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Inria-Urbana Champaign
Franco-American Collaborative Research Is Awarded American Prize
Matthieu Dorier received the second prize at the ACM Student Research Competition, held in conjunction with the International Conference on Supercomputing, in Tucson (Arizona), from 1st to 3rd June, 2011. He was awarded this prize while doing a Masters internship at the Joint Laboratory for Petascale Computing-JLPC, a joint laboratory set up by Inria and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Inria-Urbana Champaign
Thom Dunning, a successful collaboration
On June the 27th, The Joint Laboratory for Petascale Computing (JLPC), formed by the University of Illinois and Inria, held its fifth workshop in Grenoble. Thom Dunning, director of the Institute for Advanced Computing Applications and Technologies and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois, explains why this collaboration is a success.
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Synthetic biology
Measuring mercury concentration through synthetic bacteria
To design and produce a biosensor that can detect and measure the concentration of mercury in water: that is the ambitious aim of the eleven Grenoble students taking part in the 8th edition of the international synthetic biology competition iGEM.
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European Research Council 2011
Andreas Enge : Computational tools serving mathematics
This year anew, four young researchers form Inria have got a grant from the very selective European Research Council, ERC, to take the lead of a five year long exploratory research with a budget of 1 to 1.5 million Euros. Interview with one of the prize-winners, the mathematician and computer specialist, Andreas Enge, head of the Inria project-team Lfant in Bordeaux.
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Modeling earthquakes - Magique 3D
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Computing & seismology
Educating and warning the most vulnerable
In the event of a natural disaster, information is not always available to the disabled or the elderly. Inria is involved in the Japanese Urakawa project, which aims to develop special communication methods for these groups of people.
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Computing & seismology
Improving the forecasting of earthquakes
Although we can predict seismic movements on the surface for a given tremor, we still cannot predict the occurrence of these tremors. Very long-term research will be needed. Nathalie Glinsky, a member of the Nachos project team and of the Mediterranean Centre for Technical Equipment Studies (CETE), and Etienne Bertrand, a researcher at CETE Méditerranée, tell us more.
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Computing & seismology
Just a few seconds to save lives
Between the beginning of an earthquake and its impact on a nearby town, there is a time lapse of a few seconds, and at most one or two minutes, which can be used to save people's lives. This presents a huge challenge for real-time data processing technology.
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Computing & seismology
Earthquakes and tsunamis: digital technology moves up a gear
It all began with an earthquake in Japan four months ago. The unexpected magnitude, the sheer violence of the elements and a tragic sequence of causes presented a formidable challenge for our scientific knowledge and warning systems. Today, researchers are doubling their efforts to find new models and to adapt existing solutions. The aim is to improve anticipation and the supply of information, in order to enhance protection measures and better manage risks. The research areas are numerous, with the scale of these traumatic events matched only by the commitment of the scientists. Below follow several examples.
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Conference
A Look Back at Computer-Human Interaction conference
The Computer-Human Interaction conference 2011 took place in Vancouver in May. Learn about this event with the interview of Emmanuel Pietriga, interim manager of the In-Situ team and president of the Paris chapter of SIGCHI (Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction).
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Mint project-team
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Research
Revolutionising the relationship between man and machine
Research into human-computer interaction has been an area of significant growth in the last decade. From multipoint touch screens to assistance for the disabled and media for interpreting large volumes of data, this research aims to revolutionise the relationship between men and machines. Inria has invested in the area with 5 teams that make the institute one of today's biggest human-computer interaction research centres.
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