Tania CASTRO

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Focus on a joint research project: GeomStats

GeomStats (Since 2015)  Geometric Statistics in Computational Anatomy: Non-linear Subspace Learning Beyond the Riemannian Structure   Principal Investigators:  Xavier Pennec, EPIONE project team (formerly ASCLEPIOS), Inria Sophia Antipolis research center Susan Holmes, Stanford University, Department of Statistics Research objectives: The scientific goal of the associated team is to develop the field of geometric statistics with key applications in computational anatomy, …

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Interview: Xavier Pennec, Inria researcher and co-leader of the GeomStats Inria@SiliconValley associate team, receives an ERC Advanced Grant.

Xavier Pennec, Inria research director at the Sophia Antipolis – Méditerranée centre in the EPIONE team, has just received the European Research Council (ERC) grant in the Advanced category for the G-Statistics project “Foundations of Geometric Statistics and Their Application in the Life Sciences”.  ERC Advanced Grants are awarded under the “Excellent Science” pillar of …

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Inria International Chairs Call for applications 2019: deadline is September 30th

Inria is hiring experienced researchers for long visits – 12 months along over a five-year period. Come to develop or strengthen collaborations in your expertise fields/areas with Inria project-teams. You are welcome to check the application conditions. Deadline for submission is September 30th, 2018.    Application Conditions Have your main professional activity outside France, Commit …

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Interview: NETVA 2017 laureate Gilles Fedak, CEO of iExec, presents his start-up

Created in 2010 by the Office for Science and Technology at the French Embassy in the United States, NETVA (New Technology Venture Accelerator) is a mentoring program tailored for young, innovative French companies hoping to discover or better understand the inner-workings of the North American high-tech market. For the 3rd consecutive year Inria partners with the program: the deadline for “made-in Inria” …

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Interview: NETVA 2017 laureate Arnaud Laprévote, CEO of Lybero.net presents his start-up

Created in 2010 by the Office for Science and Technology at the French Embassy in the United States, NETVA (New Technology Venture Accelerator) is a mentoring program tailored for young, innovative French companies hoping to discover or better understand the inner-workings of the North American high-tech market. For the 3rd consecutive year Inria partners with the program: the deadline for “made-in Inria” …

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March 8th: 41st International Women’s Rights Day – Inria highlights its commitment for public communication without gender stereotypes

To end gender discrimination, let’s start with language! A public science and technology institution, Inria has – even more so than the other French public scientific and technological institutes (EPSTs) – a lower proportion of women among its staff than in civil society, with regard to both scientists and the research support personnel. This proportion …

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Inria@SiliconValley Post-Doctoral Fellowships Opportunity – New deadline: May 11th, 2018

In 2018, Inria offers 2 Post-Doc fellowships in the framework of the Inria@SiliconValley program. Extended deadline for application is May 11th, 2018 (initially April 30th). Postdoctoral grants are allocated to support existing associate teams as well as collaborations between Inria and California teams. Candidates interested in the projects currently supported by the Inria@SiliconValley program or projects under preparation for this …

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Focus on a joint research project: Meta&Co (formerly MetaMRI)

  Meta&Co (Since 2015)  Machine learning for meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging data*   *formerly MetaMRI (from 2015 to 2017): Machine learning for meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging data  Principal Investigators:  Bertrand Thirion, PARIETAL project team, Inria Saclay Ile- de-France research center Russ Poldrack, Stanford University, Psychology department Research objectives: Meta&Co (since 2018) is an associate team that is …

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Interview: Christian Duriez, head of the Inria DEFROST team and Fulbright fellow, presents his work with the CHARM Lab at Stanford university

  Christian Duriez, Inria researcher leading the DEFROST team in Lille, is currently spending 6 months in the Collaborative Haptics and Robotics in Medicine (CHARM) Lab at Stanford University, supported by a Fulbright fellowship. He tells us about his work and the collaboration with his California partner.     Christian, what is your field of research? …

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Focus on a joint research project: NUM4SEP

  NUM4SEP (Since 2017) Numerics for Spherical Electroporation  Principal Investigators:  Clair Poignard, MONC project-team, Inria Bordeaux – Sud-Ouest Research Centre Frederic Gibou, Dpt of Mechanical Eng., U.C. Santa Barbara Research objectives: The goal of NUM4SEP is to provide a link between the quite well-understood cell electroporation and the tumor-like multicellular spheroid models. The distribution of the electric field in tumors as …

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