967 that produces excellent research in mathematics and computational sciences. It covers research in these areas and works on issues for other sciences and economic/societal actors. Inria can be considered a software provider as it develops around 1000 software, many with open source licenses. The India France Technology Summit is an opportunity to raise awareness of Inria's software production in areas like health, smart cities, and more. Contact information is provided to find these software files and learn more.
Here are the answers:
- Optical power level in dBm or mW
- No, a power meter reads optical/light signal levels only
- 1310 nm and 1550 nm
- Around 0.4 dB/km at 1310 nm and 0.3 dB/km at 1550 nm
- +20 dBmV
- +15 dBmV to +20 dBmV per 6 MHz channel
- We sweep an HFC system to verify the flatness and response across the entire operating bandwidth.
The Enterprise Engagement Alliance (EEA), a coalition of leading organizations dedicated to promoting and expanding the philosophy of engagement in business, will make social
networking and interactivity a key learning component of its education program for the first annual EEA Networking Expo, June 3-5, 2010, at the Doral Arrowwood in Rye Brook, NY.
One of the key objectives of the EEA Networking Expo is to help organizations and management create a formal blueprint for the practical implementation of Enterprise Engagement strategies and tactics. Unlike traditional conferences, the Enterprise Engagement Alliance will involve business practitioners in the development and sharing of content in order to tap the expertise of as many people as possible to create the Networking Expo education program and an Enterprise Engagement Best Practices Manual.
Expert speakers will share information on Enterprise Engagement and then facilitate interactive sessions on key elements of engagement. This education concept is based on the premise that attendees will learn more, and organizations will derive greater benefits, if they hear from the
broadest possible number of viewpoints.
El documento describe los beneficios de la web 2.0 profesional y docente. Facilita la interacción y participación sin límites entre cibernautas, ayuda a crear blogs y compartir información de forma fácil. También permite el aprendizaje activo en grupo y la investigación retroalimentativa, mejorando el trabajo en equipo y haciendo las clases más dinámicas y participativas. Además, genera inteligencia colectiva para obtener resultados superiores y facilita el comercio electrónico satisfaciendo las necesidades de los usuarios.
The document discusses how human civilization has evolved over time through changes brought about by natural phenomena and human activities. It questions whether evolution allows for immortality and suggests that while evolution has adapted environments to suit human survival, humans themselves remain imperfect. The document touches on various topics like illegal logging, pollution, natural disasters, environmental protection, climate change, and future sustainability.
Prism Software provides several document management solutions including DocForm for variable data printing, DocRecord for document management, and DocSystem for distributed printing and workflow. These solutions target small to medium businesses and are applicable to industries such as healthcare, education, retail, manufacturing, and more. Prism has successful partnerships with Océ and provides a one-stop shop for solutions across production printing, transactional printing, and enterprise document management needs.
This document lists the main body parts of a human in no particular order, including hair, nose, eyes, mouth, ears, arms, shoulders, hands, finger, knee, legs, toes and feet.
The document is a resume for Michael Jacoby seeking opportunities in pharmaceutical or medical device sales. It summarizes his experience including over 15 years in pharmaceutical sales and management roles at Sanofi-Aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb promoting various drugs. He has a Masters in Public Health from Hunter College and a Bachelors in Health Care Administration from St. Francis College.
This document provides instructions and examples for completing a keyboarding and document processing assignment. It includes examples of personal business letters, memorandums, and discusses proper ergonomics. The assignment covers sentence completion, discussion questions, proofreading, and formatting a memorandum. Key topics covered are keyboarding skills, types of business documents, ergonomics, and identifying errors.
The document discusses eCopy Barcode Recognition Service which can automate tasks associated with scanning documents such as naming, indexing, and filing. It allows indexing of document batches using barcodes for increased productivity and decreased errors. Barcode recognition has a much lower error rate compared to manual data entry. The service supports splitting files, routing folders based on barcodes, naming files with barcode values, and configuring settings. It is designed to be accessible to all office workers for shared scanning.
DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) is an international standard that defines requirements for data transmission over cable television systems. It allows cable TV operators to provide high-speed internet access over existing hybrid fiber-coaxial networks. Key versions include DOCSIS 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0, which have increased downstream and upstream speeds. DOCSIS 3.0 features channel bonding and support for IPv6 to provide up to 160 Mbps downstream and 120 Mbps upstream speeds.
I spent my summer vacation in Alaska taking photographs of the breathtaking scenery and wildlife. The vast landscapes, from snow-capped mountains to lush forests and glacial lakes, provided endless opportunities to capture nature's beauty. My photos aim to convey Alaska's grandeur and serve as memories of an unforgettable trip to America's last frontier.
El documento describe los beneficios de la web 2.0 para la interacción profesional, la docencia y como entorno colaborativo. Facilita la participación sin límites entre cibernautas, ayuda a crear blogs y compartir información. Mejora el aprendizaje activo y trabajo en equipo en la docencia. Genera inteligencia colectiva para obtener resultados superiores a través del intercambio de información ágil.
INRIA experienced unprecedented growth between 1999-2003. The French government made information and communication science and technology a top priority and doubled INRIA's resources over 4 years. This allowed INRIA to increase its permanent staff from 755 to 1,148. INRIA also focused on international recruitment and partnerships. It strengthened partnerships with French universities and expanded nationally. INRIA directed its research towards priority areas like telecommunications, multimedia, health, and biology.
This constellation was created when Chuck Norris punched himself in the face, solving the question of what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. The explosion from Chuck Norris punching himself was so massive that it almost caused the universe to implode. The story of how this constellation was formed by Chuck Norris will astonish you.
Inria is a public research institute established in 1967 that produces excellent research in mathematics and computational sciences. It covers research in these areas and works on issues for other sciences and economic/societal actors. Inria can be considered a software provider as it develops around 1000 software, many with open source licenses. The India France Technology Summit is an opportunity to raise awareness of Inria's software production in areas like health, smart cities, and more. Contact information is provided to find these software files and learn more.
Here are the answers:
- Optical power level in dBm or mW
- No, a power meter reads optical/light signal levels only
- 1310 nm and 1550 nm
- Around 0.4 dB/km at 1310 nm and 0.3 dB/km at 1550 nm
- +20 dBmV
- +15 dBmV to +20 dBmV per 6 MHz channel
- We sweep an HFC system to verify the flatness and response across the entire operating bandwidth.
The Enterprise Engagement Alliance (EEA), a coalition of leading organizations dedicated to promoting and expanding the philosophy of engagement in business, will make social
networking and interactivity a key learning component of its education program for the first annual EEA Networking Expo, June 3-5, 2010, at the Doral Arrowwood in Rye Brook, NY.
One of the key objectives of the EEA Networking Expo is to help organizations and management create a formal blueprint for the practical implementation of Enterprise Engagement strategies and tactics. Unlike traditional conferences, the Enterprise Engagement Alliance will involve business practitioners in the development and sharing of content in order to tap the expertise of as many people as possible to create the Networking Expo education program and an Enterprise Engagement Best Practices Manual.
Expert speakers will share information on Enterprise Engagement and then facilitate interactive sessions on key elements of engagement. This education concept is based on the premise that attendees will learn more, and organizations will derive greater benefits, if they hear from the
broadest possible number of viewpoints.
The document discusses Capgemini's TechnoVision 2012 report, which identifies seven technology clusters that will be important for businesses. The clusters are designed to help map business needs to relevant technology solutions. TechnoVision asserts that technology can both open opportunities for businesses and free them from constraints. It analyzed 17 key technology trends and organized them into the seven clusters. The clusters can then be mapped to actual products and solutions to help businesses address drivers, issues, opportunities, and compliance needs through technology.
Smartsourcing Nearshore IT Resources for Mobile Software Development in EuropeIT Sourcing Europe
IT Sourcing Europe's white paper aims to demonstrate on real-life examples:
• How utilization of nearshore IT resources and smart and innovative approaches towards outsourcing can help Western European companies, focused on rapid growth and long-term benefits, achieve both apparent cost savings and flexibility, and
• How nearshore IT resources can effectively be integrated into mobile software company’s culture, mission and business objectives.
Fonts of innovation: Mobile development in the business is an
Economist Intelligence Unit report, sponsored by Symantec.
It explores how the IT function is working with the rest of the
organisation to deliver mobile innovation.
Rapid Knowledge Deployment in an Organizational-Memory-Based Workflow Environ...Ralf Klamma
Knowledge management is becoming a fashion in many organizations. This entails the danger that large investments in knowledge externalization are made with little short-term repayment. Moreover, there is a risk that knowledge management administrations operate in parallel and with little connection to the business processes. We argue that the main purpose of business knowledge is improved action, and therefore we must interrelate processes of knowledge creation and usage with the normal business processes both on a conceptual and a system level. The paper presents a model-based approach for solving this integration problem, and describes an implementation architecture which links knowledges processes
to a workflow environment. Experiences in an organization where our system was successfully installed indicate that such a “light-weight” integrated solution offers a relatively easy and immediately useful entry point into organizational
knowledge management.
Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions can turn unstructured data into usable information through an open and flexible system. This allows organizations to be more productive, efficient and agile. ECM combines traditional collaboration tools with content management and social networking to create powerful new business processes. When implemented effectively with changes to work culture, ECM increases efficiency, fosters innovation, and drives growth.
A paper from Jeremy Blain of Cegos (www.cegos.com)
We have heard all about the new ways we can interact and learn through the internet. This paper highlights some of them and talks through the main developments, and importantly, the impact on the learner and learnign experience.
Collaboration across the pharma enterpriseAmy Morgan
This paper examines key success factors for effective collaboration in the pharmaceutical industry. In an industry where speed to market is critical and where informed and timely decisions can have large financial implications, collaboration is a key factor to ensure value is delivered. Consequently, considerable investment is being made by pharmaceutical companies to enable project teams to work more effectively together across departmental, functional, company and geographic boundaries.
The document discusses three key drivers of change impacting education: 1) Public services must improve their provision and support economic recovery. 2) Governments have scenarios for online services, including a new "data as a platform" scenario. 3) Governments are moving services to the cloud, with efforts to manage this transition.
The pervasiveness of mobile computing is forcing companies to rethink their business models, reinvent their organizations and rewire their operations in order to reap the benefits and overcome the challenges of enterprise mobility.
Helix Open Innovation Caspar Van Rijnbach 2 [Compatibility Mode]Caspar Rijnbach v.
This document discusses open innovation and the Helix Innovation Hive's experiences with open innovation programs and platforms. Some key points:
- Fiat's Mio open design platform allowed over 10,000 ideas to be submitted by users for the car's design.
- Open innovation requires adopting a new mindset of tapping into external knowledge and expertise rather than relying solely on internal R&D.
- Philips' High Tech Campus in the Netherlands fosters collaboration between startups, universities and partners through its technology park and "Research Hotel" concept.
- Natura develops 50% of its new technologies through external partnerships with universities, research centers and other organizations to support open innovation.
- The
The document outlines the need for economic transformation in the UK through investment in next generation infrastructure, innovation, and small businesses. It argues that the UK is currently missing out on growth opportunities due to a lack of data center infrastructure, weak collaboration models that inhibit innovation, and an insufficient funding model that does not scale. It proposes addressing these issues by creating an environment and policy framework to support the development of next generation data centers in the UK, innovation clusters to drive collaboration, and improved access to funding for SMEs and startups to regenerate the economy and drive sustainable future growth.
16 Enterprise Social Networking Predictions for 2013tibbr
Enterprise social networking predictions for 2013 include:
1) A focus on driving behavioral change and adoption through integration with core business processes and data-driven insights.
2) Using social data internally for real-time optimization and management in addition to external monitoring.
3) Establishing social media strategies and capabilities to support key business functions through listening, engaging, and driving outcomes.
Current status of the Apollon Pilot, as presented by its coordinator Pieter Ballon, at the Valencia conference of the European Network of Living Labs (April 14th, 2010)
This document discusses the importance of enterprise architecture (EA) for IT planning and business transformation in the aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) industry. It provides 5 rules for leveraging EA to add business value: 1) Know where you are now, 2) Articulate the business strategy and goals to know where you are going, 3) "All do some" not "some do all" when capturing changes, 4) Collaborate and communicate to enable enterprise decision making, and 5) Use enterprise tools to transform enterprise capabilities and realize change. The document emphasizes that EA should be owned by the business, not IT, and provides frameworks and best practices for developing and implementing an effective EA.
This document provides an overview of an ontology engineering tutorial presented by Dr. Elena Simperl and Dr. Christoph Tempich. It introduces the presenters and their backgrounds. The tutorial will cover ontology engineering methodologies, development processes, and useful management and support methods. It aims to teach how to implement a successful ontology engineering initiative in a company and convince leadership to support the project.
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.
Inria | White paper Agriculture and Digital Technology (January 2022)Inria
This white paper discusses the opportunities and challenges of digital technology in agriculture. It argues that digital tools could support the transition to more sustainable agriculture systems like agroecology.
The document outlines several challenges facing agriculture, including ensuring global food security amid climate change and environmental impacts. It then reviews the current state of digital technologies for data collection, modeling, machine learning, decision support, and automation.
The paper explores how digital tools could help agroecology by improving knowledge, assisting farmers, reshaping markets and value chains, and facilitating knowledge sharing. However, it also identifies risks like hindering the ecological transition, increasing inequality, and loss of sovereignty or control over data and equipment. Overall, the paper argues research is needed
Inria | White paper Internet of Things (November 2021)Inria
The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to connecting physical devices to the internet and to each other. IoT has its roots in concepts from the 1990s like ubiquitous computing and digital augmentation of objects. While early implementations focused on identification of objects via RFID tags, IoT is now at a tipping point with billions of heterogeneous devices expected to connect. This will enable sensing and actions in new ways. However, IoT also raises societal, technical, and scientific challenges around issues like privacy, security, standardization, and environmental impact that require further research.
Inria - White paper Artificial Intelligence (second edition 2021)Inria
This document discusses artificial intelligence research at Inria. It provides an overview of Inria's engagement with key challenges in AI, including machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, robotics, and human-computer interaction. The document also outlines Inria's role in France's national AI strategy and its collaborations on AI research at the European and international levels.
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.
"Choosing proper type of scaling", Olena SyrotaFwdays
Imagine an IoT processing system that is already quite mature and production-ready and for which client coverage is growing and scaling and performance aspects are life and death questions. The system has Redis, MongoDB, and stream processing based on ksqldb. In this talk, firstly, we will analyze scaling approaches and then select the proper ones for our system.
"Frontline Battles with DDoS: Best practices and Lessons Learned", Igor IvaniukFwdays
At this talk we will discuss DDoS protection tools and best practices, discuss network architectures and what AWS has to offer. Also, we will look into one of the largest DDoS attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure that happened in February 2022. We'll see, what techniques helped to keep the web resources available for Ukrainians and how AWS improved DDoS protection for all customers based on Ukraine experience
Have you ever been confused by the myriad of choices offered by AWS for hosting a website or an API?
Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, Lightsail, Amplify, S3 (and more!) can each host websites + APIs. But which one should we choose?
Which one is cheapest? Which one is fastest? Which one will scale to meet our needs?
Join me in this session as we dive into each AWS hosting service to determine which one is best for your scenario and explain why!
Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift.pdfTosin Akinosho
Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift
Overview
Dive into the world of anomaly detection on edge devices with our comprehensive hands-on tutorial. This SlideShare presentation will guide you through the entire process, from data collection and model training to edge deployment and real-time monitoring. Perfect for those looking to implement robust anomaly detection systems on resource-constrained IoT/edge devices.
Key Topics Covered
1. Introduction to Anomaly Detection
- Understand the fundamentals of anomaly detection and its importance in identifying unusual behavior or failures in systems.
2. Understanding Edge (IoT)
- Learn about edge computing and IoT, and how they enable real-time data processing and decision-making at the source.
3. What is ArgoCD?
- Discover ArgoCD, a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes, and its role in deploying applications on edge devices.
4. Deployment Using ArgoCD for Edge Devices
- Step-by-step guide on deploying anomaly detection models on edge devices using ArgoCD.
5. Introduction to Apache Kafka and S3
- Explore Apache Kafka for real-time data streaming and Amazon S3 for scalable storage solutions.
6. Viewing Kafka Messages in the Data Lake
- Learn how to view and analyze Kafka messages stored in a data lake for better insights.
7. What is Prometheus?
- Get to know Prometheus, an open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit, and its application in monitoring edge devices.
8. Monitoring Application Metrics with Prometheus
- Detailed instructions on setting up Prometheus to monitor the performance and health of your anomaly detection system.
9. What is Camel K?
- Introduction to Camel K, a lightweight integration framework built on Apache Camel, designed for Kubernetes.
10. Configuring Camel K Integrations for Data Pipelines
- Learn how to configure Camel K for seamless data pipeline integrations in your anomaly detection workflow.
11. What is a Jupyter Notebook?
- Overview of Jupyter Notebooks, an open-source web application for creating and sharing documents with live code, equations, visualizations, and narrative text.
12. Jupyter Notebooks with Code Examples
- Hands-on examples and code snippets in Jupyter Notebooks to help you implement and test anomaly detection models.
Conversational agents, or chatbots, are increasingly used to access all sorts of services using natural language. While open-domain chatbots - like ChatGPT - can converse on any topic, task-oriented chatbots - the focus of this paper - are designed for specific tasks, like booking a flight, obtaining customer support, or setting an appointment. Like any other software, task-oriented chatbots need to be properly tested, usually by defining and executing test scenarios (i.e., sequences of user-chatbot interactions). However, there is currently a lack of methods to quantify the completeness and strength of such test scenarios, which can lead to low-quality tests, and hence to buggy chatbots.
To fill this gap, we propose adapting mutation testing (MuT) for task-oriented chatbots. To this end, we introduce a set of mutation operators that emulate faults in chatbot designs, an architecture that enables MuT on chatbots built using heterogeneous technologies, and a practical realisation as an Eclipse plugin. Moreover, we evaluate the applicability, effectiveness and efficiency of our approach on open-source chatbots, with promising results.
AppSec PNW: Android and iOS Application Security with MobSFAjin Abraham
Mobile Security Framework - MobSF is a free and open source automated mobile application security testing environment designed to help security engineers, researchers, developers, and penetration testers to identify security vulnerabilities, malicious behaviours and privacy concerns in mobile applications using static and dynamic analysis. It supports all the popular mobile application binaries and source code formats built for Android and iOS devices. In addition to automated security assessment, it also offers an interactive testing environment to build and execute scenario based test/fuzz cases against the application.
This talk covers:
Using MobSF for static analysis of mobile applications.
Interactive dynamic security assessment of Android and iOS applications.
Solving Mobile app CTF challenges.
Reverse engineering and runtime analysis of Mobile malware.
How to shift left and integrate MobSF/mobsfscan SAST and DAST in your build pipeline.
Dandelion Hashtable: beyond billion requests per second on a commodity serverAntonios Katsarakis
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Inria - Connect 3
1. CONNECT
03 INNOVATING WITH DIGITAL SCIENCE
// NOVEMBER 2012
07// FOCUS
THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION
IN THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY
03// NEWS BRIEFS 05 // DECRYPTION 10 // INITIATIVES
AMBITION LOGICIELLE: OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE: OSEO, A PARTNER
SUPPORTING SMEs BOOSTING SME IN GROWTH THROUGH
PERFORMANCE THE ISI PROGRAM
2. CONTENTS EDITOR’S desk
03_NEWS BRIEFS
Round-up of the latest
digital science news. NETWORKING:
A SURE-FIRE ROUTE
05_DECRYPTION
Open-source software: boosting
the performance of SMEs.
TO EFFICIENCY
Catherine Borg-Capra, Director of Expertise at OSEO
The French higher education and research landscape has just
undergone a major reorganisation, with the emergence of
innovative structures and new calls for projects. The aim is
to establish a dynamic ecosystem that enables efficient
development of public research and technology transfer
to business. In this environment, which involves multiple
players, the key to success is networking. It is essential,
particularly for businesses, to be able to benefit from the new
mechanism in an efficient way. They need to be supported
and guided and their future must be secured by a
technological and economic vision, in interaction with this
ecosystem. The ambition of OSEO and the Inria Research
07
Institute, through their partnership agreement, is to allow
businesses to benefit from their combined network. For many
years now, OSEO has been a central player in technology
_FOCUS transfer, in conjunction with all the protagonists of the
ecosystem: the Carnot Institutes, the contracted research
Digital simulation: serving the medicine companies, the public research institutions, and the
of the future.
organisations providing finance and support for technology
transfer, not forgetting, of course, the businesses. OSEO is
a driving force in technology transfer from public research.
It has an intimate knowledge of the
10_INITIATIVES businesses involved and intervenes
OSEO ISI program: a partner in growth. directly by providing aid to
laboratories through public-private
11_USEFUL INFO partnerships. Aimed at strategic
industrial projects, the ISI program
Calendar, events, etc. is presented in greater detail
in this issue of Connect: it is
12_PARTNERSHIPS a good example of OSEO’s
Siwa, a digital oasis by Inria and Mauna Kea. support for innovative projects
and a means of public action
to help make businesses more
competitive.
Connect magazine is co-designed by OSEO and Inria, the National Institute of Computer Science and Control.
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3. NEWS DIGITAL SCIENCE NEWS
BRIEFS
Ambition logicielle
KEY FIGURES
AN EXPERT PROGRAM DEVOTED TO SMEs
The “Ambition logicielle” program is
a collaboration between a number of
major players on the French innovation
scene (AFDEL*, CDC Entreprises, CNRS,
Comité Richelieu, Inria, OSEO and
Syntec Numérique). Aimed at
companies in the software sector that
The Ambition logicielle program began
in September 2012 in Grenoble and will
be rolled out in other towns and cities
during 2013.
*French association of software vendors.
4.5 BILLION
EUROS have been made available through
the government’s “Investments for the Future”
program to boost the competitiveness
have come up with an innovative of the digital sector in France.
project based on software technology, Source: France numérique 2012, Bilan et perspectives.
it acts as a catalyst, boosting the [Digital France 2012, Report and Outlook]
efficiency of existing systems to the
benefit of SMEs. The goal is to enable
them to increase their capacity to adopt
innovative technology resulting from
700,000
research. Specifically, Ambition logicielle
offers personalised support for SMEs,
helping them build their project by Net number of jobs created by ICT in the last
drawing upon the range of expertise 15 years across all sectors. It is estimated that by
contact: Thierry Vareine, Manager
and tools offered by the various Ambition Logicielle Grenoble. 2015, another 450,000 jobs will have been created.
partners. E-Mail: thierry.vareine@inria.fr Source: France numérique 2012, Bilan et perspectives.
[Digital France 2012, Report and Outlook]
CALL FOR PROJECTS
5.2%
The contribution of digital technologies to France’s
INNOVATION IN SERVICES GDP. The digital economy is one of the French
economy’s most dynamic sectors, accounting
for a third of overall growth.
Source: France numérique 2012, Bilan et perspectives.
Launched in March by the French for projects is open until March 2013 [Digital France 2012, Report and Outlook]
government via the Directorate and welcomes submissions from B2C
General for Competitiveness, Industry and B2B service companies.
and Services (DGCIS), the call for The selected projects will be examined
“Innovation in services” projects aims by OSEO’s regional divisions, with
to boost the competitiveness of SMEs
through innovation, based on existing
or new service offers and particularly
the assistance of the DGCIS.
*Information and communication
35%
Annual growth rate of the cloud computing market,
technologies.
on ICTs*. It is also aimed at newly which is now worth 5 billion euros. The cloud
created SMEs and offers them industry can provide a major boost to the
a competitive advantage over the competitiveness of French businesses. It reduces
IT costs by 35 to 50% and is, at the same time,
existing market. Led by OSEO, which
more information: creating jobs and value through the development
is also providing seven million euros of bespoke tools and infrastructures.
http://www.oseo.fr/a_la_une/agenda/
of funding in the form of interest-free appels_a_propositions/appel_a_projets_ Source: France numérique 2012, Bilan et perspectives.
loans and repayable advances, this call innovation_dans_les_services [Digital France 2012, Report and Outlook]
Connect_ Issue 03 // November 2012 _03
4. NEWS DIGITAL SCIENCE NEWS
BRIEFS
OSEO-CNC PARTNERSHIP
RIAM YIELDS telex
PROMISING RESULTS A CLUSTER OF
EXCELLENCE
Four years after launching their joint 58 projects were supported through a The Grenoble-based Minalogic
call for projects named “RIAM”*, OSEO mixed funding scheme combining competitiveness cluster, which
and the French National Centre for grants and repayable advances. specialises in micro- and nano-
Cinema and moving pictures (CNC) Bolstered by this initial success, OSEO technologies and embedded software,
made an initial evaluation of the and the CNC used the publication of has just been awarded the gold “Cluster
scheme at the start of this year. the report as an opportunity to reassert Organisation Management Excellence”
Designed to support innovative SMEs their shared desire to encourage label by the European Commission.
and offer them the best possible innovation and economic development The award, the highest distinction that
guidance with their ambitious R&D in the sector by renewing their
can be bestowed upon a cluster,
projects, this partnership has proved agreement for a further two years on
rewards Minalogic’s performance and
good governance and puts it among the
fruitful in more than one respect. 22 November 2011.
elite circle of eight European “clusters of
Indeed, it has led to the promotion of
*Réseau Recherche et Innovation en Audiovisuel excellence”, alongside another French
major technological breakthroughs cluster, Systematic.
et Multimédia – Audiovisual and multimedia
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[innovation financing survey] show
Between 2007 and 2010, no fewer than OSEO - Octobre 2006 web_publications/bilan_riam/ that in 2012, French SMEs, keen
to maintain their capacity to innovate
even in a period of crisis, relied largely
on public financing to fulfil their R&D
budgets. The research tax credit is
supported by 58% of companies, who
consider it to provide a valuable boost
to their budget.
FINANCING ISM MOBILE SERVICES INITIATIVE MEETS
COMMITMENT
THE PUBLIC INVESTMENT BANK This initiative, launched at the end of
2010, aimed at stimulating the innovation
ecosystem and to accelerate the creation
France’s new exports, supporting their innovation of innovative products and services in
Public Investment efforts and facilitating energy mobility, by bringing together all the
Bank (Banque transition in all fields. The BPI will be national players from the sector. Around
publique a financial holding company, in which twenty projects transferring technology
d’investissement the French government and the Caisse based on academic research to the
or BPI) will have des Dépôts will each hold an equal mobile services market have thus come
a central role stake. It will be governed by a board about. The leaders of the Mobile Services
to play in the of directors chaired by Jean-Pierre Initiative now wish to intensify its impact
government’s economic policy. Its task Jouyet, CEO of the Caisse des Dépôts, on the sector by extending collaboration
will be to make it easier for businesses with the assistance of an advisory between researchers and industry (both
to access credit, to guarantee loans and council chaired by the president of a SMEs and large corporate players).
to provide support to business owners French region. Parliament will vote on more information:
throughout the lifespan of their the bill proposing the bank’s creation http://mobile-jungle.org
businesses, helping them with their by the end of the year.
04_Connect_ Issue 03 // November 2012
5. DECRYPTION
_What are the particularities of free
software?
Gaël Blondelle: It is based on several
freedoms described by Richard
Stallman(3): a piece of software is said to
be “free” when it respects the freedom
of the community and when users can
run the program for any purpose, study
its code and modify it, distribute copies
and distribute modified versions. It is
important, however, to distinguish
between “permissive” licences (BSD,
MIT, Eclipse), which allow any form of
distribution, including inclusion in pro-
prietary software, and non-permissive
licences, such as GNU, which set out
Gaël Blondelle, specific conditions for the distribution
responsible for Gérard Ladier, Deputy CEO
Polarsys at Obeo at AerospaceValley of modified versions or software that
includes licensed code(4).
FREE SOFTWARE _Is free software a good tool for technol-
Open source software:
ogy transfer and economic develop-
ment?
Gérard Ladier: Yes, for technology
boosting the transfer, but also for improving effi-
ciency. For example, in the develop-
performance of SMEs
ment of an application, the verification
phase is very expensive. For each line of
code written, four more lines are
required for tests! Inria has been
Because, by its very nature, it facilitates involved in free software for many
years and has, for instance, developed
dissemination of scientific knowledge and highly efficient verification tools that
technology transfer, open source software is increase not only the productivity but
also the security of applications.
attracting the interest of many businesses.
The task now is to distinguish which are the key _What are the benefits of free software?
aspects that must be protected and which are G. B.: It is accessible and modifiable,
which means it can meet businesses’
the elements that can be freely distributed within upgrade needs at a lesser cost. Such
the developer and user community. software also reaches maturity more
Interview with Gaël Blondelle, responsible quickly, thanks to the interaction
between users and developers, whereas
for Polarsys(1) at Obeo(2), and Gérard Ladier, vendors of proprietary software only
Deputy CEO at AerospaceValley. take on board a small proportion of
Connect_ Issue 03 // November 2012 _05
6. DECRYPTION
businesses’ most common requests. instance, Polarsys(7), which I am in
G. L.: Open source software is a devel- charge of at Obeo, aims to ensure the
opment model that is of interest to sustainability of the development tools
industrial operators and innovative used to produce critical embedded sys-
SMEs. In the software development tems(8). It is an opportunity for SMEs, Free software
tools sector—a narrow sector in which
margins are often tight—companies are
which can not only take advantage of
the resources made available, but also can be modified,
small and the support services they
offer last no more than ten years,
gain recognition for their own exper-
tise. Before taking the plunge, however, which means it
whereas some applications have to be
used for forty years (in nuclear power,
it is essential to determine what exactly
you want to share free of charge with
is able to meet
for example) or even fifty years (in avia- the other members of the community businesses’
tion). In the meantime, the vendor may
also change strategy, be bought out, or
and what aspects of your expertise you
want to preserve. This is a sine qua non upgrade needs
even cease to exist. This is what has led
major players such as Airbus to support
for a viable business model. What
makes the task more difficult still is the at a lesser cost.
open source projects to ensure that sus- need to redefine this value-added each Gaël Blondelle
tainable tools are produced. time there is a change in the technical
or commercial environment.
_What are the risks and opportunities?
G. L.: Just because software is free, it
doesn’t mean that the user has no obli-
(1) Industry working group working on the
gations. For example, because it used development of open source tools for embedded
Linux components in software for its systems and their supports with a long life cycle
WRT54G router, the company Lynksys (http://polarsys.org).
(2) Software vendor and consultancy firm dedicated
had to make its code public in 2003, to the industrialisation of developments and
even though it was initially the owner(5). assisted redesign.
Proprietary tools exist to avoid such (3) http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
mishaps, but it is also possible to make (4) See “Le Guide d’approche et d’analyse des
licences de logiciels libres version 2.0” by Sylvain
use of tools such as those produced by Steer and Magali Fitzgibbon (Inria), p. 11.
AnteLink, an Inria start-up(6). (5) http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.
G. B.: At present, entities built around a php/3562391 contacts: Gérard Ladier, Deputy CEO at
(6) http://www.antelink.com/about-antelink.html AerospaceValley, and Gaël Blondelle, the
specific theme are emerging in parallel (7) or OpenMama, Genivi or OSEHRA. person responsible for Polarsys at Obeo.
with the developer and user communi- (8) http://wiki.eclipse.org/Polarsys/Pitch E-mails: ladier@aerospace-valley.com
ties that are spontaneously forming. For gael.blondelle@obeo.fr
MONOLIX GROWING IN POPULARITY IN THE USA Free software
Monolix software for modeling clinical tests, to develop innovative statistical methods for
now used in government
developed by the Inria Research Institute and population analysis. Several tools designed On 19 September 2012, French Prime Minister
marketed by Lixoft, is seeing a rapid increase to complement Monolix, including a clinical test Jean-Marc Ayrault announced in a circular
in its popularity among pharmaceutical companies simulator that can be used to study the effects that open source software was to be used in his
and research institutes in the USA. This is reflected of different drugs on virtual patients, are also under administration, due to the economic advantages
in the new courses taught at the University of Buffalo development. 18 months after its creation, Lixoft it offers. Mr Ayrault pointed out in particular
and in Boston in October and November 2012, as well is close to making profit and continues to grow. that the Inter-ministerial Department for
as Lixoft’s numerous visits to major pharmaceutical Information and Communication Systems plans
companies on the east coast, who are adopting to reinvest 5 to 10% of the licence costs saved
Monolix at a heady pace. Lixoft, led by its Chairman in other software-related budgets.
Jérôme Kalifa, and the Popix team (Inria Saclay), more information:
led by Marc Lavielle, are continuing to work together http://www.lixoft.net
06_Connect_ Issue 03 // November 2012
7. FOCUS
DIGITAL SIMULATION
SERVING THE MEDICINE
OF THE FUTURE
Until recently the preserve of aerospace and the nuclear industry,
digital simulation is now playing an increasingly prominent role in the
training of healthcare professionals. The emergence of a third
generation of dedicated applications, combining anatomical
and biophysical modeling, heralds a boom in this still fledgling market.
I
n the 1960s, epic Hollywood movie “Fantastic spread into the field of healthcare, as well as other, lesser
Voyage”(1) portrayed a future in which, to treat a known areas.
patient, miniaturized doctors would enter his body The modeling of molecules, cells and organs began with
aboard a pocket-sized submarine. Now, give or take laparoscopic surgery in the mid-nineties. The screen
a few details, this vision has become a reality. The and the software interface became an integral part of
cardboard has been replaced by algorithms, the subma- health professionals’ daily working lives, being used for
rine by an IT tool, and the fictional setting by an infinite training, to prepare for operations and for the actual
number of scientific scenarios. Digital simulation, which performance of these operations. Since then, the meth-
involves using a virtual or augmented model of reality ods have been perfected and extended, with increas-
to reproduce accurately the internal workings of a com- ingly powerful tools. “The healthcare applications of
plex system in order to study changes in it, has also digital simulation include assistance with learning, >>>
Connect_ Issue 03 // November 2012 _07
8. What is original about the We also train many healthcare
professionals (doctors, specialists, etc.)
solutions produced by to detect tumours, for example,
Interaction Healthcare? by recreating laboratory conditions
with virtual patients.
Created in 2008 with the support
of OSEO, Interaction Healthcare
specialises in the development How do you work with
of digital tools for interactive public research bodies?
healthcare training, based on the The areas of expertise of the Inria
concept of the serious game. Research Institute and Interaction
This approach to teaching uses the fun Healthcare complement each other.
of video games to facilitate virtual A year ago, we therefore decided
learning, be it through real-time, together to implement a policy of joint
classroom-based simulation monitoring of our R&D projects and
(for students, healthcare professionals those of our clients. This approach has
and laboratories) or modules to raise allowed us to open up potential
awareness among the public avenues of support based on the
as a whole. embedding of Inria technology in
our solutions or on the ad hoc
What applications do deployment of components produced
these serious games through our joint efforts. We currently
have two collaborative projects
have? in progress on the medical simulation
We are developing extremely of chronic diseases. The most
A view from... Jérôme Leleu, advanced serious games based on promising technology transfer
concerns the development
Director of Interaction surgical simulation for several
university hospitals. They incorporate of extremely advanced software
Healthcare, a company interactive 3D technology that components for the simulation
developing serious games realistically reproduces the of heart behaviour in relation to
management of clinical situations, heart failure.
based on medical simulation. in the same way as a flight simulator.
>>> d
iagnosis and treatment, be it training healthcare profes- all the while learning from their mistakes. “Training
sionals, studying potential scenarios for the development through simulation can result in real improvements in
of diseases or conditions, practising treatment procedures safety,” says Jean-Claude Granry. “In surgery, it has been
or preparing for an operation,” explains Jean-Claude shown that this approach brings about a notable improve-
Granry, a university professor, head of the intensive ment in the performance of surgeons. The same goes for the
care unit and emergency medicine department at treatment of heart attacks that occur in hospital.”
Angers University Hospital and head of the “simulation In France, digital simulation in healthcare is still an
practices in healthcare” task force at the French Health emerging field, but it is a dynamic one. In 2011, OSEO
Authority (HAS). provided financial support to several projects concern-
ing surgical applications or 3D modeling of the human
THIRD-GENERATION TOOLS body. “The market is still difficult to put a figure on, but it
This virtual training space offers a unique place for is growing quickly,” explains Rosalie Maurisse, head of
learning and clinical or surgical experimentation that is the Health sector at OSEO, “particularly in medical imag-
both realistic and risk-free. It provides healthcare pro- ing, cardiology and oncology.”
fessionals with exposure to situations and technical pro- The applications are at a promising stage. “The advent of
cedures before they have to tackle them with real a third generation of tools will revolutionise hospital prac-
patients, allowing them to perfect their skills in “mock” tices,” predicts Nicholas Ayache, a senior research scien-
conditions and practise dealing with a wide range of tist at Inria(2). In the future, digital models will be both
scenarios, from standard pathologies to the rarest cases, anatomical and biophysical, based on the physical
08_Connect_ Issue 03 // November 2012
9. HEALTH, LIFE SCIENCES,
BIOTECHNOLOGY
physiology to help understand the mechanisms
involved in heart disease. Modeling of living organisms
is also ccupying an increasingly prominent place in
o
the activities of the Macs team, which is striving to
design innovative models such as CardioSense 3D
—a tool for electromechanical modeling of the heart
that can optimize the fitting of pacemakers. The Bang
team, meanwhile, is studying the modeling of cell divi-
sion and healthy or tumorous tissue growth processes,
with a view to attaining a better understanding of liver
regeneration or approaches to cancer treatment. The
ERC Med’YMA project, launched by the Asclepios
team, is focusing on the design of models that take into
account dynamic properties in the modeling of a
patient’s organs, by combining the analysis of biomedi-
Simulation of a cataract operation thanks to the software
“Sofa”, developed by the Inria Shacra research team, cal images with biophysical models, so as to obtain a
in partnership with Lille 1 University, the CNRS (France’s personalized interpretation of the evolution of a pathol-
National Center for Scientific Research) and the LIFL
(Lille University computer science research laboratory). ogy. In the simulation of surgical operations, the Shacra
research team is developing software libraries for oper-
ation simulators for teaching and training purposes, or
even for guidance, particularly for cataract surgeries.
properties and biological functions of organs and tis- The Magrit team is working with Nancy University
sues, such as the cardiovascular function or the respira- Hospital on learning and simulation systems concern-
tory function. They will also incorporate a large ing the fitting of coils in aneurysms, by superimposing
number of multi-scale parameters, from molecule to enhanced images onto those that the neuro-surgeons
organ level. choose to look at, in real time. Digital simulation in
healthcare offers promising prospects for all special-
ACTIVE RESEARCH: THE INRIA EXAMPLE isms within the field, in which a growing number of
Six Inria research teams are taking part in this revolu- innovative applications are proving to be runaway
tion, with the challenge, in complex environments, of successes.
developing reconstruction and modeling methods tai-
lored to and accessible to the medical community, so (1) Fantastic Voyage, Richard Fleischer, 1966.
(2) Public research institute devoted to computational sciences.
that the community can incorporate these methods in
its practices through reliable industrial applications. contact: Philippe Gesnouin, Manager of Technology
The Carmen research team, for instance, is focusing on Transfers in the Health Sector at Inria.
digital models for the simulation of cardiac electro- E-Mail: philippe.gesnouin@inria.fr
HOSPITAL AND UNIVERSITY COME TOGETHER
TO BOOST INNOVATION IN SURGERY
Created in January 2012, Strasbourg University Hospital Institute
(IHU Strasbourg) brings together representatives of different specialities who
are keen to innovate in the field of image-guided minimally-invasive surgery
technologies, by ensuring rapid technology transfer with and to industrial
partners. As a founding member, Inria plays a central role in determining
the strategic direction of the IHU. “Working with Inria researchers is
very easy, because they are perfectly in tune with the IHU’s entrepreneurial
spirit and enthusiasm for technology transfer,” explains Jacques Marescaux,
President of the Institute of Research on the Prevention of Cancers
of the Digestive Tract (Ircad) and a leader of the IHU Strasbourg project.
“We share the same vision and the same objectives.”
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10. INITIATIVES
OSEO and its strategic industrial innovation program (ISI)
Case study of a secure
payments company
Through its ISI program, OSEO is supporting the company Inside Secure in the
development of a technology enabling direct payment using a mobile phone.
Launched in March 2011, the Cascade An ISI project is a highly innovative col- euros to the project’s overall budget. OSEO,
project involves “miniaturizing the Near laboration between at least two businesses meanwhile, provides 10 million euros in
Field Communication (NFC) solution to and a number of public laboratories. The the form of grants for industrial research
integrate it in the SIM card of any mobile Cascade project involves 40 people per work and a repayable advance for indus-
telephone, thus facilitating users’ finan- year on average, over the total duration of trial development work. “This collabora-
cial transactions,” explains Nicolas the project, representing four partners: the tive model makes it possible to share costs,
Cordier, Innovation Project Manager at LETI* laboratory of the CEA (French accelerate the project’s growth and matu-
Inside Secure. “It’s our first project sup- Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy rity, and even improve our efficiency beyond
ported by OSEO in a leading role. Because Commission) as an academic partner; Cascade,” concludes Nicolas Cordier.
we wanted to develop a long-term (four- LFoundry, a manufacturer of silicon chips;
year) project with a strong industrial Inside Secure, a major player in integrated *Laboratoire d’Electronique et de Technologies
focus, OSEO recommended the ISI pro- circuits for secure transactions and digital de l’Information (Electronics and information
technology laboratory): based in Grenoble,
gram, which finances the research and identification; and Nokia. Together, the its activity is centred around the miniaturization
commercial development phases.” partners make a ontribution of 25 million
c of technologies and their applications.
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM OSEO TO INSIDE SECURE THROUGH THE ISI PROGRAM
0 Theoretical
research
1 Proving the
concept:
2 Submission to OSEO of the
application for funding and
3 First version
of the product:
4 Experimental
development:
6 Market
release.
(not financed by development presentation of the innovative Inside Secure delivers Technical
the ISI program). of the commercial aspects and the project the first project reports improvements
project and stages: OSEO’s technical experts and prototypes. to the most efficient
demonstration examine the mechanisms and products.
of its technical revenues linked to the project
feasibility. before issuing an opinion
on its eligibility and deciding 5 Innovation:
Unification
to finance part of the work. of two solutions,
OSEO also helps the company NFC and high-speed
to approach laboratories and NFC, in a single
other partners. component.
Submission and validation OSEO grants of 25% Repayable advance of Repayment with
of application for ISI project to 45% 25% to 50% from OSEO interest and
profit-sharing
if successful
Submission and validation of application for ISI project
Industrial maturity
10_Connect_ Issue 03 // November 2012
11. USEFUL INFO
Event program
FIEEC PRIZE
DEVELOPING COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN 27-29 NOVEMBER 2012
OW2con’12
SMEs AND PUBLIC RESEARCH The fourth international forum
for the OW2 community and
those interested in software
to David Andreu of the Demar research development and open source
team (Inria, LIRMM*, CNRS, Université cloud computing.
Montpellier 1, Université des sciences et For further information:
techniques du Languedoc–Montpellier 2), http://www.ow2.org/view/
for his work in robotics and applied OW2Con-2012/
electro-functional simulation in the field
of healthcare.
His research has resulted in the
development of wireless functionalities
on electro-stimulation units for the
In order to strengthen the existing links rehabilitation of patients. 4 DECEMBER 2012
between academic research and SMEs, This product is now marketed by Second Dataconnexions
the Federation of electrical, electronic Vivaltis, a Montpellier-based SME with meeting
and communication industries (FIEEC) a workforce of 25. A government initiative bringing
has, since 2011, awarded an annual prize together open data players
to three researchers whose work has *Laboratoire d’informatique, de robotique et de through networking sessions
microélectronique de Montpellier – Montpellier
given rise to industrialisation computer science, robotics and microelectronics to accelerate the development
by a French SME and generated laboratory. of projects concerning public
high-quality jobs. data. The prizewinning projects
This year, first prize (15,000 euros) was more information: from the second
awarded, at the Rendez-vous Carnot, http://www.inria.fr/equipes/demar Dataconnexions competition
will also be presented.
For further information:
http://www.etalab.gouv.
fOW2Con-2012/
DIGITAL INNOVATION APRIL 2013
HUB Inria Industry Meeting
on the theme of modeling,
simulation and
#information, #networking and In addition to this networking tool, a range of supercomputing
#digital technology are the watchwords for services will be proposed (calendar, monitoring, This day of exchanges aims
iCommunity, the online platform designed catalogue of Inria’s technology assets), covering to bring together Inria
to meet the needs of SMEs seeking innovation. the main themes of the digital industry. Access researchers, who will present
Set up to encourage interaction between is free and the platform will be available from the state of progress of their
the software industry and public research, the end of 2012. work, and representatives
iCommunity is a solution for innovative
companies who wish to work with research Contact: Dimitri Tate, Community Manager from industry and SMEs
institutes. SMEs will be offered direct access Technology Transfer & Innovation, Inria. in order to identify potential
to experts from the sector (researchers, E-Mail: dimitri.tate@inria.fr opportunities for technology
innovation contacts) via a networking tool transfer.
(online discussion, sharing of information more information: contact: Brigitte Duême, Manager
and experiences through themed www.icommunity.fr of the HPC –PME program, Inria.
communities, etc.). and on Twitter via @icommunity_fr E-Mail: Brigitte.dueme@inria .fr
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12. PARTNERSHIPS HEALTH, LIFE SCIENCES,
BIOTECHNOLOGY
SIWA, THE DIGITAL OASIS BY INRIA
AND MAUNA KEA
What links Mauna Kea, a Hawaiian volcano, Asclepios, the god of Medicine,
and Siwa, an Egyptian oasis? Technology transfer between Inria teams
and an innovative SME!
Mauna Kea Technologies is a French to develop our image processing
SME that develops and markets algorithms,” explains François Lacombe,
cutting-edge endomicroscopic imaging scientific director at Mauna Kea
solutions with mini-probes for the world Technologies. These ties are now taking
of medicine. Its flagship product is an industrial turn, as Inria’s Asclepios
Cellvizio. Supported by OSEO, research team, which specializes in
it has been working with Inria since the analysis of medical images and the
its creation in 2000. biophysical modeling of the human
“The Institute’s researchers have helped us body, prepares to help the company
to insert new image reconstruction
software in its products. The technology
transfer is taking place within the
framework of an Innovation-Lab, a joint
laboratory involving both the company
and Inria. Named “Siwa” (Stitching
Images and Wisdom into the Atlas),
the lab brings together engineers from
the SME and the Inria research team
to work on a joint program for a period
of three years.
“Together, we are going to carry out
an intelligent mapping of the cell tissue
images and develop non-rigid image
registration software that will, in real
time, produce images similar to those
viewed during endomicroscopy,”
explains Nicholas Ayache, leader
of the Asclepios research team.
“Siwa is mutually beneficial: these
solutions will prove very useful in our
researchers’ subsequent work.”
contacts:
François Lacombe / françois@maunakeatech.com
Nicholas Ayache / nicholas.ayache@inria.fr
Nicholas Ayache, Leader of Inria’s Asclepios
research team (on the left), and
François Lacombe, Scientific Director
at Mauna Kea Technologies.