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, …
Category: Research
Apr 18 2018
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 …
Apr 17 2018
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 …
Mar 19 2018
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 …
Mar 15 2018
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 …
Mar 14 2018
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? …
Feb 26 2018
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 …
Feb 26 2018
The Thomas Jefferson Fund 2018 Call for Proposals
The Thomas Jefferson Fund is now accepting applications! Deadline is March 12th, 2018 Created by the Embassy of France in the United States and the FACE Foundation, the Thomas Jefferson Fund supports cooperation among the most promising young French and American researchers, and foster forward-looking collaborative research that addresses the most pressing global challenges. Each …
Feb 26 2018
Two new Associate Teams and three renewed teams with California Universities – Update: A third project joins Inria@SiliconValley!
Inria is glad to announce the selection of 2 new Associate Teams with California partners (University of California, Irvine and the RAND Corporation ) as part of the 2018 Inria Associated Team call. In addition, three teams that were created in 2015 (Meta&Co , formerly MetaMRI, GeomStats (both with Stanford University) and REALMS (with UC Berkeley) have …
Feb 26 2018
Interview: Christine Morin, Inria’s newly appointed Director of European and International Partnerships
The new head of the Department of European and International Partnerships (DPEI), appointed on 1 February, Christine Morin has worked at the Inria Rennes-Bretagne Atlantique Research Centre since 1991. From 2010, she was head of the Myriads team (a joint project team between Inria, Université de Rennes 1, INSA Rennes, the CNRS and ENS Rennes …