Section: Partnerships and Cooperations

Regional Initiatives

Labex NUMEV, Montpellier

URL: http://www2.lirmm.fr/numev

We are participating in the Laboratory of Excellence (labex) NUMEV (Digital and Hardware Solutions, Modelling for the Environment and Life Sciences) headed by University of Montpellier 2 in partnership with CNRS, University of Montpellier 1, and Inria. NUMEV seeks to harmonize the approaches of hard sciences and life and environmental sciences in order to pave the way for an emerging interdisciplinary group with an international profile. The NUMEV project is decomposed in four complementary research themes: Modeling, Algorithms and computation, Scientific data (processing, integration, security), Model-Systems and measurements. Patrick Valduriez heads the theme on scientific data.

Institut de Biologie Computationnelle (IBC), Montpellier

URL: http://www.ibc-montpellier.fr

IBC is a 5 year project with a funding of 2Meuros by the MENRT (“Investissements d'Avenir” program) to develop innovative methods and software to integrate and analyze biological data at large scale in health, agronomy and environment. Patrick Valduriez heads the workpackage on integration of biological data and knowledge.

ModSiCS2020 Working Group, Montpellier

The ModSiCS2020 (Modeling and Simulation of Complex Systems in 2020) working group was set up by UM2 to analyze the local situation (forces and weaknesses, current projects), identify the critical research directions and propose concrete actions in terms of research projects, equipment facilities, human resources and training to be encouraged in Montpellier. The group was headed by Patrick Valduriez and gathered a small number of experts in different disciplines (agronomy, bioinformatics, computer science, environmental science, life science, etc.). The conclusions of the group [57] were presented at the ModSiCS2020 workshop on Data, Models and Theories for Complex Systems: new challenges and opportunities, organized by UM2 in march. Following the work of the group, a “Groupement d'Intérêt Scientifique (GIS)” is being proposed in Montpellier.