French-German Tech Lab

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The French-German Tech Lab is dedicated to the promotion of French-German technological collaboration and academic partnerships! World-class research centers incorporate the result of a successful cooperation. The Lab stands as an expression of the strong partnership between Germany and France, offering a real and meaningful contribution to Europe’s technological sovereignty - a goal that is more important than ever given the current situation. Let’s contribute to a more competitive and innovative Europe by joining forces et creating European Champions! The partners of the Lab : CEA: is tasked with guiding public decisions and providing the scientific and technical means that civil society (businesses and local authorities) needs to better manage major societal changes, such as the energy transition, digital transformation, future healthcare, defence and global security. Its mission is supported by 20,000 employees and 9 research centres equipped with major research facilities that provide an innovative environment conducive to academic and industrial partnerships in France, Europe and abroad. For more information www.cea.fr. CISPA Helmotz Center for Information Security: we explore cybersecurity, privacy, and trustworthy artificial intelligence in all their many facets. A national Big Science institution within the Helmholtz Association, CISPA is the world's leading research center in the field of cybersecurity. Providing a first-rate research environment and extensive resources to our researchers, CISPA strives to be an extraordinary place for the world's best scientific talent. Translating our research into practical applications is one of CISPA’s core missions. Only in this way can society and the economy benefit from groundbreaking innovations, state-of-the-art technologies, and the latest scientific insights. The mission of technology transfer is to support aspiring entrepreneurs in transforming their pioneering research in cybersecurity and AI into innovative products or services. German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI): has operated as a non-profit, Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) since 1988. Today, it maintains sites in Kaiserslautern, Saarbrücken, Bremen, Lower Saxony, and Darmstadt, laboratories in Berlin, and Lübeck, as well as a branch office in Trier. DFKI combines scientific excellence and commercially-oriented value creation with social awareness and is recognized as a major "Center of Excellence" by the international scientific community. In the field of artificial intelligence, DFKI has focused on the goal of human-centric AI for more than 35 years. Research is committed to essential, future-oriented areas of application and socially relevant topics. Currently, with a staff of about 1,560 employees from more than 76 countries, DFKI is developing the innovative software technologies of tomorrow. ENACT AI: is a program supported by Université de Lorraine, the University of Strasbourg and their partners (CNRS, Inria, Inserm, Nancy University Hospital, Strasbourg University Hospitals) and funded by the French government (via ANR under France 2030), the Grand Est Region, Métropole du Grand Nancy, Eurométropole de Strasbourg and companies, which aims to make Grand Est a European leader in AI training, research and innovation. The research part intends, among other objectives, to triple the number of doctoral students in AI in all disciplines by 2030, with a stronger focus on 3 themes of excellence (natural language processing and multimodal LLMs, AI for engineering and scientific discovery, digital health), and to increase interdisciplinarity, internationalization and relations between the Lorraine and Strasbourg university sites. ENACT is supported by France 2030.lution. Fraunhofer: headquartered in Germany, is one of the world’s leading organizations for applied research. Since its founding as a nonprofit organization in 1949, Fraunhofer has held a unique position in the German research and innovation ecosystem. With nearly 32,000 employees, the research organization operates 75 institutes and independent research units across Germany. The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft plays a major role in innovation by prioritizing research on cutting-edge technologies and the transfer of results to industry to strengthen Germany’s industrial base and for the benefit of society as a whole. Gaia-X: is a European initiative aimed at developing a common data infrastructure. Gaia-X provides standards and tools that enable all players in the economy to create interoperable data spaces, where participants can exchange data securely, in confidence and with control. The Gaia-X Hub France serves as the representative and contact point for Gaia-X in France. The objectives of the Gaia-X Hub France: Bring together stakeholders of the Gaia-X initiative, whether they are members or not. Promote and organize activities related to Gaia-X in France. Structure meetings and exchanges among professionals and stakeholders involved in data spaces compliant with Gaia-X. Accelerate co-innovation of services and use cases and incubate data spaces that will foster the development of service offerings under Gaia-X. Ensure dialogue with Gaia-X, other national hubs, and the French administration. INRIA is the French national institute for research in digital science and technology, and since January 2024 has been responsible for the Agence de programmes dans le numérique (Digital Programs Agency), designed to strengthen the collective dynamics of higher education and research. Its DNA is based on world-class research, technological innovation and entrepreneurial risk. Within 220 project teams, most of which are shared with major research universities, more than 3,800 scientists are exploring new avenues, often in interdisciplinary collaboration with industrial partners, to meet ambitious challenges. As a technology institute, Inria supports a wide range of innovation paths: from open source software publishing to the creation of technology startups (Deeptech). Institut Mines-Télécom: a French Federal Institute of Technological Universities of science and management for sustainable economic development. Through research and the training of engineers, managers and PhDs, IMT is addressing the major industrial, digital, energy and ecological challenges facing France, Europe and the entire world. Today, we are designing and building – together – a world that reconciles science, technology and economic development with respect for the planet and its inhabitants. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie: Being “The Research University in the Helmholtz Association”, KIT creates and imparts knowledge for the society and the environment. It is the objective to make significant contributions to the global challenges in the fields of energy, mobility, and information. For this, about 10,000 employees cooperate in a broad range of disciplines in natural sciences, engineering sciences, economics, and the humanities and social sciences. KIT prepares its 22,800 students for responsible tasks in society, industry, and science by offering research-based study programs. Innovation efforts at KIT build a bridge between important scientific findings and their application for the benefit of society, economic prosperity, and the preservation of our natural basis of life. KIT is one of the German universities of excellence. Technische Universität München: is a global marketplace of knowledge. A place where we actively promote creativity. At TUM, talents from all over the world come together to inspire each other, learn from one another and create innovations together. Our mission? As one of Europe’s most outstanding universities in research and innovation, we find solutions to the most important scientific and social challenges of our time.