One of the four "Interdisciplinary Institutes for Artificial Intelligence" in France
3IA Côte d'Azur is one of the four "Interdisciplinary Institutes for Artificial Intelligence" that were created in France in 2019. Its ambition is to create an innovative ecosystem that is influential at the local, national and international level. The 3IA Côte d'Azur institute is led by Université Côte d'Azur in partnership with major higher education and research partners in Région Sud: Centrale Méditerranée, CNRS, Ecole de l'Air et de l'Espace, Inria, INSERM, EURECOM, and SKEMA Business School. 3IA Côte d'Azur is also supported by ECA, Nice University Hospital Center (CHU Nice), CSTB, CNES, Data ScienceTech Institute and INRAE. The project has also secured the support of more than 62 companies and start-ups.
IA-cluster laureate
Created in 2019, the 3IA Côte d'Azur was officially labeled an IA-cluster following its application to the call for expressions of interest (AMI) "IA-cluster: world-class research and training clusters in artificial intelligence" launched as part of the national Artificial Intelligence strategy launched in 2018.
French President Emmanuel Macron made this announcement on May 21, 2024, highlighting the leading position of the 3IA Côte d'Azur institute among French academic clusters of excellence in AI.
Members of 3IA Côte d'Azur
Governance
Executive Committee
The management is ensured by the director assisted by an executive director, a scientific director and a deputy scientific director. This Executive Committee makes all the decisions, after consulting with the restricted steering committee.
Institute Councils
The Restricted Steering Committee
The Restricted steering committee is a key body: It includes the representatives of the partner institutions and meets every two weeks to discuss the strategic orientations and the actions of the Institute. In an extended form (Extended Steering Committee), it includes all the structures involved in the Institute (such as labs or graduate schools) and other representatives of the ecosystem. This extended committee meets twice a year to give advice on the Institute’s positioning within the overall UCA community policy.
The Scientific Council
The Scientific Council led by the Scientific Director. Its mission is to give advice on the scientific and training program, and to referee the selection of new Chairs, doctoral students and postdocs.
Members of the Scientific Council:
| ACADEMIC | INDUSTRIAL |
| Pierre Alliez (Inria) | Helen Kushakovska (SAP) |
| Thierry Artières (Centrale Méditerranée) | Alix Lhéritier (Amadeus) |
| Pascal Barbry (CNRS) | |
| François Bremond (Inria) | |
| François Delarue (Université Côte d'Azur) | |
| Hervé Delingette (Inria) | |
| David Gesbert (Eurecom) | |
| Anne-Odile Hueber (Inserm) | |
| Stephane Lanteri (Inria) | |
| Ezio Malis (Inria) | |
| Pietro Michiardi (EURECOM) | |
| Jean-Charles Régin (Université Côte d'Azur) | |
| Serena Villata (CNRS) |