Section: New Results

National Initiatives

PlantScan3D

PlantScan3D is an ARC between coordinated by the EPI Virtual Plants (UMR DAP, INRIA-CIRAD, Montpellier), with the EPI Galaad (INRIA, Méditerranée) and Evasion (INRIA Rhône-Alpes, Grenoble).

A close collaboration between specialists in plant structures modelling, algebraic geometry, and 3D computer graphic is required to address plant structure reconstruction from laser scanned point clouds. Indeed it is required to take into account efficiently knowledge from topology and geometry to allow mapping and reconstruction of data despite noise, occlusions, and thinness of structure. The objective of the project is to provide as output a compact geometrical model that model smoothly branching point of tubular structure and organs (like leaves). At the end, this model should make it possible an interactive visualisation and automatize different measurement operators needed by biological partners.

More information available at http://plantscan3d.gforge.inria.fr/wiki .

GEOLMI

GEOLMI - Geometry and Algebra of Linear Matrix Inequalities with Systems Control Applications - is an ANR project working on topics related to the Geometry of determinantal varieties, positive polynomials, computational algebraic geometry, semidefinite programming and systems control applications

The partners are LAAS-CNRS, Univ. de Toulouse (coordinator), LJK-CNRS, Univ. Joseph Fourier de Grenoble; INRIA Sophia Antipolis Méditerranée; LIP6-CNRS Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie; Univ. de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour; IRMAR-CNRS, Univ. de Rennes.

More information available at http://homepages.laas.fr/henrion/geolmi

ANEMOS

ANEMOS - Advanced Numeric for ELMs : Modeling and Optimized Schemes - is an ANR project devoted to the numerical modelling study of such ELM control methods as Resonant Magnetic Perturbations (RMPs) and pellet ELM pacing both foreseen in ITER. The goals of the project are to improve understanding of the related physics and propose possible new strategies to improve effectiveness of ELM control techniques. The study of spline spaces for isogemetric finite element methods is proposed in this context.

The partners are IRFM, CEA, Cadarache; JAD, University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis; INRIA, Bacchus; Maison de la Simulation CEA-CNRS-INRIA-University of Orsay- University of Versailles St Quentin .