Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique
Inria
Produire une recherche d’excellence dans les sciences du numérique et garantir l’impact, notamment économique et sociétal, de cette recherche.
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Lobbying Activity
Response to Cloud and AI Development Act
3 Jul 2025
The two French digital program agencies, operated respectively by CEA (Agency for Programs on Digital Components, Systems, and Infrastructures) and Inria (Digital Programs Agency - Algorithms, Software, and Applications) welcome the opportunity to provide feedback to the proposal for a "Cloud and AI Development Act." in the attached document.
Read full responseMeeting with Thibaut Kleiner (Director Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and Commissariat à l'Energie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
30 Jun 2025 · French Programming Agency activities supporting research on digital technologies, complementarity with EU activities
Response to A European Strategy for AI in science – paving the way for a European AI research council
5 Jun 2025
Find attached Inria response to the call for evidence A European Strategy for AI in science paving the way for a European AI research council.
Read full responseResponse to Establishment of the scientific panel of independent experts under the AI Act – implementing regulation
15 Nov 2024
On independence from providers (Recital 9, Article 10(2)): Given the nature of these technologies and their fast-evolving SOTA, expertise today lies primarily among practitioners, those who have hands-on experience (and recent experience) in developing such models and systems. As a result, a complete exclusion of any individual affiliated to any provider organisation would bear a risk of limiting the expertise that panel members can effectively have. In particular, the academic and research bodies whose members have the most advanced expertise in GPAI models for instance are typically GPAI model providers themselves (e.g. contributing GPAI models to the open source community). Excluding such organisations and their members would exclude the most relevant academic representatives in this field. This seems at odds with the very purpose of this scientific panel. In addition, public bodies and their members already have a mandate to serve public interest anyway. Therefore it would be relevant to limit the exclusions in Recital 9 and Article 10(2) to the private sector ("private provider of AI systems"), or else to add an explicit exception for academic bodies for instance.
Read full responseResponse to How to master Europe’s digital infrastructure needs?
28 Jun 2024
The French national programme agencies Digital: Algorithms, Software, and Usages (spearheaded by Inria) and Components, Systems, and Digital Infrastructures (spearheaded by CEA) are grateful for the opportunity to present their joint response to the European Commissions consultation How to Master Europes Digital Infrastructure Needs. This response is furthermore endorsed by: France Universités The Conference of the Directors of French Engineering Schools (CDEFI) Key recommendations and suggestions from the attached document, on the scenarios presented by the EC include: Large-Scale Pilot Infrastructures - Leveraging existing initiatives by enhancing and expanding them should be prioritised above launching new pilots. Private actors should be better integrated in initiatives where this isnt yet the case to constructing a common ambition and ensuring proper coordination. IPCEI on Infrastructures - An IPCEI on Infrastructure may address a key challenge for the EU's digital transformation, provided its implementation time is shortened. A complementary ambitious research program should be launched in parallel to efficiently manage the rapid and disruptive evolution in the field Connectivity and Computing Ecosystem for a Single Market - Improving synergies between existing instruments and programs is key for deploying a coherent, secure, and high-performing connectivity service. In particular coherence with ambitious research actions preparing for future breakthroughs and innovation is critical for European competitiveness and should be further supported. Regulatory Framework - We support a regulatory framework ensuring fair competition, appropriate rights and duties for industries and end-users. Special attention should be given to regulatory incentives for infrastructure security assessment and the development of tools to help evaluate infrastructure compliance and resilience. Greening of Digital Networks - We fully support the deployment of more eco-responsible technologies, and encourage the investigation of additional (innovative) solutions towards this objective. Research for New Technologies - In context of developing eco-responsible infrastructure we recommend additional coordination and research cooperation on: understanding and measuring the environmental impact of digital infrastructures and services throughout their lifecycle, innovation for eco-responsible digital hardware, and tools and methods to objectively assess the eco-responsibility performance of digital infrastructures. Additionally, we recommend investigating network mathematics and strategies to avoid network partitioning based on attack types. Security - We specifically support initiatives aimed at developing a European approach to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) and other software and hardware solutions for security, such as the quantum internet.
Read full responseResponse to Virtual worlds, such as metaverse
2 May 2023
As a public research organization working exclusively in computer science and digital technologies, Inria, the French national research institute for digital science and technology, is eager to take an active role in the building of a European research agenda for immersive technologies and virtual worlds. Many Inria research groups are conducting research, with possible applications to virtual worlds, in computer graphics, computer vision, machine learning, virtual reality, augmented reality, haptics, brain-computer interfaces, computer-human interaction, collaborative environments, cryptography, green computing, real-time programming and software verification. Based on this expertise, Inria encourages the European Commission to continue developing its ambitious vision for emerging virtual worlds based on respect for digital rights and EU laws and values. It welcomes the understanding that there is no single metaverse, but rather an ecosystem of interconnectable metaverses. Each of them is centered on Europe's values and rules, based on technologies we master, and deployed on robust and resilient infrastructure . Open, interoperable, safe and innovative (i.e. non-reductive) are the keywords to uphold for the next generation of digital platforms. As a founding member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Inria is committed to the view that there is only one web, governed collectively by the World Wide Web Consortium and that virtual worlds need to be developed as part of the web and in the respect of the fundamental ethical principles set forth by the W3C that the web should cause no harm to society; support healthy community and debate; be accessible to all people; ensure security, privacy and freedom of expression; make it possible for people to verify the information they see; and be an environmentally sustainable platform . Along the lines presented in the report Mission exploratoire sur les métavers jointly mandated by the French Ministry of Economics and Finance, the Ministry of Culture, and the Secretary of State for the Digital Sector, we propose six directions to develop European virtual worlds in the respect of those ethical guidelines. 1 Resist reductive visions (im)ported by marketing campaigns. 2 Explore eco-responsible solutions 3 Develop a rigorous analysis and understanding of value chains 4 Reconcile technological and cultural sovereignty 5 Engage long-term interdisciplinary research initiatives 6 Adapt existing legislation (position paper attached)
Read full responseResponse to A New European Innovation Agenda
10 May 2022
As a public French research and technology organization in computer science, Inria welcomes Europe’s willingness for a renewed innovation policy at European level and the ambition of a new European innovation agenda.
As a powerful driver of innovation, the deployment of digital technologies in our economies and societies is shaking up established frameworks. The development of a digital economy, one of the two main european priorities (along with the green transition), requires new forms of public policy. This also applies to support innovation (the innovation cycle in digital is often times more complex than traditional incremental models), in a context where Europe is seeking its own path as an alternative to the American and Chinese systems.
In this respect, a renewed European innovation policy must aim to be game-changing. It must permeate the economic and social fabric. It must be sustainable and build capacity for new players to emerge that will help Europe go beyond a status quo. This is necessary for Europe to become a leader in digital technology and to reduce its technological dependence in strategic areas.
From our point of view, such an innovation policy should successfully combine
- Capacity to leverage public and private investment for responding to industrial and societal challenges at hand;
- A well-defined technological strategy focusing on a few priority areas that support durable social and economic impact;
- Dynamic and agile ecosystems that hybridize training, research and innovation.
Please see our full feedback attached.
Read full responseMeeting with Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General Research and Innovation)
21 Oct 2021 · Relationships EC-INRIA