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In recent years, all major players, whether established or recently emerged, have been focusing on innovation as a key factor in company growth. Although innovation is a core business process, companies also need to have the capacity to quickly and effectively identify and leverage prospects in this regard, for example, the potential offerings of public research. The public research and innovation system in France has been undergoing a major transformation in this area as demonstrated by numerous recent changes. For one, the government implemented its “Investissements d’Avenir” (“Future Investments”) program (the “Great Loan”); besides the sheer scope of investment involved, this program also seeks to effect structural changes. Actors in technology transfer are uniting on the regional and national levels, competitive clusters are seeing the preliminary results of their efforts and setting their priorities for the next five years, and the second call for Carnot Institutes was recently completed. Beyond the apparent multiplicity of these transformations, one aspect of these initiatives is clear and new in terms of its amplitude: the priority assigned to growing our SMEs. This constitutes recognition of the driving role played by these businesses in innovation both within the French economy and worldwide. Public research is consequently called upon to fulfill its role through the transfer of expertise and technology with a view to increasing the competitiveness of these companies in international markets. Connect is proud to be part of this exciting new dynamic.

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05_DECRYPTIONCloud Computing: The New El Dorado for SMEs?

Digital Science Supporting Home Care.

10_INITIATIVESOSEO Supports Businesses with Innovative Projects.

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12_PARTNERSHIPSThe Demar research team and Neurelec: An Innovative Alliance.

Connect is the magazine co-designed by OSEO and Inria, the National Institute for Computer Science and Control.Connect_N°02 // July 2011. DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATION: Michel Cosnard. MANAGING EDITOR: Laurent Stencel. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Marie Gallas-Amblard. EDITORIAL COMMITTEE: Céline Acharian, Marie Gallas-Amblard, Jean-Christophe Gougeon, David Monteau. PHOTO CREDITS: Inria, Inria/J.M. Droisy, Inria/C. Lebedinsky, Inria/C. Tourniaire, Atomic Imagery/Digital Vision/Getty Images, Fotolia/F. Peters, Sindya N. Bhanoo/The New York Times-REDUX-REA, S. Jayet, Thinkstock 2011. DESIGN AND PRODUCTION . PRINTING: Bergame, paper PEFC-certified.

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Recently enhanced (new functionalities, look and feel, content, etc.), the European SME portal is a website administered by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry. Financed through the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Program (CIP), it brings together a broad range of information provided by the European Union with the objective of promoting SME creation and expansion across Europe and around the world. The website’s highly interactive offerings include practical tips and legal advice on expanding

and managing a business’s presence in other member states of the European Union.Available in 21 languages, it also features local contact and networking information for those interested. This data is provided under four main headings: “Money, Partners and Public Contracts,” “Making the Most of the Market,” “EU SME Policy & Statistics” and “Support.” Visitors can also read the success story of the month and view a calendar of events.

MORE INFORMATION: HTTP://EC.EUROPA.EU/SMALL-BUSINESS/INDEX_EN.HTM

Subsequent to the second call for applications for Carnot Institutes, 34 research laboratories were awarded this prestigious designation. Five institutes currently specialize in digital science and software: CEA LIST; Télécom & Société Numérique; LAAS; LSI; and Inria Carnot Institute. This recognition of excellence is granted by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research to research organizations in France working to bring research actors from the public and socio-economic domains closer together.

This second generation of Carnot Institutes, which retain their designation for a five-year period, explore new areas (humanities and social sciences, etc.) in keeping with the national research and innovation strategy under the auspices of a consolidated budget of €1.9 billion (provided by the French National Research Agency). For businesses, this designation provides additional assurance as they strive to develop high value-added projects with public research.

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+32%: the increase in research revenue over the last five years among Carnot Institutes. This dramatic increase is evidence of highly positive progress. Institutes filed for 21% more patents over the same period.

in INNOVATION AID was granted by OSEO in 2010 to SMEs and mid-cap companies with significant support from government. This is up 16% over 2009. “In supporting the growth of French SMEs, if there is one aspect where we have maintained continuous commitment, it is innovation,” stated Prime Minister François Fillon at the Planète PME trade fair organized by CGPME (French General Confederation of small and medium sized enterprises) this past June 16. “By tripling the research tax credit, we provided a powerful impetus for businesses to innovate.”

62% or nearly two-thirds of small enterprises in France do not have an online presence, according to a nationwide study conducted in February 2011 by the Fédération des centres de gestion agréés. 15 years after the emergence of the Web, this finding is surprising, particularly in light of the fact that companies with an Internet presence are in a better position to control their image and attract customers through the content they distribute.

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IPV6 JUMP DAY

Development of the Internet in the early 1980s was accompanied by adoption of the IPv4 protocol supporting the attribution of more than 4 billion IP addresses. People then could hardly imagine the digital revolution that would ensue over the years to come. To prevent the stock of IP addresses available worldwide from running out, the Internet

Engineering Task Force (IETF) later established the IPv6 protocol based on a 128-bit system supporting the use of a much greater number of addresses. However, the new protocol has only been adopted by 1% of the Web to date! The Internet Society recently celebrated IPv6 Jump Day to encourage businesses to make the transition. During the event, which took place on June 8, 2011, two online giants, Google and Facebook, set an example by testing IPv6 for 24 hours. “Native IPv6 networks are already in place in Asia and the United States, but companies in Europe have been dragging their feet somewhat,” explains César Viho, professor at the University of Rennes 1 and member of Inria’s Dionysos research team specializing in protocol testing. “IPv6 Jump Day provided the perfect reminder of the need to make this transition.”

telexINCREASED VISIBILITY OF PUBLIC RESEARCH-BASED PROJECTS IN THE NATIONAL COMPETITION FOR START-UP AID FOR INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISESThe jury at the 13th national competition for start-up aid for innovative enterprises named 149 award winners in a ceremony held on Tuesday 28 June, 2011, at the Ministry of Higher Education and Research. The recipients “will get the support they need to carry through with their ideas and bring their emerging hopes to fruition,” stated Valérie Pécresse, former Higher Education and Research minister. This support takes the form of grants to the winning enterprises to fund their innovation programs. Among this year’s winners, 63% were associated with public research, 38% universities, 21% the CNRS, 12% Inserm, 10% Inria and 7% the CEA. In addition to financial support, the enterprises are also offered support services, including customized training under the “Challenge +” program of the HEC Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center.

NATIONAL DIGITAL COUNCIL (CNN) FOUNDEDThis past April 27, Nicolas Sarkozy officially founded a new advisory body with a view to “enlightening” the French government on Internet-related issues and expressing opinions on prospective legislation and regulations with potential impact on the digital economy. Made up of 18 members, primarily representatives of telecom operators, e-commerce firms and software publishers, and chaired by Gilles Babinet, founder of the start-ups eYeka, MXP4 and Captain Dash, the CNN is expected to meet with the French president three to four times a year.

Working closely with Inria since 2008, Innovimax provides advice and assistance to businesses seeking to industrialize their documentary processes. Inria’s Mostrare research team, in conjunction with the CNRS, the Universities of Lille 1 and 3 and Innovimax, has developed the QuiXProc technology enabling rapid compilation and retrieval of data exchanged on the Web via the XML standard.This solution generates considerable time savings for businesses in the area

of data exchange and processing while also taking data storage requirements into account.

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SMES CREATING CLOUD-COMPUTING-BASED SOLUTIONS HAVE A PROMISING FUTURE: THIS MARKET IS EXPECTED TO GROW AT AN ANNUAL RATE OF 33% THROUGH 2015. PUBLIC RESEARCH CAN HELP TO MAXIMIZE THEIR CHANCES OF SUCCESS.

Growing rapidly since its emergence just two years ago, cloud computing (CC) ena-bles users and businesses to access their personal information from any location or operating system via the Internet. First, they can take advantage of supplemen-tary resources (storage, computing capac-ity) through use of IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) services. Those seeking a devel-opment environment with design and testing tools can then move on to a PaaS (Platform as a Service) offering. Finally, users looking for software (CRM(1), e-mail, etc.) can make use of SaaS (Software as a Service) systems.Businesses can fulfill their requirements with any of three different physical con-figurations: public, by sharing capacity with a third-party operator (e.g., Amazon, Google, Microsoft); privately, with an internally developed architecture (e.g., eBay); or through use of a combined sys-tem. SMEs have demonstrated particu-lar interest in public cloud computing applications.

FAST-GROWING MARKET FOR INVESTMENTCC combines performance, efficiency, effectiveness, flexibility and reduced cost. It minimizes start-up investments while also maximizing cost control. CC sup-ports the transition from capital expendi-tures (CAPEX) to operating expenditures (OPEX). These advantages are collectively driving its growth: in 2012, it is expected to capture 10% of total global spending in digital science, or $44 billion. “France is following the same path,” explains Jean-Christophe Gougeon, OSEO’s software technology sector manager. “28% of enter-prise organizations and public administra-tions are already using it.” With an annual

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CLOUD COMPUTING: THE NEW EL DORADO FOR SMES?

Thierry Priol, Assistant Scientific Director at Inria.

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growth rate expected to hit 33% through 2015, CC is the fastest-evolving market in France, across Europe and world-wide(2). CC has consequently been the subject of great attention, with the French government planning to allocate some €780 million of the Great Loan toward development in this area.The cloud is also associated with certain risks in relation to the security and con-fidentiality of data exchanged as well

as privacy, not to mention what hap-pens when it crashes. However, SMEs equipped to develop new services could have much to gain from this fast-growing market. “Before taking the plunge, they should take a hard look at their position-ing,” comments Thierry Priol, Assistant Scientific Director at Inria. “They may also be able to benefit from use of public research-based technologies in the develop-ment of innovative solutions.”

CLOUD COMPUTING: DRIVING RESEARCHResearch teams in France have been busy contributing to large-scale projects at the European level with the objective of enhancing platform effectiveness in terms of both performance and reduced energy consumption, achieving greater interoperability of various cloud types, improving data and access security and preventing virus propagation. Lastly, researchers are already looking forward to the next generation of CC, which will be freestanding and mass-distributed.

PERSONAL COMPUTERS SOON OBSOLETE?Google has moved on from seeking to reinvent Windows or come out with the next super-computer to developing remote services. “Within the next three to four years, it’s possible that people will no longer need local space for data storage but instead just a keyboard, monitor and mouse and will be able to store everything from music to photos on outside servers,” anticipates Thierry Priol.

(1) Customer relationship management.

(2) Source: OSEO.

LYATISS, OR THE NEXT GENERATION OF THE CLOUDLYATISS IS THE FIRST START-UP to market virtualization and optimization services for information processing and transmission infrastructures to support effective adaptation of the distribution network, or the Internet, to CC applications. “It’s possible to push back the limits of the current Internet, which were never designed to serve as a universal infrastructure to begin with,” says Pascale Vicat-Blanc Primet, Research Director of Inria’s Reso team – based out of the École normale supérieure de Lyon – and

founding member and CEO of LYaTISS. “Our model has the capacity to remove many barriers, such as inadequate data security, inconsistent quality of service, absence of an internal clock and lack of coordination leading to wasted resources. Using our software, companies will be able to adapt their online service offerings highly effectively in order to remain competitive.”

CONTACT: PASCALE VICAT-BLANC PRIMET, CEO, LYATISS. E-MAIL: [email protected]

OPEN SOURCE CLOUDWARE INITIATIVE (OSCI)

LAUNCHED BY THE OW2 COMMUNITY, OSCi is a project to develop an integrated portfolio of open-source software components for CC. Its focus is the development of cloud middleware to support interoperability at the IaaS level along with open and customizable PaaS and SaaS architecture solutions.

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MAINTAINING ACCESS TO CARE AND INNOVATING IN THE CREATION OF NEW TOOLS TO PROVIDE EVERYONE THE OPTION TO RECEIVE CARE AT HOME UNDER OPTIMAL

CONDITIONS: HOME CARE HAS BECOME A SOCIETAL CHALLENGE AND MARKET IN ITS OWN RIGHT. INRIA AND ITS PARTNERS, INCLUDING CNR-SANTÉ, HAVE POSITIONED THEMSELVES BY DEPLOYING EFFECTIVE SERVICES AND PROVIDING SUPPORT TO

HEALTH ENTERPRISES SEEKING TO INNOVATE.

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W ith lengthening life expectancies and the ageing of the population, demand in the home care care sector is high and steadily increasing. This observation is indisputable: the proportion of seniors

is rising, and, for the first time, we are seeing the emer-gence of five-generation families. With this increase in the number of seniors comes a corresponding increase in the number of people with limited autonomy: in 2010, there were more than 1.1 million dependent seniors, a figure expected to increase by 1 to 2% annually through

2040 (1). Moreover, as noted by Philippe Gesnouin, Technology transfer Associate for Health at Inria, “Whether pregnant women, children with asthma or sub-jects recovering at home from surgery, home care is a new approach to medical care that can apply to everyone regardless of age. It also encompasses the notions of wellness and prevention with patients receiving quality follow-up care while also remaining in their own environ-ment.” At a time when France is tackling medical demo-graphic issues and insofar as home care covers a broad range of interventions of varying degrees of technical


or social complexity, digital science creates valuable opportunities for more effectively leveraging medical data, developing new diagnostic and prescription tools and streamlining patient assistance applications. “This is why we’ve been involved in developing solutions in the areas of telemedicine, home care and, in some cases, home support services,” continues Philippe Gesnouin. “At the same time, we’re deploying tools to promote closer collabo-ration with SMEs such as the I-Lab joint laboratories.” In 2010 a total of 27 projects in the telehealth domain brought forward by 23 companies also received sup-port from OSEO, a public enterprise financing and sup-porting SME innovation and growth, for a total of €2 million. The objective: to provide support to enter-prises seeking to expand into this market.

INTEROPERABILITY CHALLENGESAnother factor influencing development of home care services is the evolution of debilitating (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease), critical (cancer) and chronic (diabetes) condi-tions in younger subjects. In these situations, enhanced health care takes on its full meaning and includes the option to receive care and to age at home. One recent innovation has supported awareness in this regard: creation of the “dossier médical personnel” (personal health record), or DMP, by ASIP Santé, the shared healthcare information systems agency. At its annual conference on January 5, 2011, this agency announced the nationwide launch of the DMP service, which is to provide for the interoperability of healthcare informa-tion systems to support qualitative coordination of care. This will be based increasingly on the electronic exchange of medical information valuable to practition-ers for ensuring proper management of patient care. The IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) initia-tive also plays a role in this regard. The purpose of this

What is the story behind the founding of CNR-Santé? CNR-Santé was established at the initiative of the Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Employment (MINEFE) with the objective of supporting development and optimal use of digital science as part of managing home health and assisted living. This mission encompasses the creation and promotion of new applications for associated technologies and services to improve patients’ quality of life, facilitate the emergence of more efficient organizations and increase competitiveness in the digital science economic sector. An “Act of 1901” (not-for-profit) association, CNR-Santé seeks to unite and support other actors in its intended role of reference body in its industry.

What work does it perform?The network of experts at CNR-Santé performs monitoring tasks, provides information and conducts targeted

studies on home health and autonomy. At the same time, we offer training workshops and support to enterprises seeking to implement or develop projects relating to digital science. We play the role of consultant and assistant to the contracting authority throughout the project cycle.

How do Inria and CNR-Santé work together? Inria has been with us since our founding in 2009. The institute provides us support and critical advice based on its in-depth knowledge of the ecosystem and industrial environment. Together we are successfully bringing together and fostering cooperation among funding bodies, experts, users and industrial players to facilitate the emergence of innovative projects in the fields of home care and autonomy.

INTERVIEW WITH BRUNO CHARRAT, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRE NATIONAL DE RÉFÉRENCE SANTÉ À DOMICILE ET AUTONOMIE (CNR-SANTÉ). ESTABLISHED IN 2009, THIS CENTER EDUCATES ECONOMIC PLAYERS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF DIGITAL SCIENCE IN MANAGING HOME CARE.

Scene interpretation for activity recognition: sensors installed throughout this apartment (with assistance from CSTB, Centre scientifique et technique du bâtiment) enable remote analysis of behavior among seniors (Pulsar research team).


initiative is to facilitate the interoperability of health-care equipment and information systems. A founding IHE member in Europe, Inria is involved in aspects of this international project including testing platform development and takes part each year in Connectathon, a unique forum for testing software and hardware interoperability that brings together development engineers and innovative companies in the health and other sectors.

STRENGTHENING TIES WITH PARTNERSInria is concurrently deploying systems adapted to the evolution of societal issues through a research team in Sophia Antipolis: Pulsar studies two areas of application, video surveillance and home care for sen-iors. “We’re experimenting with new techniques in the fields of cognitive vision, cognitive systems for physical object recognition, activity interpretation, activity learning and system design and evaluation. The Pulsar team focuses on two research streams: scene interpreta-tion and software architecture for activity recognition.” Inria has created a research infrastructure around the theme of autonomy of frail individuals and provi-sion of home care to them. Four main themes are guiding applications in relation to this Personally Assisted Living large-scale initiative (2): assessment of patient fragility, mobility, rehabilitation and social interaction. Lastly, to drive its activities in this sector, Inria has fostered strategic partnerships with CNR-Santé (Centre national de référence santé à domicile et autonomie), which seeks to promote the incorpora-tion of digital science into care and assisted living management (see inset). “We decided to be proactive in the fields of telehealth, autonomy and home care and to contribute in this regard to the efforts of CNR-Santé, a national structuring initiative supported by the Ministry of Industry,” explains Philippe Gesnouin.

HOME CARE INSPIRING PUBLIC RESEARCH EFFORTS• The Pulsar research team is focused on two research areas: scene interpretation for activity recognition and software architecture development. Its efforts involve working with researchers at the CSTB (3) and an enterprise providing support to caregivers of Alzheimer’s disease patients.• The Smis research team designs new techniques in embedded data management in secure computing devices and is developing, among other projects, a portable medical-social record currently undergoing experimentation in the French department of Yvelines.

• The Phoenix research team creates the development environment for coordinating entity (sensor, device, alarm) integration and programming and home automation management interfaces for non-technical operators.• The Maia research team develops freestanding smart systems with the capacity to perceive, interpret and act on the environment. Applications for its efforts include the provision of medical care to home dialysis patients.These Inria teams work in conjunction with one or more other French partners, including CNRS,

Laboratoire bordelais de recherche en informatique, Laboratoire lorrain de recherche en informatique et ses applications and the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

(3) Centre scientifique et technique du bâtiment (center for building science and technology).

MARK YOUR CALENDARS for the Rencontres Inria Industrie sur la santé à domicile (Inria/industry conference on home care) on October 20, 2011 (see event program p. 11).

“The growth of the home care industry in terms of deploy-ment of digital science has strategic importance,” adds Bruno Charrat, Managing Director of CNR-Santé. “These tools offer significant potential with respect to leveraging the benefits of the digital revolution. Through this alliance, we’re expanding our knowledge about this ecosystem and the associated industrial interests.”

(1) Source: Le Figaro, February 18, 2010.

(2) Inria’s large-scale initiatives provide a foundation for launching ambitious research projects linked directly to the institute’s strategic plan and the milestones defined therein. These initiatives frequently cross multiple disciplines and draw on a variety of expertise. More information (in French): http://www.Inria.fr/ recherches/domaines-de-recherche/actions-d-envergure

CONTACTS: BRUNO CHARRAT (LEFT), MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CENTRE NATIONAL DE RÉFÉRENCE SANTÉ À DOMICILE ET AUTONOMIE (CNR-SANTÉ), AND PHILIPPE GESNOUIN, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ASSOCIATE FOR HEALTH AT INRIA E-MAIL: [email protected] – [email protected]

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_How does OSEO support enterprises in moving forward with innovation projects?Baptiste Hamel: OSEO assists entrepre-neurs initiating projects or creating or taking over businesses with risk man-agement and raising financing required for innovative R&D projects with a view to gaining or maintaining a competi-tive advantage. OSEO’s actions focus on three complementary areas to provide comprehensive support to enterprises throughout all development phases from creation through succession, including:– support for innovation– bank financing guarantees

A PUBLIC AGENCY, OSEO HAS BEEN SUPPORTING SMES WITH THEIR INNOVATION PROJECTS FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS, FINANCING AND PROMOTING THEIR GROWTH THROUGH ALL CRUCIAL LIFE CYCLE PHASES. INTERVIEW WITH BAPTISTE HAMEL, BUSINESS ANALYST AT OSEO.

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– financing for investment, the operat-ing cycle and internationalization.

What advice would you offer to a SME seeking to get involved in research and development or innovation activities?B. H.: I would advise it to position its pro-ject very carefully in terms of its degree of technical and economic maturity, as we finance new technologies, processes and services with the potential to create value over the short to medium term.

For which project phases can entrepreneurs get assistance from OSEO?B. H.: Ideally, businesses should have a

final project plan in place before apply-ing to OSEO, but that said, they should feel free to contact us at any time. We’re here to help! Whether you are creating or expanding your business or under-taking a dramatic diversification pro-ject, we have products and services for you. The time frame for application review is typically quite short.

CONTACT: BAPTISTE HAMEL, BUSINESS ANALYST, OSEO. E-MAIL: [email protected]. TEL.: 0619016011

MORE INFORMATION: WWW.OSEO.FR

Innovation phase* Actor: OSEO OSEO’s services are

available to you at any phase of your enterprise’s life cycle:– state of the art phase– innovation phase (financial support, repayable advances or interest-free loans for innovation)– investment or internationalization (through equity loans, development contracts or bank co-financing)

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experimentation and development of digital technologies in support of sustainable development (low-carbon economics, intelligent building, sustainable mobility, localized economy, smart grids, etc.). The objective: to raise awareness about best practices and new technologies to promote the establishment of new markets in digital science and other fields.To be eligible, a company must be headquartered in France or a French subsidiary of a foreign corporation. Nominations remain open through September 30, 2011.

MORE INFORMATION: WWW.PRIXDELACROISSANCEVERTENUMERIQUE.EU

NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2011 EDITION OF THE DIGITAL GREEN GROWTH PRIZE OPENED ON JUNE 9. Awarded to five outstanding actors in sustainable digital growth, this prize is bestowed in recognition of innovation, creation,

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Generally developed by multiple contributors based on existing components, software has become a complex tool from a legal perspective. Industrial interests and innovative SMEs can consequently display a lack of confidence in transferred software stemming from research, particularly open source software. To compensate

for this distrust, improve software credibility and professionalize transfer practices, Inria has created the “Logiciel qualifié pour le transfert” (“software qualified for transfer”) designation. Based on a legal analysis and assessment methodology applied to software (identification of the software’s authors and right holders, third-party components incorporated into the software and any issues relating to infringement or defense), this designation is awarded to specific versions or transfer schemes (for example, a given license in the case of open-source distribution).

12-13 OCTOBER, 2011 LES R…NDEZ-VOUS CAR-NOT 2011 IN PARIS AND LYONLes rendez-vous Carnot brings together all actors dedicated to supporting research and innovation (members of Carnot Institutes, public laboratories, research organizations, national and regional agencies) at the enterprise level.

REGISTER AT: WWW.RDV-CARNOT.COMto plan qualified business meetings.

OCTOBER 20, 2011 INRIA INDUSTRY MEETINGS ON HOME CAREOrganized in Paris in conjunction with CNR-Santé under the theme of digital science supporting home care, this event provides an excellent opportunity to interact with institutional and economic leaders in the industry as well as Inria researchers.

MORE INFORMATION: WWW.INRIA.FR/CENTRE-DE-RECHERCHE-INRIA/PARIS-ROCQUENCOURT/INNOVATION/RII-SDA-IDF/PRESENTATION

NOVEMBER 17, 2011 INRIA/INDUSTRY CONFERENCE ON TELEVISION OF THE FUTURE IN RENNESAttend to learn more about Inria’s research efforts and the products of innovative enterprises in this sector.

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PLEDGING TO MOVE FORWARD TOGETHERWHAT DO AUDITORY REHABILITATION AND MOTOR COMPENSATION HAVE IN COMMON? A CHIP DEVELOPED JOINTLY BY THE DEMAR RESEARCH TEAM – UNDER INRIA, THE UNIVERSITIES OF MONTPELLIER 1 AND 2 AND THE CNRS – AND NEURELEC. READ ON FOR DETAILS.

The Demar research team seeks to compensate for severe motor and sensory impairment through use of functional electrical stimulation (FES) working closely with medical institutions. Meanwhile, Neurelec, a 140-employee subsidiary of MXM, develops implantable neurostimulation devices that restore hearing. This

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company specializes in cochlear implants, which electrically stimulate the auditory nerve. These two teams were surely destined to work together! “In 2006, we presented a generic stimulator concept to them, which they found interesting,” explains David Guiraud, head of the Demar research team. “All that was left was to adapt it to the specific auditory constraints.” A microelectronic engineer from the Demar team was assigned to Neurelec, based out of Sophia Antipolis in the Alpes-Maritimes department in France.“The motivation and interest in working together were definitely there,” enthusiastically reports Guillaume Rosanis, R&D manager at Neurelec. “The Demar research team transferred their concept, expertise and technology to us, and then we moved forward with designing a product for motor impairments that could be marketed.” Innovation was apparent at all levels of the joint effort, from production techniques to work methods. And this pooling of discipline and confidence was successful, with Neurelec developing a 24-channel chip whose industrial version will be ready before the end of this year. A success story indeed!

CONTACTS:GUILLAUME ROSANIS / [email protected] GUIRAUD / [email protected]

David Guiraud, head of the Demar research team (left), and Guillaume Rosanis, R&D manager at Neurelec.

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