Overview
of the digital
world Activity Report 2014

Inria invents
our everyday digital
technologies
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Health and society

Computational sciences for increasingly personalized health care
Modelling the brain: Pierre Faurre Prize won by Maureen Clerc
Inria Sophia Antipolis
A new vaccine against Ebola
Inria Bordeaux
Digital technology has now become indispensable in the Life Sciences.
Philippe Gesnouin, Inria's Technology Transfer and Innovation Associate, at the Inria-Industry Forum
Inria Grenoble
Simulating medical images:
Nicolas Ayache awarded the Inria - French Académie des sciences Grand Prize
Inria Sophia Antipolis
Understanding how the brain is organised using graph theory
Inria Paris
Real-time visualisation of their relaxation levels
Transfer
Simulating medical images:
Nicolas Ayache awarded the Inria - French Académie des sciences Grand Prize
Inria Sophia Antipolis
Dom’Assist, digital assistance for the elderly
Inria Bordeaux
Multiple sclerosis: an open source platform for the use of medical images
Inria Rennes
Hugo goes straight to the heart with his thesis on cardiac simulation
Inria Lille
Our software runs on a desktop computer to assemble a human genome in just one day!
Guillaume Rizk, Junior Researcher at the Inria Rennes Research Centre
Inria Rennes

Getting
from A to B

Computational sciences for future mobility
A new partnership dedicated to Smart Cities
Inria.fr
Optimising road traffic: Paola Goatin receives the INRIA – Académie des Sciences Young Researcher Award
Inria Sophia Antipolis
In the spotlight at Innorobo: an autonomous robotic wheelchair
Inria.fr
YoGoKo connects vehicles to road and urban infrastructures
Transfer
Smart Mobility : interview with Fawzi Nashashibi
Inria Paris
Alstom and Inria launch a joint laboratory for energy and mobility
Inria.fr
Jean-Pierre Merlet: home services tied to the future of robotics
Inria Sophia Antipolis

Communication

Computational sciences for interaction
A pioneer in Computing, Gérard Berry, winner of the CNRS Gold Medal
Inria.fr
IoT-LAB and CorteXlab are revolutionising communication between objects
Inria Grenoble
A synchronisation model explains the "Hipster Effect"
Inria Paris
Our aim is to enable users to play on their laptops and smartphones as if playing musical instruments.
Jonathan Aceituno, Inria PhD researcher
Inria Lille
More interactivity in learning using virtual reality
Inria Rennes
I realised the extent to which the study of Sanskrit could help advance certain modern scientific disciplines.
Arjuna Srirangapatna Raghavendra, Researcher
Inria Paris
Teegi throws light on your brain activity
Inria.fr
At the heart of the Inria-Industry Forum on 'Web technologies'
Inria Lille
The web traffic crystal ball
Inria Lille
Predicting the most popular tweets? Challenge won!
Inria Lille
Let's talk about future telecommunications!
Inria Paris
Mind Mirror: face to face with your brain activity
Inria.fr

Creation

Computational sciences at the heart of innovation and production
RII Data Analytics: Unlocking Knowledge and Value from Data
Inria Saclay
An augmented music stand for Wax Tailor
Inria Lille
A kit for learning about robotics in schools
Inria.fr
I have been lucky enough to see our hair simulation results used by a number of animation studios.
Florence Bertails-Descoubes, a researcher Inria, awarded an ERC "Starting Grant"
Inria Grenoble
A technological breakthrough for Algo'Tech
Inria Bordeaux
Via twitter AI getting good at Starcraft
@ inria
Inria Rennes
Ever-more realistic special effects at the SIGGRAPH conference
Inria Grenoble
Poppy, the humanoid robot, visits the Elysée Palace
Inria Bordeaux
Deezer: listening to you!
Inria Lille
A joint laboratory to create value from social network data
Transfer

Conservation

Computational sciences for the environment
Producing electricity and biofuel using microalgae greenhouses!
Inria Sophia Antipolis
Optimising energy: the European Commission selects Artelys Crystal
Transfer
The Pl@ntNet app has been downloaded 80,000 times
Inria Grenoble
Digital Science and the environment: Martin Vohralik has been awarded an ERC grant
Inria Paris
Developing more fuel efficient aircraft
Inria Saclay
The virtual study of plants awarded the Prix La Recherche 2014
Inria Sophia Antipolis
ODIN supervises bioreactors
Transfer
Museomix: revisiting a museum in the digital age
Inria Lille
We now have a better understanding about how bacteria adapt to their environment.
Vincent Calvez, awarded an ERC Grant and the CNRS Bronze Medal
Inria Grenoble

Protection and Reliability

Computational sciences for security and confidentiality
Understanding cryptography through game play
Inria Paris
A joint laboratory for automatic proof assistants
Transfer
Coq, recognised for correcting software errors
Inria Rennes
Electrum, the web wallet that combines security and interaction
Transfer
We are developing alternative methods to authenticate users online and protect their conversations.
Vadim Lyubashevsky, an Inria researcher, and winner of the ERC "Consolidator Grant"
Inria Paris
Hunting for viruses by analysing binary code
Inria Rennes
Inria discovers security fault in web communications
Inria Paris
In time, we will be able to guarantee voting security thanks to our analytic methods.
Steve Kremer, Inria Research Director, and winner of the ERC "Consolidator Grant"
Inria Nancy
Cybersecurity, and what we have learned from the Heartbleed vulnerability
Inria.fr