CONNECT, the magazine for SMEs seeking innovation through the digital sciences, and get access to ICST news, updates on the state of research and applied technology for industry, portraits of partners who have participated in INRIA research teams working with innovative SMEs, special reports and other features. In the current issue: Is cloud computing where it's at for SMEs? Digital sciences for domestic health.

1. CONNECT
02 INNOVATING WITH DIGITAL SCIENCE
// JULY 2011
07// FOCUS
DIGITAL SCIENCE
SUPPORTING HOME CARE
03// NEWS BRIEFS 05 // DECRYPTION 10 // INITIATIVES
5 CARNOT INSTITUTES SMES EMBRACING OSEO SUPPORTS
FOCUSING ON SOFTWARE CLOUD COMPUTING BUSINESSES WITH
INNOVATIVE PROJECTS

2. CONTENTS EDITOR’S
DESK
03_NEWS BRIEFS
Round-up of the latest digital science news.
SMES, DRIVING
05_DECRYPTION
Cloud Computing: The New El Dorado for SMEs?
INNOVATION
DAVID MONTEAU, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER AND INNOVATION AT INRIA
In recent years, all major players, whether established
or recently emerged, have been focusing on innovation as
a key factor in company growth. Although innovation
is a core business process, companies also need to have
the capacity to quickly and effectively identify and leverage
prospects in this regard, for example, the potential offerings
of public research. The public research and innovation
system in France has been undergoing a major
transformation in this area as demonstrated by numerous
recent changes. For one, the government implemented its
“Investissements d’Avenir” (“Future Investments”) program
(the “Great Loan”); besides the sheer scope of investment
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involved, this program also seeks to effect structural
changes. Actors in technology transfer are uniting on
the regional and national levels, competitive clusters
are seeing the preliminary results of their efforts and
setting their priorities for the next five years, and the second
Digital Science Supporting Home Care. call for Carnot Institutes was recently completed. Beyond
the apparent multiplicity of these transformations, one
10_INITIATIVES aspect of these initiatives is clear and new in terms of
OSEO Supports Businesses with its amplitude: the priority assigned to growing our SMEs.
Innovative Projects. This constitutes recognition of the driving role played
by these businesses in innovation both within the French
economy and worldwide. Public research is consequently
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3. NEWS DIGITAL SCIENCE NEWS
BRIEFS
CARNOT 2 DESIGNATION
KEY FIGURES
5 CARNOT INSTITUTES
FOCUSING ON SOFTWARE
Subsequent to the second call
for applications for Carnot Institutes,
This second generation of Carnot
Institutes, which retain their
+32% : the increase in research
revenue over the last five years among
34 research laboratories were designation for a five-year period, Carnot Institutes. This dramatic increase
awarded this prestigious designation. explore new areas (humanities is evidence of highly positive progress.
Five institutes currently specialize and social sciences, etc.) in keeping Institutes filed for 21% more patents
in digital science and software: with the national research and over the same period.
CEA LIST; Télécom & Société innovation strategy under the auspices
Numérique; LAAS; LSI; and Inria of a consolidated budget of €1.9 billion
E650M
Carnot Institute. This recognition (provided by the French National
of excellence is granted by the French Research Agency). For businesses,
Ministry of Higher Education and this designation provides additional
Research to research organizations assurance as they strive to develop
in France working to bring research high value-added projects with public
actors from the public and socio- research.
economic domains closer together. in INNOVATION AID was granted by OSEO
in 2010 to SMEs and mid-cap companies
with significant support from
government. This is up 16% over 2009.
“In supporting the growth of French SMEs,
if there is one aspect where we have
maintained continuous commitment,
it is innovation,” stated Prime Minister
François Fillon at the Planète PME trade
EUROPEAN PORTAL fair organized by CGPME (French General
Confederation of small and medium
PROMOTING GROWTH sized enterprises) this past June 16.
“By tripling the research tax credit,
OF SMES IN EUROPE we provided a powerful impetus
for businesses to innovate.”
Recently enhanced (new and managing a business’s presence
functionalities, look and feel, in other member states of the
content, etc.), the European SME European Union.
portal is a website administered Available in 21 languages, it also
by the European Commission’s features local contact and networking
Directorate-General for Enterprise
and Industry. Financed through
the Competitiveness and Innovation
information for those interested.
This data is provided under four main
headings: “Money, Partners and Public
62% or nearly two-thirds of small
enterprises in France do not have an online
Framework Program (CIP), it brings Contracts,” “Making the Most of the presence, according to a nationwide study
together a broad range of information Market,” “EU SME Policy & Statistics” conducted in February 2011 by
the Fédération des centres de gestion
provided by the European Union and “Support.” Visitors can also read
agréés. 15 years after the emergence
with the objective of promoting the success story of the month of the Web, this finding is surprising,
SME creation and expansion across and view a calendar of events. particularly in light of the fact that companies
Europe and around the world. with an Internet presence are in a better
The website’s highly interactive MORE INFORMATION: position to control their image and attract
offerings include practical tips HTTP://EC.EUROPA.EU/SMALL-BUSINESS/ customers through the content
and legal advice on expanding INDEX_EN.HTM they distribute.
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4. NEWS DIGITAL SCIENCE NEWS
BRIEFS
INITIATIVE
IPV6 JUMP DAY
telex
INCREASED VISIBILITY OF PUBLIC
RESEARCH-BASED PROJECTS
Engineering Task Force (IETF) later IN THE NATIONAL COMPETITION
established the IPv6 protocol based FOR START-UP AID FOR INNOVATIVE
on a 128-bit system supporting the use ENTERPRISES
of a much greater number of addresses. The jury at the 13th national
However, the new protocol has only competition for start-up aid
been adopted by 1% of the Web to date! for innovative enterprises named
149 award winners in a ceremony
The Internet Society recently celebrated held on Tuesday 28 June, 2011,
IPv6 Jump Day to encourage businesses at the Ministry of Higher Education
to make the transition. During the and Research. The recipients “will get
event, which took place on June 8, 2011, the support they need to carry
two online giants, Google through with their ideas and bring
and Facebook, set an example by their emerging hopes to fruition,”
testing IPv6 for 24 hours. “Native IPv6 stated Valérie Pécresse, former Higher
Education and Research minister.
Development of the Internet in networks are already in place in Asia and This support takes the form of grants
the early 1980s was accompanied the United States, but companies to the winning enterprises to fund
by adoption of the IPv4 protocol in Europe have been dragging their feet their innovation programs.
supporting the attribution of more somewhat,” explains César Viho, Among this year’s winners,
than 4 billion IP addresses. People professor at the University of Rennes 63% were associated with public
then could hardly imagine the digital 1 and member of Inria’s Dionysos research, 38% universities, 21%
revolution that would ensue over research team specializing in protocol the CNRS, 12% Inserm, 10% Inria and
7% the CEA. In addition to financial
the years to come. To prevent the stock testing. “IPv6 Jump Day provided support, the enterprises are also
of IP addresses available worldwide the perfect reminder of the need offered support services, including
from running out, the Internet to make this transition.” customized training under
the “Challenge +” program of
the HEC Entrepreneurship and
Innovation Center.
QUIXPROC TECHNOLOGY
NEXT-GENERATION DATA NATIONAL DIGITAL COUNCIL (CNN)
FOUNDED
EXCHANGE AND PROCESSING This past April 27, Nicolas Sarkozy
officially founded a new advisory
body with a view to “enlightening”
of data exchange and processing while
the French government on
Working closely with Inria since 2008, Internet-related issues and
Innovimax provides advice and also taking data storage requirements expressing opinions on prospective
assistance to businesses seeking into account. legislation and regulations
to industrialize their documentary with potential impact on the digital
processes. Inria’s Mostrare research MORE INFORMATION: economy. Made up of 18 members,
team, in conjunction with the CNRS, WWW.INNOVIMAX.FR primarily representatives of telecom
the Universities of Lille 1 and 3 and operators, e-commerce firms
and software publishers, and chaired
Innovimax, has developed the by Gilles Babinet, founder of the
QuiXProc technology enabling rapid start-ups eYeka, MXP4 and Captain
compilation and retrieval of data Dash, the CNN is expected to meet
exchanged on the Web via the XML with the French president three
standard. to four times a year.
This solution generates considerable
time savings for businesses in the area
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5. DECRYPTION
CLOUD COMPUTING
CLOUD COMPUTING:
THE NEW EL DORADO FOR SMES?
SMES CREATING CLOUD-COMPUTING-BASED SOLUTIONS Growing rapidly since its emergence just
two years ago, cloud computing (CC) ena-
HAVE A PROMISING FUTURE: THIS MARKET IS EXPECTED bles users and businesses to access their
TO GROW AT AN ANNUAL RATE OF 33% THROUGH 2015. personal information from any location
PUBLIC RESEARCH CAN HELP TO MAXIMIZE THEIR CHANCES or operating system via the Internet. First,
they can take advantage of supplemen-
OF SUCCESS. tary resources (storage, computing capac-
ity) through use of IaaS (Infrastructure as
a Service) services. Those seeking a devel-
opment environment with design and
testing tools can then move on to a PaaS
(Platform as a Service) offering. Finally,
users looking for software (CRM(1), e-mail,
etc.) can make use of SaaS (Software as
a Service) systems.
Businesses can fulfill their requirements
with any of three different physical con-
figurations: public, by sharing capacity
with a third-party operator (e.g., Amazon,
Google, Microsoft); privately, with an
internally developed architecture (e.g.,
eBay); or through use of a combined sys-
tem. SMEs have demonstrated particu-
lar interest in public cloud computing
applications.
FAST-GROWING MARKET
FOR INVESTMENT
CC combines performance, efficiency,
effectiveness, flexibility and reduced cost.
It minimizes start-up investments while
also maximizing cost control. CC sup-
ports the transition from capital expendi-
tures (CAPEX) to operating expenditures
(OPEX). These advantages are collectively
driving its growth: in 2012, it is expected
to capture 10% of total global spending in
digital science, or $44 billion. “France is
following the same path,” explains Jean-
Christophe Gougeon, OSEO’s software
Thierry Priol, Assistant technology sector manager. “28% of enter-
Scientific Director at Inria.
prise organizations and public administra-
tions are already using it.” With an annual
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6. DECRYPTION
CLOUD COMPUTING:
DRIVING RESEARCH
Research teams in France have been
busy contributing to large-scale projects
at the European level with the objective
of enhancing platform effectiveness in
terms of both performance and reduced
energy consumption, achieving greater
interoperability of various cloud types,
improving data and access security and
preventing virus propagation. Lastly,
researchers are already looking forward
to the next generation of CC, which will
be freestanding and mass-distributed.
PERSONAL COMPUTERS
SOON OBSOLETE?
Google has moved on from seeking to
reinvent Windows or come out with
the next super-computer to developing
remote services. “Within the next three
growth rate expected to hit 33% through as privacy, not to mention what hap- to four years, it’s possible that people will
2015, CC is the fastest-evolving market pens when it crashes. However, SMEs no longer need local space for data storage
in France, across Europe and world- equipped to develop new services could but instead just a keyboard, monitor and
wide(2). CC has consequently been the have much to gain from this fast-growing mouse and will be able to store everything
subject of great attention, with the French market. “Before taking the plunge, they from music to photos on outside servers,”
government planning to allocate some should take a hard look at their position- anticipates Thierry Priol.
€780 million of the Great Loan toward ing,” comments Thierry Priol, Assistant
development in this area. Scientific Director at Inria. “They may
The cloud is also associated with certain also be able to benefit from use of public
risks in relation to the security and con- research-based technologies in the develop- (1) Customer relationship management.
fidentiality of data exchanged as well ment of innovative solutions.” (2) Source: OSEO.
OPEN SOURCE LYATISS, OR THE NEXT GENERATION OF THE CLOUD
CLOUDWARE LYATISS IS THE FIRST START-UP to market founding member and CEO of LYaTISS. “Our model
INITIATIVE (OSCI) virtualization and optimization services for has the capacity to remove many barriers, such
information processing and transmission as inadequate data security, inconsistent quality
LAUNCHED BY THE OW2 COMMUNITY, OSCi is infrastructures to support effective adaptation of service, absence of an internal clock and lack of
a project to develop an integrated portfolio of of the distribution network, or the Internet, to coordination leading to wasted resources. Using
open-source software components for CC. Its CC applications. “It’s possible to push back the our software, companies will be able to adapt their
focus is the development of cloud middleware limits of the current Internet, which were never online service offerings highly effectively in order
to support interoperability at the IaaS level along designed to serve as a universal infrastructure to remain competitive.”
with open and customizable PaaS and SaaS to begin with,” says Pascale Vicat-Blanc Primet,
architecture solutions. Research Director of Inria’s Reso team – based out CONTACT: PASCALE VICAT-BLANC PRIMET, CEO, LYATISS.
of the École normale supérieure de Lyon – and E-MAIL: PVB@LYATISS.COM
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7. FOCUS
HOME CARE
WHEN TECHNOLOGY
EQUALS INDEPENDENCE
MAINTAINING ACCESS TO CARE AND INNOVATING IN THE CREATION OF NEW TOOLS
TO PROVIDE EVERYONE THE OPTION TO RECEIVE CARE AT HOME UNDER OPTIMAL
CONDITIONS: HOME CARE HAS BECOME A SOCIETAL CHALLENGE AND MARKET IN ITS
OWN RIGHT. INRIA AND ITS PARTNERS, INCLUDING CNR-SANTÉ, HAVE POSITIONED
THEMSELVES BY DEPLOYING EFFECTIVE SERVICES AND PROVIDING SUPPORT TO
HEALTH ENTERPRISES SEEKING TO INNOVATE.
W
ith lengthening life expectancies and 2040 (1). Moreover, as noted by Philippe Gesnouin,
the ageing of the population, demand in Technology transfer Associate for Health at Inria,
the home care care sector is high and “Whether pregnant women, children with asthma or sub-
steadily increasing. This observation is jects recovering at home from surgery, home care is a new
indisputable: the proportion of seniors approach to medical care that can apply to everyone
is rising, and, for the first time, we are seeing the emer- regardless of age. It also encompasses the notions of
gence of five-generation families. With this increase in wellness and prevention with patients receiving quality
the number of seniors comes a corresponding increase follow-up care while also remaining in their own environ-
in the number of people with limited autonomy: in 2010, ment.” At a time when France is tackling medical demo-
there were more than 1.1 million dependent seniors, a graphic issues and insofar as home care covers a broad
figure expected to increase by 1 to 2% annually through range of interventions of varying degrees of technical
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8. Scene interpretation
for activity recognition:
sensors installed
throughout this
apartment (with
assistance from CSTB,
Centre scientifique et
technique du bâtiment)
enable remote analysis
of behavior among
seniors (Pulsar research
team). INTEROPERABILITY CHALLENGES
Another factor influencing development of home care
services is the evolution of debilitating (e.g., Alzheimer’s
disease), critical (cancer) and chronic (diabetes) condi-
tions in younger subjects. In these situations, enhanced
or social complexity, digital science creates valuable health care takes on its full meaning and includes the
opportunities for more effectively leveraging medical option to receive care and to age at home. One recent
data, developing new diagnostic and prescription tools innovation has supported awareness in this regard:
and streamlining patient assistance applications. “This creation of the “dossier médical personnel” (personal
is why we’ve been involved in developing solutions in the health record), or DMP, by ASIP Santé, the shared
areas of telemedicine, home care and, in some cases, home healthcare information systems agency. At its annual
support services,” continues Philippe Gesnouin. “At the conference on January 5, 2011, this agency announced
same time, we’re deploying tools to promote closer collabo- the nationwide launch of the DMP service, which is to
ration with SMEs such as the I-Lab joint laboratories.” In provide for the interoperability of healthcare informa-
2010 a total of 27 projects in the telehealth domain tion systems to support qualitative coordination of care.
brought forward by 23 companies also received sup- This will be based increasingly on the electronic
port from OSEO, a public enterprise financing and sup- exchange of medical information valuable to practition-
porting SME innovation and growth, for a total of ers for ensuring proper management of patient care.
€2 million. The objective: to provide support to enter- The IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) initia-
prises seeking to expand into this market. tive also plays a role in this regard. The purpose of this
What is the story studies on home health and autonomy.
behind the founding At the same time, we offer training
workshops and support to enterprises
of CNR-Santé? seeking to implement or develop
CNR-Santé was established at the projects relating to digital science.
initiative of the Ministry of the We play the role of consultant and
Economy, Industry and Employment assistant to the contracting authority
(MINEFE) with the objective of throughout the project cycle.
supporting development and optimal
use of digital science as part of
managing home health and assisted
living. This mission encompasses
How do Inria and
the creation and promotion of new CNR-Santé work
applications for associated technologies together?
and services to improve patients’ Inria has been with us since
quality of life, facilitate the emergence our founding in 2009. The institute
of more efficient organizations and provides us support and critical
increase competitiveness in the digital advice based on its in-depth
science economic sector. An “Act of knowledge of the ecosystem and
INTERVIEW WITH BRUNO CHARRAT, 1901” (not-for-profit) association, industrial environment. Together
MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRE CNR-Santé seeks to unite and support we are successfully bringing together
NATIONAL DE RÉFÉRENCE SANTÉ À other actors in its intended role of
reference body in its industry.
and fostering cooperation among
funding bodies, experts, users
DOMICILE ET AUTONOMIE (CNR-SANTÉ). and industrial players to facilitate
ESTABLISHED IN 2009, THIS CENTER the emergence of innovative projects
EDUCATES ECONOMIC PLAYERS ABOUT What work does it perform? in the fields of home care and
autonomy.
THE IMPORTANCE OF DIGITAL SCIENCE The network of experts at CNR-Santé
performs monitoring tasks, provides
IN MANAGING HOME CARE. information and conducts targeted
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9. HEALTH, LIFE SCIENCE, BIOTECHNOLOGY
initiative is to facilitate the interoperability of health- “The growth of the home care industry in terms of deploy-
care equipment and information systems. A founding ment of digital science has strategic importance,” adds
IHE member in Europe, Inria is involved in aspects of Bruno Charrat, Managing Director of CNR-Santé. “These
this international project including testing platform tools offer significant potential with respect to leveraging
development and takes part each year in Connectathon, the benefits of the digital revolution. Through this alliance,
a unique forum for testing software and hardware we’re expanding our knowledge about this ecosystem and
interoperability that brings together development the associated industrial interests.”
engineers and innovative companies in the health and
other sectors. (1) Source: Le Figaro, February 18, 2010.
(2) Inria’s large-scale initiatives provide a foundation for launching
STRENGTHENING TIES WITH PARTNERS ambitious research projects linked directly to the institute’s strategic
plan and the milestones defined therein. These initiatives frequently cross
Inria is concurrently deploying systems adapted to multiple disciplines and draw on a variety of expertise. More information
the evolution of societal issues through a research (in French): http://www.Inria.fr/ recherches/domaines-de-recherche/
team in Sophia Antipolis: Pulsar studies two areas of actions-d-envergure
application, video surveillance and home care for sen-
iors. “We’re experimenting with new techniques in the CONTACTS: BRUNO CHARRAT (LEFT), MANAGING DIRECTOR
OF CENTRE NATIONAL DE RÉFÉRENCE SANTÉ À DOMICILE ET AUTONOMIE
fields of cognitive vision, cognitive systems for physical (CNR-SANTÉ), AND PHILIPPE GESNOUIN, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
object recognition, activity interpretation, activity ASSOCIATE FOR HEALTH AT INRIA
learning and system design and evaluation. The Pulsar E-MAIL: BRUNO.CHARRAT@CNR-SANTE.FR – PHILIPPE.GESNOUIN@INRIA.FR
team focuses on two research streams: scene interpreta-
tion and software architecture for activity recognition.”
Inria has created a research infrastructure around
the theme of autonomy of frail individuals and provi-
sion of home care to them. Four main themes are
guiding applications in relation to this Personally
Assisted Living large-scale initiative (2): assessment of
patient fragility, mobility, rehabilitation and social
interaction. Lastly, to drive its activities in this sector,
Inria has fostered strategic partnerships with CNR-
Santé (Centre national de référence santé à domicile
et autonomie), which seeks to promote the incorpora-
tion of digital science into care and assisted living
management (see inset). “We decided to be proactive in
the fields of telehealth, autonomy and home care and to
contribute in this regard to the efforts of CNR-Santé, a
national structuring initiative supported by the
Ministry of Industry,” explains Philippe Gesnouin.
HOME CARE INSPIRING PUBLIC RESEARCH EFFORTS
• The Pulsar research team is focused on two • The Phoenix research team creates the Laboratoire bordelais de recherche en informatique,
research areas: scene interpretation for activity development environment for coordinating entity Laboratoire lorrain de recherche en informatique et
recognition and software architecture development. (sensor, device, alarm) integration and ses applications and the University of Versailles
Its efforts involve working with researchers at programming and home automation management Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
the CSTB (3) and an enterprise providing support interfaces for non-technical operators.
to caregivers of Alzheimer’s disease patients. • The Maia research team develops freestanding (3) Centre scientifique et technique du bâtiment
• The Smis research team designs new techniques smart systems with the capacity to perceive, (center for building science and technology).
in embedded data management in secure interpret and act on the environment. Applications
computing devices and is developing, among for its efforts include the provision of medical MARK YOUR CALENDARS for the Rencontres
other projects, a portable medical-social care to home dialysis patients. Inria Industrie sur la santé à domicile (Inria/industry
record currently undergoing experimentation These Inria teams work in conjunction with one conference on home care) on October 20, 2011
in the French department of Yvelines. or more other French partners, including CNRS, (see event program p. 11).
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10. INITIATIVES
OSEO EXPERTISE
SUPPORTING INNOVATIVE
PROJECTS
A PUBLIC AGENCY, OSEO HAS BEEN SUPPORTING SMES WITH THEIR INNOVATION PROJECTS
FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS, FINANCING AND PROMOTING THEIR GROWTH THROUGH ALL CRUCIAL
LIFE CYCLE PHASES. INTERVIEW WITH BAPTISTE HAMEL, BUSINESS ANALYST AT OSEO.
_How does OSEO support enterprises in – financing for investment, the operat- final project plan in place before apply-
moving forward with innovation projects? ing cycle and internationalization. ing to OSEO, but that said, they should
Baptiste Hamel: OSEO assists entrepre- feel free to contact us at any time. We’re
neurs initiating projects or creating or What advice would you offer to a SME here to help! Whether you are creating
taking over businesses with risk man- seeking to get involved in research and or expanding your business or under-
agement and raising financing required development or innovation activities? taking a dramatic diversification pro-
for innovative R&D projects with a view B. H.: I would advise it to position its pro- ject, we have products and services for
to gaining or maintaining a competi- ject very carefully in terms of its degree you. The time frame for application
tive advantage. OSEO’s actions focus on of technical and economic maturity, as review is typically quite short.
three complementary areas to provide we finance new technologies, processes
comprehensive support to enterprises and services with the potential to create
throughout all development phases value over the short to medium term. CONTACT: BAPTISTE HAMEL, BUSINESS ANALYST,
OSEO. E-MAIL: BAPTISTE.HAMEL@OSEO.FR.
from creation through succession, TEL.: 0619016011
including: For which project phases can
– support for innovation entrepreneurs get assistance from OSEO? MORE INFORMATION:
– bank financing guarantees B. H.: Ideally, businesses should have a WWW.OSEO.FR
OSEO SUPPORT PHASES DURING PROJECT GROWTH
Research and Development contracts
development phase Actor: OSEO
Actor: ANR
Innovation phase*
Actor: OSEO OSEO’s services are
Equity loans available to you at any
Actor: OSEO phase of your enterprise’s
life cycle:
– state of the art phase
– innovation phase
Time
(financial support,
repayable advances
or interest-free loans
for innovation)
*Two possible areas of intervention: – investment
– Feasibility, subsidization - Aima, MESR or internationalization
(Ministry of Higher Education and Research) Competition (through equity loans,
– Debt development development contracts
(potential coverage of technology transfer costs) or bank co-financing)
• repayable advances (sharing of technical and economic risks)
• interest-free loans for innovation
• equity loans or development contracts
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11. USEFUL INFO
EVENT PROGRAM
“LOGICI…L QUALIFI… POUR L… TRANSF…RT” LABEL
INCREASED CONFIDENCE 12-13 OCTOBER, 2011
LES R…NDEZ-VOUS CAR-
FOR MAXIMUM IMPACT NOT 2011 IN PARIS AND LYON
Les rendez-vous Carnot brings
for this distrust, improve software together all actors dedicated
credibility and professionalize transfer to supporting research and
practices, Inria has created the innovation (members of Carnot
“Logiciel qualifié pour le transfert” Institutes, public laboratories,
(“software qualified for transfer”) research organizations, national
designation. Based on a legal analysis and regional agencies)
Generally developed by multiple and assessment methodology at the enterprise level.
contributors based on existing applied to software (identification
components, software has become of the software’s authors and right REGISTER AT:
a complex tool from a legal holders, third-party components WWW.RDV-CARNOT.COM
perspective. Industrial interests incorporated into the software and to plan qualified business
and innovative SMEs can consequently any issues relating to infringement or meetings.
display a lack of confidence defense), this designation is awarded
in transferred software stemming to specific versions or transfer schemes
from research, particularly open (for example, a given license in
source software. To compensate the case of open-source distribution). OCTOBER 20, 2011
INRIA INDUSTRY MEETINGS
ON HOME CARE
Organized in Paris in
conjunction with CNR-Santé
under the theme of digital
science supporting home care,
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT this event provides an excellent
LAUNCH OF THIRD DIGITAL opportunity to interact with
institutional and economic
GREEN GROWTH PRIZE COMPETITION leaders in the industry as well
as Inria researchers.
experimentation and development of digital MORE INFORMATION:
technologies in support of sustainable WWW.INRIA.FR/
development (low-carbon economics, intelligent CENTRE-DE-RECHERCHE-INRIA/
building, sustainable mobility, localized PARIS-ROCQUENCOURT/
INNOVATION/RII-SDA-IDF/
economy, smart grids, etc.). PRESENTATION
The objective: to raise awareness about best
practices and new technologies to promote
the establishment of new markets in digital NOVEMBER 17, 2011
science and other fields. INRIA/INDUSTRY CONFERENCE
To be eligible, a company must be headquartered ON TELEVISION OF THE FUTURE
in France or a French subsidiary of a foreign IN RENNES
corporation. Nominations remain open through Attend to learn more about
NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2011 EDITION September 30, 2011.
Inria’s research efforts
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12. PARTNERSHIPS LIFE SCIENCES
PLEDGING TO MOVE FORWARD
TOGETHER
WHAT DO AUDITORY REHABILITATION AND MOTOR COMPENSATION HAVE IN COMMON?
A CHIP DEVELOPED JOINTLY BY THE DEMAR RESEARCH TEAM – UNDER INRIA,
THE UNIVERSITIES OF MONTPELLIER 1 AND 2 AND THE CNRS – AND NEURELEC.
READ ON FOR DETAILS.
The Demar research team seeks company specializes in cochlear
to compensate for severe motor and implants, which electrically stimulate
sensory impairment through use the auditory nerve. These two teams
of functional electrical stimulation (FES) were surely destined to work together!
working closely with medical “In 2006, we presented a generic
institutions. Meanwhile, Neurelec, stimulator concept to them, which
a 140-employee subsidiary of MXM, they found interesting,” explains
develops implantable neurostimulation David Guiraud, head of the Demar
devices that restore hearing. This research team. “All that was left was
to adapt it to the specific auditory
constraints.” A microelectronic engineer
from the Demar team was assigned
to Neurelec, based out of Sophia
Antipolis in the Alpes-Maritimes
department in France.
“The motivation and interest in
working together were definitely there,”
enthusiastically reports Guillaume
Rosanis, R&D manager at Neurelec.
“The Demar research team transferred
their concept, expertise and technology
to us, and then we moved forward
with designing a product for motor
impairments that could be marketed.”
Innovation was apparent at all levels
of the joint effort, from production
techniques to work methods.
And this pooling of discipline
and confidence was successful,
with Neurelec developing a 24-channel
chip whose industrial version will be
ready before the end of this year.
A success story indeed!
CONTACTS:
GUILLAUME ROSANIS / GROSANIS@NEURELEC.COM
DAVID GUIRAUD / DAVID.GUIRAUD@LIRMM.FR
David Guiraud, head of the Demar
research team (left), and Guillaume
Rosanis, R&D manager at Neurelec.