The France Berkeley Fund (FBF) was established in 1993 as a partnership between theFrench Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development and the University of California at Berkeley, the France-Berkeley Fund promotes scholarly exchange in all disciplines between UC Berkeley and all research centers and public institutions of higher education in France. Through its annual …
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Oct 16 2015
Open call for STEM Chateaubriand fellowships (2016)
STEM Chateaubriand Fellowship (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathamatics) 2016-2017 The STEM Chateaubriand Fellowship program targets outstanding Ph.D. students enrolled in an American university (U.S. citizenship is not required) who wish to conduct part of their doctoral research in a French laboratory for a 4 to 9 month period. The Office of Science and Technology provide …
Sep 16 2015
Interview: Thierry Priol, new Director of Inria’s European & International Partnerships Department
Thierry Priol, new Director of Inria’s European and International Partnerships Department, introduces himself and presents the main goals and challenges of this new Department resulting of the merger of the former European Partnerships Department and the International Relations Department. Thierry, in a few words, could you introduce yourself and retrace the different steps of your …
Sep 16 2015
Start-up: XtremeLogic among the winners of NETVA 2015 edition
The start-up XtremeLogic has been selected in the framework of the NETVA program. NETVA allows young French innovative companies to effectively address the North American market in their specific industry. The selected companies receive both entrepreneurial training and practice during a week long immersion in the United States or Canada.The companies will also be supported and …
Sep 16 2015
Luis W. Alvarez Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computing Sciences
Apply now for the Luis W. Alvarez Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computing Sciences, sponsored by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Computing Sciences Area. Researchers in computer science, applied mathematics or any computational science discipline who have received their Ph.D. within the last three years are encouraged to apply. The successful applicant will receive a competitive salary and …
Aug 19 2015
CAFFEET 5th annual conference: September 29-30th, 2015 in San Francisco
CAFFEET’15 will feature 2 speakers from Inria: Ana Busic from the DYIOGENE research team, and Jacques Sainte-Marie from the ANGE research team. CaFFEET (California France Forum on Energy Efficiency Technologies) is an annual conference organized by EDF, the Office for Science and Technology at the Embassy of France in the United States, PRIME and French Tech Hub. Its …
Aug 19 2015
SoundCity : a mobile application for understanding your exposure to noise pollution
Inria announced in July the launching of SoundCity, a mobile application to measure your personal exposure to noise pollution. The project is supported by the City of Paris smart city initiative and Bernard Jomier, deputy mayor responsible for health, disability, and relations with Paris public hospital system. Noise pollution, which lowers quality of life and …
Aug 19 2015
Focus on a joint research project: CARDIO
CARDIO (2008-2013) Physiological flow modeling in complex and moving geometries Principal Investigators : Dr. Irene Vignon-Clementel, REO project-team, Inria Paris-Rocquencourt Dr. Charles Taylor, Stanford University & Heartflow Research objectives: The REO project-team of Inria and the Cardiovascular Biomechanics Research laboratory (CVBRL) have both developed numerical methods geared towards cardiovascular applications. They further share similar goals and …
Jul 15 2015
Inria@SiliconValley Post-Doc: Sara Hachem presents her work
The Urban Civics Project is part of the CityLab@Inria collaboration with University of California Berkeley towards establishing ICT solutions for smart cities, with the main focus being on engaging citizens towards environmental sustainability and data democratization. To support the research & development of the Urban Civics project, an Inria@SiliconValley postdoctoral research fellowship was awarded to …
Jul 15 2015
David L. Brown, LBNL, visited Inria Saclay Research Center on July 3rd, 2015
David L. Brown, Director of the Computational Research Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory visited Inria Saclay Research Center with Inria International Chair Deborah Agarwal on July 3rd, 2015. He gave a talk about Data-Intensive Science Research and Development at Berkeley Laboratory and met with several Inria research teams: ILDA, AVIZ, EX-‐SITU, M3DISIM, POSTALE and …