The French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA) conducts research in the field of Information and Communication Science and Technology (ICST), and more generally in the fields of computer science and modelling.

INRIA's Sophia Antipolis – Méditerranée research centre was set up in 1983 at the heart of one of the most important scientific parks in Europe. Today it has premises in Sophia Antipolis, Marseille and Montpellier, bringing together almost 500 staff – including nearly 400 scientists – divided into 30 research teams, over half of which have established partnerships with public science and technology institutions (EPSTs), universities and grandes écoles (CNRS, INRA, UNSA, UM1, UM2, ENPC, ENS, etc.).

The centre's priority themes are ubiquitous computing (ambient networks, grid computations, security, languages, web) and real-world computations (biomodelling, multiscale analysis, complex forms, environment, inverse problems, medical imaging and robotics).

• French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automatic Control, INRIA Paris - Rocquencourt Research Centre