Partnership

A research centre closely involved with competitiveness clusters

A considerable proportion of the research conducted at Inria Saclay - Ile-de-France is geared towards meeting the technological needs of businesses. This is why we are constantly liaising with the socio-economic players in the region.

Inria's two research centres in the Ile-de-France region play a particularly important role in the System@tic ParisRegion competitiveness cluster. They take part in the four thematic groups: Automobiles & Transport, System Design and Development Tools, Security & Defence, and Telecommunications. Inria has also taken part in all of the deliberations concerning the cluster's project on free software, which ultimately led to the creation of a fifth thematic group at System@tic.
The Inria Saclay - Île-de-France research centre represents the institute in the Telecommunications and Security/Defence steering committees of the System@tic ParisRegion cluster. The centre's research teams are involved in projects concerning very-high-speed telecommunications, information systems security and the development of digital design tools.

In addition to its involvement in the System@tic cluster, the centre also contributes to the following clusters:

Medicen brings together all the major players from life sciences and health from the Paris region.

Cap Digital aims to put Paris and the Ile-deFrance region among the world's very best clusters for creation, publishing, communication, processing and services for multimedia digital content and knowledge. The research teams at the Inria Saclay - Ile-de-France research centre are involved in the field of digital assets.

Advancity is the cluster for sustainable urban living and urban eco-technologies.

Recently, the Inria Saclay - Île-de-France centre joined the Astech cluster. The ambition of Astech Paris Region is, through innovation, to build on its position as the leading European player in the Ile-de-France in the sectors of business aviation, space travel and propulsion. The themes of its work are as follows: Vehicle Architecture, Onboard Energy Sources, Training, Aircraft Maintenance, Materials and Processes, Test Methods, Propulsion and Equipment.

Inria - in partnership with Oséo and the competitiveness clusters associated with the inter-cluster cooperation platform for ICT and Sustainable Urban Living, Advancity, System@TIC, and Cap Digital - organised the Inria-Industry Meetings on the theme of "Computational Sciences for Sustainable Urban Living" in June 2010.
The Inria Saclay - Île-deFrance research centre has taken part in some fifteen projects supported by these different clusters in the last four years.

Keywords: Saclay - Île-de-France Competitiveness cluster Digiteo