Section: Partnerships and Cooperations

International Initiatives

Inria International Partners

Declared Inria International Partners

IMARA has developed a wide collaboration network with international partners from both academia and industry.

• NAIST : IMARA has signed a MoU with the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST). The research themes of cooperation are in the area of advanced intelligent transportation systems (ITS).

• YAMAHA : IMARA has signed a MoU with YAMAHA to conduct joint research on the New Generation of AGV projects (Autonomous Ground Vehicles).

• AXTER Technologies : IMARA has signed a MoU with AXTER Technologies for the cooperation on the autonomous navigation in indoor environments for automated industrial vehicles.

• Simon Bolìvar University : IMARA and University Simon Bolivar (Venezuela) have started a privileged cooperation thanks to the ECOS Nord Program. The collaboration will start effectively in 2014. Researchers and PhD from both institutes will visit each other and conduct common research on the benefits of ITS solutions for an enhanced mobility in congested cities. IMARA has already hosted in the past 3 engineers as trainees working in the field of intelligent control.

Informal International Partners

CITRIS : IMARA has been part of Inria's teams involved in the cooperation with the CITRIS (Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society, California), as a key actor of the joint research between Inria and the University of Berkeley around the smart city.

Participation In other International Programs

ECOS Nord : Since December 4th (2013), Inria and the University of Simon Bolivar (Venezuela) are partners of a project financed by the ECOS Nord Program (ECOS Nord No. V14M01). This project is co-financed by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela and France.