Organisation

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Michel Cosnard © Inria / Photo C. Dupont

Management team

Michel Cosnard, Chairman and CEO of Inria

Michel Cosnard is Chairman of the board of directors of Inria. CEO of Inria since May 2006, he was reappointed for a new four-year term in May 2010. The Chairman also performs the duties of CEO, as provided for in the institute’s internal regulations.

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Antoine Petit, Deputy Managing Director

Antoine Petit has been named deputy managing director to the chairman of Inria. His duties particularly include supervising, alongside the Inria chairman, relations with supervisory ministries and institutional partnerships with research institutions, ...

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Claude Kirchner, Executive Officer for Research and Technology Transfer for Innovation

Claude Kirchner is Executive officer for research and technology transfer for innovation. He supervises all of the institute's activities involving research, technology development, and technology transfer.

©Inria / Christian Tourniaire

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Paul Jolie, Chief Officer for Resources and Service Administration

A graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique, Paul Jolie began his career as a public servant, working as a researcher at the CNET (the national centre for telecommunications research), which at the time was a state-run body. He led European implementation ...

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Isabelle Terrasse, Director of the Inria Bordeaux - Sud-Ouest research centre

Since 1 November 2010, Isabelle Terrasse has been the director of the Inria Bordeaux - Sud-Ouest research centre.

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François Sillion, Director of the Inria Grenoble-Rhône-Alpes research centre

François Sillion was appointed Director of the Inria Grenoble-Rhône-Alpes research centre on 2 May 2007. An alumnus of the École normale de la rue d'Ulm, François Sillion has been a research director at Inria since 1998.

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David Simplot-Ryl, Director of the Inria Lille Nord – Europe centre

From June 1st, David Simplot-Ryl succeeds Max Dauchet as Director of the Inria Lille Nord – Europe research centre.

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Isabelle Ryl, Director of the Inria Paris - Rocquencourt research centre

Since 1 September 2010, Isabelle Ryl has been director of the Inria - Paris Rocquencourt research centre.

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Nozha Boujemaa, Director of the Inria Saclay Ile-de-France research centre

Nozha Boujemaa has been appointed Director of the Inria Saclay Ile-de-France research centre. She works on the development of the Inria Saclay – Île-de-France research centre, striving for, at the Saclay centre, the strengthening of an ...

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Gérard Giraudon, Director of the Inria Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée research centre.

Gérard Giraudon has been reappointed to his functions as Director of the Inria Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée research centre. Very active in the stimulation of the regional socio-economic fabric, Gérard Giraudon is a member of the board of the SCS ...

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Bertrand Braunschweig, Director of the Inria Rennes - Bretagne Atlantique research centre

Bertrand Braunschweig has been appointed head of the Inria Rennes – Bretagne Atlantique centre, a position which he took up from 1 October 2011. Bertrand is a graduate of the ENSIIE IT engineering school, and holds a PhD from the Paris-Dauphine ...

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Pascal Guitton, Research Director

Pascal Guitton has been a research director since 1 October 2010.

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Stéphane Ubeda, Director of Technological Development

On October 1, 2009, Stéphane Ubeda was named Director of Technological Development at Inria.

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Hélène Kirchner, Director of International Relations

Hélène Kirchner has been appointed Director of international relations. She leads and coordinates the institute's international scientific and industrial activities, in keeping with the guidelines laid down by the supervisory ministries and the ...

Thierry Priol, European partnerships director © Inria / DR - © Inria / D.R.

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Thierry Priol, Director of European Partnerships

In October 2012, Thierry Priol became Director of European Partnerships. His role involves the coordination of major European projects such as the Seventh European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, Horizon 2020 and the EIT ICT Labs ...

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Laurent Azoulay, Director of Administrative, Financial, and Asset Affairs

Effective from 1 May, Laurent Azoulay replaced Luc Archimbaud as Director of administrative, financial and asset affairs.

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Bruno Wierzbicki, Director of Human Resources

Bruno Wierzbicki has been appointed as Director of Human Resources starting from 1 September 2012. He will be replacing Muriel Sinanidès.

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Eric Gautrin, Director of the Information Systems, Infrastructures, and Computer Services Department

On 21 March 2007, Eric Gautrin was appointed Director of the information systems, infrastructures, and computer services department (DSI). He supervises the establishment, operation, and growth of the institute's information system. He contributes to ...

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Renaud de Vernejoul, Head of Administration at headquarters

On 1 September 2007, Renaud de Vernejoul was named Head of Administration of the Inria headquarters. He organises and implements the administrative and logistical support services required for managing the resources of general management and the ...

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Marie-Laure Inisan-Ehret, Agent Comptable

Marie-Laure Inisan-Ehret, General Administrator of Public Finances, had for the last two years been running the national dematerialisation team at the DGFIP (Directorate-General for Public Finances). With a master’s degree in public law, she started ...

Research

Five deputy scientific directors and six scientific advisors help to define the institute's scientific policies.

Research Department - European Partnership Department

Thierry Priol, Deputy Scientific Director

Since April 2009, Thierry Priol has been the Deputy scientific director within the Research department and the European partnership department in charge of "networks, systems and services, and distributed computing". He devotes a portion of ...

Research Department

Monique Thonnat, Deputy Scientific Director

Monique Thonnat is Deputy scientific director of Inria in charge of "Perception, Cognition, and Interaction". She devotes a portion of her activity to a mission of coordination of research, prospecting, and scientific leadership on one or ...

Research Department

Gilles Dowek, Deputy Scientific Director

Gilles Dowek has been appointed Deputy Scientific Director, replacing Hélène Kirchner. He takes charge of the "algorithms, programming, software and architectures" field. He devotes a portion of his working activity to duties including ...

Research Department

Alain Viari, Deputy Scientific Director

Since 2012 Alain Viari has been appointed as Deputy Scientific Director at INRIA in charge of ICST for Life and Environmental Sciences. His research activities focus on the development of string and graph algorithms for genomics and proteomics. More ...

Organisation chart

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The organisation chart of Inria is made up of...

General MANAGEMENT,
An ACCOUNTING branch,
Five SCIENTIFIC departments,
Five DEPUTY scientific directors,
Six scientific ADVISORS,
Four ADMINISTRATIVE departments,
Four OFF-SITE ASSIGNMENT leaders,
A DELEGATION to the administration at headquarters...

Consult the Inria organisation chart

Committees

The organisation of Inria also includes an administrative committee, two scientific committees, and the regular visit of an outside committee.

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Research

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Committees

Inria Headquarters and research centres

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