Research fields

Fields of research

Inria is organised around five fields of research. Each field of research is headed up by a Deputy Scientific Director, who coordinates research and forward planning in his/her field.... Meet our five chief scientists.

Fields of research

ICST for life and environmental sciences

Alain Viari is the Deputy Scientific Director responsible for the field of "ICST for life and environmental sciences". In a 2010 interview (in french), the previous Deputy Scientific Director for this field, explained the implications ...

Fields of research

Applied Mathematics and Computing

Jean Roman is Deputy Scientific Director of the Research Department with responsibility for Applied Mathematics, Computing, and Simulation. In a 2010 interview (in french), Bernard Espiau, the previous Deputy Scientific Director for this field, ...

Fields of research

Perception, Cognition & Interaction

"The 700 people in this research field, divided into 43 research teams, are studying communication with the physical world in all its forms: textual, visual and auditory. These researchers are looking at perception through the medium of sensors, ...

Fields of research

Networks, systems and services, distributed computing

"The research teams in this field help to define what will be the future of the Internet as a communication infrastructure, as well as a computing infrastructure in the broad sense. The researchers are interested in the development of innovative ...