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03 INNOVATING WITH DIGITAL SCIENCE
// NOVEMBER 2012

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THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION
IN THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY
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AMBITION LOGICIELLE: OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE: OSEO, A PARTNER
SUPPORTING SMEs BOOSTING SME IN GROWTH THROUGH
PERFORMANCE THE ISI PROGRAM

CONTENTS EDITOR’S desk

03_NEWS BRIEFS
Round-up of the latest
digital science news. NETWORKING:
A SURE-FIRE ROUTE
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Open-source software: boosting
the performance of SMEs.
TO EFFICIENCY
Catherine Borg-Capra, Director of Expertise at OSEO
The French higher education and research landscape has just
undergone a major reorganisation, with the emergence of
innovative structures and new calls for projects. The aim is
to establish a dynamic ecosystem that enables efficient
development of public research and technology transfer
to business. In this environment, which involves multiple
players, the key to success is networking. It is essential,
particularly for businesses, to be able to benefit from the new
mechanism in an efficient way. They need to be supported
and guided and their future must be secured by a
technological and economic vision, in interaction with this
ecosystem. The ambition of OSEO and the Inria Research

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Institute, through their partnership agreement, is to allow
businesses to benefit from their combined network. For many
years now, OSEO has been a central player in technology
_FOCUS transfer, in conjunction with all the protagonists of the
ecosystem: the Carnot Institutes, the contracted research
Digital simulation: serving the medicine companies, the public research institutions, and the
of the future.
organisations providing finance and support for technology
transfer, not forgetting, of course, the businesses. OSEO is
a driving force in technology transfer from public research.
It has an intimate knowledge of the
10_INITIATIVES businesses involved and intervenes
OSEO ISI program: a partner in growth. directly by providing aid to
laboratories through public-private
11_USEFUL INFO partnerships. Aimed at strategic
industrial projects, the ISI program
Calendar, events, etc. is presented in greater detail
in this issue of Connect: it is
12_PARTNERSHIPS a good example of OSEO’s
Siwa, a digital oasis by Inria and Mauna Kea. support for innovative projects
and a means of public action
to help make businesses more
competitive.

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Ambition logicielle
KEY FIGURES
AN EXPERT PROGRAM DEVOTED TO SMEs
The “Ambition logicielle” program is
a collaboration between a number of
major players on the French innovation
scene (AFDEL*, CDC Entreprises, CNRS,
Comité Richelieu, Inria, OSEO and
Syntec Numérique). Aimed at
companies in the software sector that
The Ambition logicielle program began
in September 2012 in Grenoble and will
be rolled out in other towns and cities
during 2013.

*French association of software vendors.
4.5 BILLION
EUROS have been made available through
the government’s “Investments for the Future”
program to boost the competitiveness
have come up with an innovative of the digital sector in France.
project based on software technology, Source: France numérique 2012, Bilan et perspectives.
it acts as a catalyst, boosting the [Digital France 2012, Report and Outlook]
efficiency of existing systems to the
benefit of SMEs. The goal is to enable
them to increase their capacity to adopt
innovative technology resulting from

700,000
research. Specifically, Ambition logicielle
offers personalised support for SMEs,
helping them build their project by Net number of jobs created by ICT in the last
drawing upon the range of expertise 15 years across all sectors. It is estimated that by
contact: Thierry Vareine, Manager
and tools offered by the various Ambition Logicielle Grenoble. 2015, another 450,000 jobs will have been created.
partners. E-Mail: thierry.vareine@inria.fr Source: France numérique 2012, Bilan et perspectives.
[Digital France 2012, Report and Outlook]

CALL FOR PROJECTS
5.2%
The contribution of digital technologies to France’s
INNOVATION IN SERVICES GDP. The digital economy is one of the French
economy’s most dynamic sectors, accounting
for a third of overall growth.
Source: France numérique 2012, Bilan et perspectives.
Launched in March by the French for projects is open until March 2013 [Digital France 2012, Report and Outlook]
government via the Directorate and welcomes submissions from B2C
General for Competitiveness, Industry and B2B service companies.
and Services (DGCIS), the call for The selected projects will be examined
“Innovation in services” projects aims by OSEO’s regional divisions, with
to boost the competitiveness of SMEs
through innovation, based on existing
or new service offers and particularly
the assistance of the DGCIS.
*Information and communication
35%
Annual growth rate of the cloud computing market,
technologies.
on ICTs*. It is also aimed at newly which is now worth 5 billion euros. The cloud
created SMEs and offers them industry can provide a major boost to the
a competitive advantage over the competitiveness of French businesses. It reduces
IT costs by 35 to 50% and is, at the same time,
existing market. Led by OSEO, which
more information: creating jobs and value through the development
is also providing seven million euros of bespoke tools and infrastructures.
http://www.oseo.fr/a_la_une/agenda/
of funding in the form of interest-free appels_a_propositions/appel_a_projets_ Source: France numérique 2012, Bilan et perspectives.
loans and repayable advances, this call innovation_dans_les_services [Digital France 2012, Report and Outlook]

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NEWS DIGITAL SCIENCE NEWS

BRIEFS
OSEO-CNC PARTNERSHIP
RIAM YIELDS telex
PROMISING RESULTS A CLUSTER OF
EXCELLENCE
Four years after launching their joint 58 projects were supported through a The Grenoble-based Minalogic
call for projects named “RIAM”*, OSEO mixed funding scheme combining competitiveness cluster, which
and the French National Centre for grants and repayable advances. specialises in micro- and nano-
Cinema and moving pictures (CNC) Bolstered by this initial success, OSEO technologies and embedded software,
made an initial evaluation of the and the CNC used the publication of has just been awarded the gold “Cluster
scheme at the start of this year. the report as an opportunity to reassert Organisation Management Excellence”
Designed to support innovative SMEs their shared desire to encourage label by the European Commission.
and offer them the best possible innovation and economic development The award, the highest distinction that
guidance with their ambitious R&D in the sector by renewing their
can be bestowed upon a cluster,
projects, this partnership has proved agreement for a further two years on
rewards Minalogic’s performance and
good governance and puts it among the
fruitful in more than one respect. 22 November 2011.
elite circle of eight European “clusters of
Indeed, it has led to the promotion of
*Réseau Recherche et Innovation en Audiovisuel excellence”, alongside another French
major technological breakthroughs cluster, Systematic.
et Multimédia – Audiovisual and multimedia
and/or innovations in usage in the case research and innovationPantone
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Between 2007 and 2010, no fewer than OSEO - Octobre 2006 web_publications/bilan_riam/ that in 2012, French SMEs, keen
to maintain their capacity to innovate
even in a period of crisis, relied largely
on public financing to fulfil their R&D
budgets. The research tax credit is
supported by 58% of companies, who
consider it to provide a valuable boost
to their budget.

FINANCING ISM MOBILE SERVICES INITIATIVE MEETS
COMMITMENT
THE PUBLIC INVESTMENT BANK This initiative, launched at the end of
2010, aimed at stimulating the innovation
ecosystem and to accelerate the creation
France’s new exports, supporting their innovation of innovative products and services in
Public Investment efforts and facilitating energy mobility, by bringing together all the
Bank (Banque transition in all fields. The BPI will be national players from the sector. Around
publique a financial holding company, in which twenty projects transferring technology
d’investissement the French government and the Caisse based on academic research to the
or BPI) will have des Dépôts will each hold an equal mobile services market have thus come
a central role stake. It will be governed by a board about. The leaders of the Mobile Services
to play in the of directors chaired by Jean-Pierre Initiative now wish to intensify its impact
government’s economic policy. Its task Jouyet, CEO of the Caisse des Dépôts, on the sector by extending collaboration
will be to make it easier for businesses with the assistance of an advisory between researchers and industry (both
to access credit, to guarantee loans and council chaired by the president of a SMEs and large corporate players).
to provide support to business owners French region. Parliament will vote on more information:
throughout the lifespan of their the bill proposing the bank’s creation http://mobile-jungle.org
businesses, helping them with their by the end of the year.


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_What are the particularities of free
software?
Gaël Blondelle: It is based on several
freedoms described by Richard
Stallman(3): a piece of software is said to
be “free” when it respects the freedom
of the community and when users can
run the program for any purpose, study
its code and modify it, distribute copies
and distribute modified versions. It is
important, however, to distinguish
between “permissive” licences (BSD,
MIT, Eclipse), which allow any form of
distribution, including inclusion in pro-
prietary software, and non-permissive
licences, such as GNU, which set out
Gaël Blondelle, specific conditions for the distribution
responsible for Gérard Ladier, Deputy CEO
Polarsys at Obeo at AerospaceValley of modified versions or software that
includes licensed code(4).
FREE SOFTWARE _Is free software a good tool for technol-

Open source software:
ogy transfer and economic develop-
ment?
Gérard Ladier: Yes, for technology

boosting the transfer, but also for improving effi-
ciency. For example, in the develop-

performance of SMEs
ment of an application, the verification
phase is very expensive. For each line of
code written, four more lines are
required for tests! Inria has been
Because, by its very nature, it facilitates involved in free software for many
years and has, for instance, developed
dissemination of scientific knowledge and highly efficient verification tools that
technology transfer, open source software is increase not only the productivity but
also the security of applications.
attracting the interest of many businesses.
The task now is to distinguish which are the key _What are the benefits of free software?
aspects that must be protected and which are G. B.: It is accessible and modifiable,
which means it can meet businesses’
the elements that can be freely distributed within upgrade needs at a lesser cost. Such
the developer and user community. software also reaches maturity more
Interview with Gaël Blondelle, responsible quickly, thanks to the interaction
between users and developers, whereas
for Polarsys(1) at Obeo(2), and Gérard Ladier, vendors of proprietary software only
Deputy CEO at AerospaceValley. take on board a small proportion of


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businesses’ most common requests. instance, Polarsys(7), which I am in
G. L.: Open source software is a devel- charge of at Obeo, aims to ensure the
opment model that is of interest to sustainability of the development tools
industrial operators and innovative used to produce critical embedded sys-
SMEs. In the software development tems(8). It is an opportunity for SMEs, Free software
tools sector—a narrow sector in which
margins are often tight—companies are
which can not only take advantage of
the resources made available, but also can be modified,
small and the support services they
offer last no more than ten years,
gain recognition for their own exper-
tise. Before taking the plunge, however, which means it
whereas some applications have to be
used for forty years (in nuclear power,
it is essential to determine what exactly
you want to share free of charge with
is able to meet
for example) or even fifty years (in avia- the other members of the community businesses’
tion). In the meantime, the vendor may
also change strategy, be bought out, or
and what aspects of your expertise you
want to preserve. This is a sine qua non upgrade needs
even cease to exist. This is what has led
major players such as Airbus to support
for a viable business model. What
makes the task more difficult still is the at a lesser cost.
open source projects to ensure that sus- need to redefine this value-added each Gaël Blondelle
tainable tools are produced. time there is a change in the technical
or commercial environment.
_What are the risks and opportunities?
G. L.: Just because software is free, it
doesn’t mean that the user has no obli-
(1) Industry working group working on the
gations. For example, because it used development of open source tools for embedded
Linux components in software for its systems and their supports with a long life cycle
WRT54G router, the company Lynksys (http://polarsys.org).
(2) Software vendor and consultancy firm dedicated
had to make its code public in 2003, to the industrialisation of developments and
even though it was initially the owner(5). assisted redesign.
Proprietary tools exist to avoid such (3) http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
mishaps, but it is also possible to make (4) See “Le Guide d’approche et d’analyse des
licences de logiciels libres version 2.0” by Sylvain
use of tools such as those produced by Steer and Magali Fitzgibbon (Inria), p. 11.
AnteLink, an Inria start-up(6). (5) http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.
G. B.: At present, entities built around a php/3562391 contacts: Gérard Ladier, Deputy CEO at
(6) http://www.antelink.com/about-antelink.html AerospaceValley, and Gaël Blondelle, the
specific theme are emerging in parallel (7) or OpenMama, Genivi or OSEHRA. person responsible for Polarsys at Obeo.
with the developer and user communi- (8) http://wiki.eclipse.org/Polarsys/Pitch E-mails: ladier@aerospace-valley.com
ties that are spontaneously forming. For gael.blondelle@obeo.fr

MONOLIX GROWING IN POPULARITY IN THE USA Free software
Monolix software for modeling clinical tests, to develop innovative statistical methods for
now used in government
developed by the Inria Research Institute and population analysis. Several tools designed On 19 September 2012, French Prime Minister
marketed by Lixoft, is seeing a rapid increase to complement Monolix, including a clinical test Jean-Marc Ayrault announced in a circular
in its popularity among pharmaceutical companies simulator that can be used to study the effects that open source software was to be used in his
and research institutes in the USA. This is reflected of different drugs on virtual patients, are also under administration, due to the economic advantages
in the new courses taught at the University of Buffalo development. 18 months after its creation, Lixoft it offers. Mr Ayrault pointed out in particular
and in Boston in October and November 2012, as well is close to making profit and continues to grow. that the Inter-ministerial Department for
as Lixoft’s numerous visits to major pharmaceutical Information and Communication Systems plans
companies on the east coast, who are adopting to reinvest 5 to 10% of the licence costs saved
Monolix at a heady pace. Lixoft, led by its Chairman in other software-related budgets.
Jérôme Kalifa, and the Popix team (Inria Saclay), more information:
led by Marc Lavielle, are continuing to work together http://www.lixoft.net


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DIGITAL SIMULATION
SERVING THE MEDICINE
OF THE FUTURE
Until recently the preserve of aerospace and the nuclear industry,
digital simulation is now playing an increasingly prominent role in the
training of healthcare professionals. The emergence of a third
generation of dedicated applications, combining anatomical
and biophysical modeling, heralds a boom in this still fledgling market.

I
n the 1960s, epic Hollywood movie “Fantastic spread into the field of healthcare, as well as other, lesser
Voyage”(1) portrayed a future in which, to treat a known areas.
patient, miniaturized doctors would enter his body The modeling of molecules, cells and organs began with
aboard a pocket-sized submarine. Now, give or take laparoscopic surgery in the mid-nineties. The screen
a few details, this vision has become a reality. The and the software interface became an integral part of
cardboard has been replaced by algorithms, the subma- health professionals’ daily working lives, being used for
rine by an IT tool, and the fictional setting by an infinite training, to prepare for operations and for the actual
number of scientific scenarios. Digital simulation, which performance of these operations. Since then, the meth-
involves using a virtual or augmented model of reality ods have been perfected and extended, with increas-
to reproduce accurately the internal workings of a com- ingly powerful tools. “The healthcare applications of
plex system in order to study changes in it, has also digital simulation include assistance with learning, >>>


What is original about the We also train many healthcare
professionals (doctors, specialists, etc.)
solutions produced by to detect tumours, for example,
Interaction Healthcare? by recreating laboratory conditions
with virtual patients.
Created in 2008 with the support
of OSEO, Interaction Healthcare
specialises in the development How do you work with
of digital tools for interactive public research bodies?
healthcare training, based on the The areas of expertise of the Inria
concept of the serious game. Research Institute and Interaction
This approach to teaching uses the fun Healthcare complement each other.
of video games to facilitate virtual A year ago, we therefore decided
learning, be it through real-time, together to implement a policy of joint
classroom-based simulation monitoring of our R&D projects and
(for students, healthcare professionals those of our clients. This approach has
and laboratories) or modules to raise allowed us to open up potential
awareness among the public avenues of support based on the
as a whole. embedding of Inria technology in
our solutions or on the ad hoc
What applications do deployment of components produced
these serious games through our joint efforts. We currently
have two collaborative projects
have? in progress on the medical simulation
We are developing extremely of chronic diseases. The most
A view from... Jérôme Leleu, advanced serious games based on promising technology transfer
concerns the development
Director of Interaction surgical simulation for several
university hospitals. They incorporate of extremely advanced software
Healthcare, a company interactive 3D technology that components for the simulation
developing serious games realistically reproduces the of heart behaviour in relation to
management of clinical situations, heart failure.
based on medical simulation. in the same way as a flight simulator.

>>> d
iagnosis and treatment, be it training healthcare profes- all the while learning from their mistakes. “Training
sionals, studying potential scenarios for the development through simulation can result in real improvements in
of diseases or conditions, practising treatment procedures safety,” says Jean-Claude Granry. “In surgery, it has been
or preparing for an operation,” explains Jean-Claude shown that this approach brings about a notable improve-
Granry, a university professor, head of the intensive ment in the performance of surgeons. The same goes for the
care unit and emergency medicine department at treatment of heart attacks that occur in hospital.”
Angers University Hospital and head of the “simulation In France, digital simulation in healthcare is still an
practices in healthcare” task force at the French Health emerging field, but it is a dynamic one. In 2011, OSEO
Authority (HAS). provided financial support to several projects concern-
ing surgical applications or 3D modeling of the human
THIRD-GENERATION TOOLS body. “The market is still difficult to put a figure on, but it
This virtual training space offers a unique place for is growing quickly,” explains Rosalie Maurisse, head of
learning and clinical or surgical experimentation that is the Health sector at OSEO, “particularly in medical imag-
both realistic and risk-free. It provides healthcare pro- ing, cardiology and oncology.”
fessionals with exposure to situations and technical pro- The applications are at a promising stage. “The advent of
cedures before they have to tackle them with real a third generation of tools will revolutionise hospital prac-
patients, allowing them to perfect their skills in “mock” tices,” predicts Nicholas Ayache, a senior research scien-
conditions and practise dealing with a wide range of tist at Inria(2). In the future, digital models will be both
scenarios, from standard pathologies to the rarest cases, anatomical and biophysical, based on the physical


HEALTH, LIFE SCIENCES,
BIOTECHNOLOGY

physiology to help understand the mechanisms
involved in heart disease. Modeling of living organisms
is also ccupying an increasingly prominent place in
o
the activities of the Macs team, which is striving to
design innovative models such as CardioSense 3D
—a tool for electromechanical modeling of the heart
that can optimize the fitting of pacemakers. The Bang
team, meanwhile, is studying the modeling of cell divi-
sion and healthy or tumorous tissue growth processes,
with a view to attaining a better understanding of liver
regeneration or approaches to cancer treatment. The
ERC Med’YMA project, launched by the Asclepios
team, is focusing on the design of models that take into
account dynamic properties in the modeling of a
patient’s organs, by combining the analysis of biomedi-
Simulation of a cataract operation thanks to the software
“Sofa”, developed by the Inria Shacra research team, cal images with biophysical models, so as to obtain a
in partnership with Lille 1 University, the CNRS (France’s personalized interpretation of the evolution of a pathol-
National Center for Scientific Research) and the LIFL
(Lille University computer science research laboratory). ogy. In the simulation of surgical operations, the Shacra
research team is developing software libraries for oper-
ation simulators for teaching and training purposes, or
even for guidance, particularly for cataract surgeries.
properties and biological functions of organs and tis- The Magrit team is working with Nancy University
sues, such as the cardiovascular function or the respira- Hospital on learning and simulation systems concern-
tory function. They will also incorporate a large ing the fitting of coils in aneurysms, by superimposing
number of multi-scale parameters, from molecule to enhanced images onto those that the neuro-surgeons
organ level. choose to look at, in real time. Digital simulation in
healthcare offers promising prospects for all special-
ACTIVE RESEARCH: THE INRIA EXAMPLE isms within the field, in which a growing number of
Six Inria research teams are taking part in this revolu- innovative applications are proving to be runaway
tion, with the challenge, in complex environments, of successes.
developing reconstruction and modeling methods tai-
lored to and accessible to the medical community, so (1) Fantastic Voyage, Richard Fleischer, 1966.
(2) Public research institute devoted to computational sciences.
that the community can incorporate these methods in
its practices through reliable industrial applications. contact: Philippe Gesnouin, Manager of Technology
The Carmen research team, for instance, is focusing on Transfers in the Health Sector at Inria.
digital models for the simulation of cardiac electro- E-Mail: philippe.gesnouin@inria.fr

HOSPITAL AND UNIVERSITY COME TOGETHER
TO BOOST INNOVATION IN SURGERY
Created in January 2012, Strasbourg University Hospital Institute
(IHU Strasbourg) brings together representatives of different specialities who
are keen to innovate in the field of image-guided minimally-invasive surgery
technologies, by ensuring rapid technology transfer with and to industrial
partners. As a founding member, Inria plays a central role in determining
the strategic direction of the IHU. “Working with Inria researchers is
very easy, because they are perfectly in tune with the IHU’s entrepreneurial
spirit and enthusiasm for technology transfer,” explains Jacques Marescaux,
President of the Institute of Research on the Prevention of Cancers
of the Digestive Tract (Ircad) and a leader of the IHU Strasbourg project.
“We share the same vision and the same objectives.”


INITIATIVES

OSEO and its strategic industrial innovation program (ISI)

Case study of a secure
payments company
Through its ISI program, OSEO is supporting the company Inside Secure in the
development of a technology enabling direct payment using a mobile phone.
Launched in March 2011, the Cascade An ISI project is a highly innovative col- euros to the project’s overall budget. OSEO,
project involves “miniaturizing the Near laboration between at least two businesses meanwhile, provides 10 million euros in
Field Communication (NFC) solution to and a number of public laboratories. The the form of grants for industrial research
integrate it in the SIM card of any mobile Cascade project involves 40 people per work and a repayable advance for indus-
telephone, thus facilitating users’ finan- year on average, over the total duration of trial development work. “This collabora-
cial transactions,” explains Nicolas the project, representing four partners: the tive model makes it possible to share costs,
Cordier, Innovation Project Manager at LETI* laboratory of the CEA (French accelerate the project’s growth and matu-
Inside Secure. “It’s our first project sup- Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy rity, and even improve our efficiency beyond
ported by OSEO in a leading role. Because Commission) as an academic partner; Cascade,” concludes Nicolas Cordier.
we wanted to develop a long-term (four- LFoundry, a manufacturer of silicon chips;
year) project with a strong industrial Inside Secure, a major player in integrated *Laboratoire d’Electronique et de Technologies
focus, OSEO recommended the ISI pro- circuits for secure transactions and digital de l’Information (Electronics and information
technology laboratory): based in Grenoble,
gram, which finances the research and identification; and Nokia. Together, the its activity is centred around the miniaturization
commercial development phases.” partners make a ontribution of 25 million
c of technologies and their applications.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM OSEO TO INSIDE SECURE THROUGH THE ISI PROGRAM
0 Theoretical
research
1 Proving the
concept:
2 Submission to OSEO of the
application for funding and
3 First version
of the product:
4 Experimental
development:
6 Market
release.
(not financed by development presentation of the innovative Inside Secure delivers Technical
the ISI program). of the commercial aspects and the project the first project reports improvements
project and stages: OSEO’s technical experts and prototypes. to the most efficient
demonstration examine the mechanisms and products.
of its technical revenues linked to the project
feasibility. before issuing an opinion
on its eligibility and deciding 5 Innovation:
Unification
to finance part of the work. of two solutions,
OSEO also helps the company NFC and high-speed
to approach laboratories and NFC, in a single
other partners. component.

Submission and validation OSEO grants of 25% Repayable advance of Repayment with
of application for ISI project to 45% 25% to 50% from OSEO interest and
profit-sharing
if successful
Submission and validation of application for ISI project
Industrial maturity


USEFUL INFO
Event program
FIEEC PRIZE
DEVELOPING COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN 27-29 NOVEMBER 2012
OW2con’12
SMEs AND PUBLIC RESEARCH The fourth international forum
for the OW2 community and
those interested in software
to David Andreu of the Demar research development and open source
team (Inria, LIRMM*, CNRS, Université cloud computing.
Montpellier 1, Université des sciences et For further information:
techniques du Languedoc–Montpellier 2), http://www.ow2.org/view/
for his work in robotics and applied OW2Con-2012/
electro-functional simulation in the field
of healthcare.
His research has resulted in the
development of wireless functionalities
on electro-stimulation units for the
In order to strengthen the existing links rehabilitation of patients. 4 DECEMBER 2012
between academic research and SMEs, This product is now marketed by Second Dataconnexions
the Federation of electrical, electronic Vivaltis, a Montpellier-based SME with meeting
and communication industries (FIEEC) a workforce of 25. A government initiative bringing
has, since 2011, awarded an annual prize together open data players
to three researchers whose work has *Laboratoire d’informatique, de robotique et de through networking sessions
microélectronique de Montpellier – Montpellier
given rise to industrialisation computer science, robotics and microelectronics to accelerate the development
by a French SME and generated laboratory. of projects concerning public
high-quality jobs. data. The prizewinning projects
This year, first prize (15,000 euros) was more information: from the second
awarded, at the Rendez-vous Carnot, http://www.inria.fr/equipes/demar Dataconnexions competition
will also be presented.
For further information:
http://www.etalab.gouv.
fOW2Con-2012/

DIGITAL INNOVATION APRIL 2013
HUB Inria Industry Meeting
on the theme of modeling,
simulation and
#information, #networking and In addition to this networking tool, a range of supercomputing
#digital technology are the watchwords for services will be proposed (calendar, monitoring, This day of exchanges aims
iCommunity, the online platform designed catalogue of Inria’s technology assets), covering to bring together Inria
to meet the needs of SMEs seeking innovation. the main themes of the digital industry. Access researchers, who will present
Set up to encourage interaction between is free and the platform will be available from the state of progress of their
the software industry and public research, the end of 2012. work, and representatives
iCommunity is a solution for innovative
companies who wish to work with research Contact: Dimitri Tate, Community Manager from industry and SMEs
institutes. SMEs will be offered direct access Technology Transfer & Innovation, Inria. in order to identify potential
to experts from the sector (researchers, E-Mail: dimitri.tate@inria.fr opportunities for technology
innovation contacts) via a networking tool transfer.
(online discussion, sharing of information more information: contact: Brigitte Duême, Manager
and experiences through themed www.icommunity.fr of the HPC –PME program, Inria.
communities, etc.). and on Twitter via @icommunity_fr E-Mail: Brigitte.dueme@inria .fr


PARTNERSHIPS HEALTH, LIFE SCIENCES,
BIOTECHNOLOGY

SIWA, THE DIGITAL OASIS BY INRIA
AND MAUNA KEA
What links Mauna Kea, a Hawaiian volcano, Asclepios, the god of Medicine,
and Siwa, an Egyptian oasis? Technology transfer between Inria teams
and an innovative SME!

Mauna Kea Technologies is a French to develop our image processing
SME that develops and markets algorithms,” explains François Lacombe,
cutting-edge endomicroscopic imaging scientific director at Mauna Kea
solutions with mini-probes for the world Technologies. These ties are now taking
of medicine. Its flagship product is an industrial turn, as Inria’s Asclepios
Cellvizio. Supported by OSEO, research team, which specializes in
it has been working with Inria since the analysis of medical images and the
its creation in 2000. biophysical modeling of the human
“The Institute’s researchers have helped us body, prepares to help the company
to insert new image reconstruction
software in its products. The technology
transfer is taking place within the
framework of an Innovation-Lab, a joint
laboratory involving both the company
and Inria. Named “Siwa” (Stitching
Images and Wisdom into the Atlas),
the lab brings together engineers from
the SME and the Inria research team
to work on a joint program for a period
of three years.
“Together, we are going to carry out
an intelligent mapping of the cell tissue
images and develop non-rigid image
registration software that will, in real
time, produce images similar to those
viewed during endomicroscopy,”
explains Nicholas Ayache, leader
of the Asclepios research team.
“Siwa is mutually beneficial: these
solutions will prove very useful in our
researchers’ subsequent work.”

contacts:
François Lacombe / françois@maunakeatech.com
Nicholas Ayache / nicholas.ayache@inria.fr

Nicholas Ayache, Leader of Inria’s Asclepios
research team (on the left), and
François Lacombe, Scientific Director
at Mauna Kea Technologies.

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