As we are about to enter 2018 with a renewed will to continue strengthening Inria’s collaboration with California partners, let’s have a look on the events that made 2017 yet an another exciting year for Inria@SiliconValley!
Category: Research
Dec 21 2017
Focus on a joint research project: LargeBrainNets
LargeBrainNets (Since 2016) Characterizing Large-scale Brain Networks Using Novel Computational Methods for dMRI and fMRI-based Connectivity Principal Investigators: Demian Wassermann, PARIETAL project-team, Inria Saclay (formerly ATHENA project team, Inria Sophia Antipolis) Vinod Menon, Stanford Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience Laboratory Research objectives: The major goal of this project is to develop and validate sophisticated computational tools for identifying …
Dec 21 2017
1967-2017: Inria celebrated its 50th anniversary!
In 2017 Inria celebrated its 50th anniversary. While remembering all the men and women who, from 1967 to 2017, have made Inria what it is, we shall also be looking ahead to what the future may bring. Inria wants to take the opportunity afforded by this anniversary to think about the digital world in which …
Oct 25 2017
France Berkeley Fund 2018 call is now open!
France-Berkeley Fund – 2018 Call for Projects 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 …
Oct 23 2017
Luis W. Alvarez Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computing Sciences – 2018 call is open!
Berkeley Lab is now accepting applications for the 2018 Luis W. Alvarez Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computing Sciences Apply now for this prestigious fellowship! 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 …
Oct 16 2017
Xavier Pennec elected Fellow of the MICCAI scientific society
Xavier Pennec, Senior researcher at Sophia Antipolis – Méditerranée centre, and co-leader of the Inria@SiliconValley associate team Geomstat with Stanford University, has been elected as a Fellow of the MICCAI scientific society for “pioneering theoretical contributions grounding the field of computational anatomy, shape statistics and medical image computing”. He is the second scientist from the Inria Asclepios project-team …
Oct 16 2017
Open call for STEM Chateaubriand fellowships (2018)
STEM Chateaubriand Fellowship (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathamatics & Biology-Health) 2018-2019 The Chateaubriand Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics & Biology-Health (STEM) for doctoral students aims to initiate or reinforce collaborations, partnerships or joint projects between French and American research teams. The STEM Chateaubriand Fellowship program targets outstanding Ph.D. students enrolled in an American university (U.S. citizenship …
Oct 16 2017
Margaret Koehler, PhD student from Stanford, awarded Chateaubriand fellowship for a 6-month internship in the DEFROST Inria Team
Margaret Koehler is a PhD student from the Collaborative Haptics and Robotics in Medicine (CHARM) Lab, Stanford University, led by Allison Okamura. Margaret was awarded a Chateaubriand Fellowship from the Embassy of France in the US in partnership with Inria to conduct a 6-month research internship in the DEFROST Inria Team in Lille. The Chateaubriand Fellowship …
Oct 11 2017
Focus on a joint research project: STATWEB
STATWEB (2011-13) Fast statistical analysis of web data via sparse learning Principal Investigators: Dr. Francis Bach, SIERRA project-team, Inria Paris Rocquencourt Prof. Laurent El Ghaoui, University of California Berkeley Research objectives: STATWEB aims to provide web-based tools for the analysis and visualization of large corpora of text documents, with a focus on databases of …
Oct 11 2017
France-Stanford 2018 call is now open!
France-Stanford – 2018 call for Collaborative Projects, Fellowships and Conferences The France-Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, founded in partnership with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, aims to bridge the disciplines of the Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences, Engineering, Business and Law, addressing historical and contemporary issues of significance for France and the United States from …
