Section: Partnerships and Cooperations

National Initiatives

Pl@ntNet project [2009-2013]

It is a joint project with AMAP (CIRAD, INRA, IRD, Montpellier) and Tela Botanica, an international botanical network with 8,500 members and an active collaborative web platform (10,000 visits /day). The project has its financial support from Agropolis International Foundation (http://www.agropolis.fr/ ) and is titled “Plant Computational Identification and Collaborative Information System”.

Other collaborations with INRA

The PhD thesis of Wajih Ouertani, financed by INRA, in the context of a strategic collaboration between INRIA and INRA, addresses interactive species identification through advanced relevance feedback mechanisms based on local image information.

ANR project SCAR-FACE [2008-2011]

SCAR-FACE (Semantic Characterization And Retrieval of FACEs) objective is to develop new interactive technologies for recognizing people in public places provided with videosurveillance networks.

Other partners: Univ Caen - INRIA LEAR, EADS, SPIKENET, IREENAT

IMEDIA activities within the project started with the arrival of Sébastien Poullot (see section 6.4.1 ).