Depuis le début des années 80, l'INRIA a participé
à environ 200 projets communautaires, dont 80 étaient en
activité en 1997. Parmi ceux-ci, plus de la moitié sont des
contrats avec la participation de plusieurs industriels, tandis que les autres
ont un seul industriel (pour la plupart) ou éventuellement aucun dans
leur consortium.
Pendant l'année 1997, les réponses aux appel d'offres
communautaires ont continué à un rythme soutenu. Nous avons
soumis 78 propositions dans 8 programmes différents. Parmi les 74 qui
ont déjà été évaluées, un
financement a été acquis pour 16 projets. Ce qui situe cette
année le taux moyen d'acceptation entre 1 sur 5 et 1 sur 4. Depuis le
début du 4e PCRD le financement a dépassé les
meilleurs niveaux historiques. Beaucoup d'efforts ont été
nécessaires pour l'obtenir compte tenu de la complexité des
projets à monter et de la concurrence croissante rencontrée.
Notre participation à été diversifiée et nous
intervenons désormais dans 9 programmes européens dont ceux
dédiés au transport, à la médecine ou aux
biotechnologies, entre autres.
Le soutien au Web Consortium (actuellement sous la forme du contrat W3C
Leveraging Actions) continue à être notre contrat le plus
important en montant.
Il est suivi en importance par PERDIS : A Persistent Distributed Store for
Cooperative Applications et ACTRANS : A Transaction Processing Toolkit for
ACTS. Dans les trois cas l'INRIA est coordonateur.
Dans le graphique ci-dessus, il est possible d'apprécier le montant des
financements annuels sur les 4 années du 4e PCRD par rapport
à la dernière et meilleure année (1994) du 3e
PCRD. L'augmentation de la proportion des projets " à multiples
partenaires industriels " dans le montant total est aussi sensible.
L'année 1998 sera la dernière du 4e PCRD. Le maintien de
notre niveau actuel de ressources communautaires en 1999 et au delà
dépendra de la mise en úuvre rapide du 5e PCRD et de
l'orientation qui sera imprimée à celui-ci.
Projets européens récents concernant l'INRIA
ESPRIT Long Term Research (LTR)
ACCLAIM :Advanced Concurrent Constraint Languages
ALCOM 2: Algorithms and Complexity
ALCOM-IT: Algorithms & Complexity in Information Technologies.
APPARC: Performance Critical Applications of Parallel Architectures
BROADCAST: Basic Research on Advanced Distributed Computing. Suivi par
BROADCAST II.
C3DS: Control and Coordination of Complex Distributed Systems
CaberNet: Computing Architectures for Basic European Research
CCL: Construction of Computational Logics. Suivi par CCL II.
CGAL Computational Geometry Algorithms Library
COMPULOG-NET: Network of Excellence in Computational Logic
CONCUR2: Calculi and Algebras of Concurrency
CONFER: Concurrency and Functions. Suivi par CONFER II.
COORDINATION: Linguistic Support for Multiple Cooperating Agents
CUMULI: Computational Understanding of Multiple Images and applications
DELOS: ERCIM Digital Library Working Group
DISCIPL: Debugging Systems for Constraint Programming
DWQ: Data-Warehouse Programming
ECVNet: European Computer Vision Network
ELSNET: European Network in Language and Speech
FIDE 2: Formally Integrated Data Environment
FRISCO: a Framework for Integrated Symbolic/Numeric Computations
HIMAC: Hierarchical Management and Control in Manufacturing Systems
HIPPARCH: High Performance Protocol Architecture
IDOMENEUS: Information and Data on Open MEdia for NEtworks of USers
IMPROOFS: Image Processing Operations for Forensic Support
INSIGHT 2: Vision Systems for a Natural Human Environment
KIT ARTVIS: Artificial Vision Applied to Mobile Robotics
KIT HYBSYS: Systèmes Hybrides
MHAOTEU: Memory Hierarchy Analysis & Optimisation Tools for End-users
MIX: Modular Integration of Connectionist and Symbolic Processing in
Knowledge-Based Systems
ModelAge: A Common Formal Model of Cooperating Intelligent Agents
NEURO: Working Group in Neuro-informatics
NEURONET: NoE in Neural Networks
OCEANS: Optimizing Compilers for Embedded Applications
PARFORCE: Parallel Formal Computing Environment
PERDIS: A Persistent Distributed Store for Cooperative Applications
PROMOTION: Planning Robot Motion
QMIPS: Quantitative Modelling in Parallel Systems
REALISE: Reconstruction of Reality from Image Sequences
SECOND: Sensory Controlled Dextrous Robots
SYRF: Synchronous Reactive Formalisms
TYPES: Types for Proofs and Programs. Suivi par TYPES II.
UNION: Underwater Intelligent Operation and Navigation
VIVA: Viewpoint-Invariant Visual Acquisition
ESPRIT-High Performance Computing and Networking (HPCN)
AVS-PV: Advanced Video-surveillance Prevention of Vandalism
AVS-RTPW: Advanced Video-surveillance Real-time Passwords
COMPARE: Compiler Generation for Parallel Machines
DECISION:† HPCN Integrated Optimization Strategies
EPSIS: Electronic Billboards for Sporting Events
EUROPA WG: Working Group on Parallel C++
FITS: Fortran Integrated Tool Set
MICA: Model for Industrial CFD Applications
PACHA: A generic scalable CORBA-based multiprocessor system
PASSWORDS: Automated Real-Time Visual Surveillance
PREPARE: Programming Environment for Parallel Architectures
ProHPC-drill: Assessment of Crystal Profor drilling-bit software tools
ProHPC-financial: Awareness Campaign in the financial insurance sector
ProHPC: Technology Transfer Network Promotion of High Performance Computing
ESPRIT-Software Technologies - Multimedia - Integration in Manufacturing -
OMI - TBP
Software Technologies:
ARGO: Ruggedized and High Performance Logic Programming
FASST: Fault-tolerant Architecture with Stable Storage Technology
FME: Follow Me
GOODSTEP: General Object-Oriented Databases for Software Engineering Processes
IDEA: Integrated Methods for Evolving System Design
IRO-DB: Interoperable Relational and Object Databases
PEPS: Performance Evaluation of Parallel Systems
REAKTANSE : REAKT Technology for Diagnosis in Steel Production
SACRES: Safety-Critical Embedded Systems
SODAS: Symbolic Official Data Analysis System
W3C-LA: Leveraging W3C Achievements
W3C: World-Wide-Web Consortium
WIRE: W3 Information Repository for Enterprise
Multimedia Systems
CATSERVER: CATV network demonstration of a new generation
COMMERCE & INTERACTIONS: (Multimedia Pilot Centre)
DIVAN: Distributed Audio-Visual Archives Network
NEMESIS: New Multimedia Services using analysis-synthesis 3D
OPENMATH: Accessing and Using Mathematical Information Electronically
OMI
MODISTARC: Methods and Tools for the validation of OSEK/VDK
SPEAR2: SPARClet Embedded Architecture 2nd Generation
Integration in Manufacturing
Net-ICIMS: Intelligent Control and Integrated Manufacturing Systems
OPAL: Integrated Information and Process Management in Manufacturing
Engineering
Technologies for Business Processes
AGENT-ISME: Assessment of GEN Technology- Usability & Integration
for SMEs
Telematics Applications
Telematics for Research:
MERCI: Multimedia European Research Conferencing Integration
MICE: Multimedia Integrated Conferencing for European Researchers
THETIS: A Data Management and Data Visualisation System for Supporting Coastal
Zone Management for the Mediterranean Sea.
WEDI: Standard Generalized WEB Editor
Information Engineering:
AQUARELLE: Sharing Cultural Heritage Thru Multimedia Telematics
(étude de faisabilité)
Language Engineering:
BABEL: Multilingual Support for Multimedia Services
VODIS: Voice Operated Driver Information Systems.
PICASSO-Pioneering Caller Authentification for Secure Service Operation
Telematics for Health:
ENN : European Neurological Network.
ROBOSCOPE: Ultrasound Image Guided Manipulator Assisted System for Minimally
Invasive Endo-Neurosurgery
Telematics for Disabled and Elderly People (TIDE):
WAI: Web Accessibility Initiative
ACTS
ACTranS: A Transaction Processing Toolkit for ACTS
INFOWIN : Information window for ACTS
VIDAS: Video Assisted Audio Coding and Representation
BRITE-EURAM
ADANIDEC: Design Tools for Advanced Composite Materials based on Damage
Models
EVIAC: Electric Vehicle Inductive Auto Charging
IDEAS: Industrial Demonstrator for Aerodynamic Simulation on Unstructured
Meshes.
Par.The.Net- Parallel Machines Thematic Network
BIOMED
BIOMORPH: Development & Validation Techniques for Brain Morphometry
BIOTECH
SWISS-PROT: Enhancement of the SWISS-PROT Protein Sequence Data Bank
Activities
TRANSPORT
DIATS: Deployment of Inter-urban ATT test Scenarios
HIPERTRANS: High Performance Transport Network Modelling and Simultation
INCO
COPERNICUS
MULTIAGENT: MultiAgent Robot Systems for Industrial Applications in the
Transport Domain
PORTRAIT: Parallel Computation of Spectral Portraits of Matrices
STABLE: Studies of Stability of Physical Situations Using Parallel Computers
DC
ESIMEAU: Apport des TI à la gestion et modélisation des
ressources pour les zones semi-arides
IWRMP: Integrated Water Resources Management Project
MTOM3D: Made to Measure Garments, 3D approach
PARALIN: Parallel Computing Modelling for Industrial Problems
SIMES: Système d'Information Multimédia pour l'Environnement
Sub-saharien
TMR- Nets
ABILE: Abstract Interpretation for Declarative Languages
ALAPEDES: The Algebraic Approach to Performance Evaluation of Discrete Event
Systems
CHROROCHRONOS-Research Network for spatio-Temporal Database system
PAVE: Virtual Reality and Animation Systems
SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION
VIRGO: Vision-based Robot Navigation Research Network