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APPENDICES TO DOCUMENT B OF TOULOUSE-IDEX

1. Assessment of research in accordance with international standards ................................... 1

1.1. CIMI: "Centre International de Mathématiques et Informatique" LABEX (International Centre for Mathematics and Computing) ......................................................................................... 2

1.2. TULIP: "Towards a Unified theory of biotic Interactions: the roLe of environmental Perturbations" LABEX ........................................................................................................... 5

1.3. SysABiot: "Systems Analysis for Biotechnology and Environmental Research" LABEX ............. 7

1.4. TOUCAN: "Fundamental & Therapeutic Oncology in Toulouse" LABEX ................................... 9

1.5. T-CID: "Cellular and molecular targets for the treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases" LABEX ................................................................................................................................ 11

1.6. NEXT: "Nano, EXtreme Measurements & Theory" LABEX ..................................................... 12

1.7. SEAS: "OMP / Space and EArth System" LABEX .................................................................... 14

1.8. TSE: "Toulouse School of Economics" LABEX ........................................................................ 16

1.9. "EUROPHILOSOPHIE" LABEX ............................................................................................... 18

1.10. PAST: "ArchéoScience Toulouse" LABEX .............................................................................. 19

1.11. INSIST: "Institut des Sciences de l’Ingénierie et des Systèmes de toulouse" LABEX ............... 19

2. ICREA in CATALONIA: A source of inspiration for Toulouse-IDEX ....................................... 22

We present here two appendices. The first one describes the international excellence of the LABEX projects presented by Toulouse institutions. The second one provides a short description of the Catalan initiative ICREA.

1. ASSESSMENT OF RESEARCH IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL

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In this appendix, we describe the scientific excellence existing in the LABEX project submitted to the "Initiative d’Excellence", using the internationally recognized methodologies to measure it.

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1.1. CIMI: "CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE MATHÉMATIQUES ET INFORMATIQUE"

LABEX (INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING)

The Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse (IMT) and the Institut de Recherches en Informatique de Toulouse (IRIT) apply in partnership to the Labex program in order to enhance both their scientific activities and their international attractivity. The project aims to create a leading international Center in mathematics, computer sciences, and their interactions (Centre International de Mathémathiques et Informatique CIMI), attracting high level scientists as well as doctoral and post-doctoral students. The program also aims to coordinate educational programs to attract the very best students at the master level.

Research in mathematics in Toulouse is concentrated at the Institut Mathématique de Toulouse (IMT). The research activities within IMT are in step with (and sometimes lead) the current developments at the world level. This is illustrated by the results that were obtained, but also by the organization by IMT members of thematic trimesters or semesters in international conference centres. Let us note also the considerable fame of the Fermat Prize (among the laureates, A. Wiles, W. Werner, E. Lindenstrauss, C. Villani) and of the Annales de la Faculté des Sciences de Toulouse, Mathématiques, an academic journal of international reputation. IMT’s research agenda can be decomposed in three broad fields:

Fundamental Mathematics: topology, algebraic geometry, cryptography [Toe07, TV07, HM06, CE10], Teichmüller theory [KS09, BS09, CR07b], complex geometry and complex analysis [EGZ09, ACK09], dynamical systems [BC06, BC04, ABC04, Roe07, Roe08, BB07, Gue05b], geometry and topology in small dimension, geometry of groups [BLP05, BBB10, Sch06, DG08], contact geometry, symplectic geometry [Zun06, MZ04], differential and q-differences equations [DMR07, MRRS07, MM08];

Probability and Statistics: probability theory, functional analysis, mass transportation [ABBN04, CGG07, BCG08, BCR06, BL09], Stochastic processes (in a large sense) [CS06, BH07, Pa08, Bo08, BaBo07], random matrices and free probability [CDF09, LR10], statistics [AB06, Ga08, AZ09, GLM07, LM07];

Partial Differential Equations, Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing: dynamical systems and parabolic PDE [CR07a, HMR05, LS09, FL05], multiscale models [BAM05, DM08, CDV07a], dispersive PDE [BT07, Mar09, LMR08, MRS10], numerical methods for the engineers [CDV07b, DDM10, AM06], control and image analysis.

The high-level scientific activity at IMT is also attested by the prizes and awards received by several members of its members. Among them:

Jean-Pierre RAMIS, member of the French Academy of Sciences, honorary senior member of the IUF (Institut Universitaire de France);

Dominique BAKRY, senior member of IUF;

Franck BARTHE, honorary junior member of IUF, Herbrandt Prize 2005 of the French Academy of Science 2005, invited speaker ICM 2006;

Michel BOILEAU, senior member of IUF;

Xavier BUFF, junior member of IUF, Leconte Prize 2006 of the French Academy of Sciences, invited speaker ICM 2010;

Arnaud CHÉRITAT, Leconte Prize 2006 of the French Academy of Sciences, invited speaker ICM 2010, ERC-ANR award 2008 (European Research Council and Agence Nationale de la Recherche);

Pierre DEGOND, Bronze medal 1987, Freycinet Prize 1995 of the French Academy of Sciences;

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Vincent GUEDJ, Maurice Audin Prize SMF-SMAI 2008;

Michel LEDOUX, senior member of IUF, invited speaker ECM 2008, Servant Prize 2010 of the French Academy of Sciences;

Stefanie PETERMICHL, Salem Prize 2006;

Pierre RAPHAEL, Rivot Prize 1998 of the French Academy of Sciences, ERC-ANR award 2008 (European Research Council and Agence Nationale de la Recherche);

Jean-Michel ROQUEJOFFRE, honorary junior member of IUF.

The international visibility of IMT is also attested by the number of institutional collaborations with centres and/or with foreign researchers: on the average over the last 5 years, about 50 "official" months of invitation every year for foreign visitors, 19 partnerships, and several international projects (Japan, USA, Italy…). In addition, IMT members are involved in numerous individual activities at the international level. Several international conferences and workshops are organized every year within IMT.

The "Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse" IRIT represents one of the major potentials of the French research in Computer Science, with more than 600 members including 250 researchers and academic staff members. Toulouse was a pioneer in the development of computer science research in France.

Since 1990 IRIT constantly increased its production both in terms of quality and quantity. These efforts led to the production of 1000 papers per year since 2005, with a significant increase of international journal publications. The scientific production includes 494 publications in international journals and 1719 publications in international workshops and conferences with proceedings. IRIT researchers have obtained around 10 "best paper" awards at various conferences. Three spin-off companies were created (Onesia, FittingBox and UPETEC). This remarkable improvement was noted by AERES that ranked IRIT within the small group of most important French laboratories in computer science.

Prizes, awards and international visibility

D. DUBOIS, Docteur Honoris Causa of the Polytechnic Faculty of Mons (Belgique), Fellow of the International Fuzzy Systems Association 1999, 2001 Prize-winner of ISI (Institut for Scientific Information), Pioneer Award of the IEEE Neural Network Society 2002. ECCAI Fellow 2008;

H. PRADE, Fellow of the International Fuzzy Systems Association 1999, 2001 Prize-winner of ISI, Pioneer Award of the IEEE Neural Network Society 2002, ECCAI Fellow;

E. KADDOUM, Amelia Earhart Award 2009 and Zonta International Award 2010;

J.-Y. TOURNERET, Senior member of IEEE 2008;

N. ASHER, Member of the New York Academy of Sciences (1996); Prize for Outstanding Achievement, Polytechnic Preparatory School, New York (2008); recipient (2011) of an ERC Advanced Grants;

L. FARIÑAS DEL CERRO, ECCAI Fellow 2006;

J. LANG, ECCAI Fellow 2009.

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Several IRIT researchers are members of the editorial boards of international journals Moreover, two good level international journals are edited by IRIT researchers: Fuzzy Sets and Systems (D. DUBOIS, co-chief-editor), Journal of Applied Non Classical Logics (Luis FARIÑAS DEL CERRO, chief-editor). IRIT organizes or co-organizes numerous workshops and conferences (7 international and 6 national events per year over the last five years).

The (18) research groups at IRIT are spread over seven scientific themes covering a wide range of computer science domains. They are illustrated below with a selection of references to reflect some of the activities in each theme.

Information Analysis and Synthesis: content analysis on speech, music, natural language and video [Big10, Koe09, Jou10, Lac10, Hai06, Phi08], processing, computer vision, medical imaging rendering and geometric representation [Bas09, Dob09, Dob10, Ech10, Kou07, Kou08, Kou09, Lin10, Paj10, GPP10, WG10a], FittingBox;

Indexing and Information Retrieval: modelling and processing large, complex and distributed data sets, query optimisation [KHM10], data indexation and information retrieval [BBD08, DTB09, EJMR09, HPN10, HUMO09, KHM10, KSZ09, LMS09, TABO10], on large, complex, heterogeneous and distributed data;

Interaction, Autonomy, Dialogue and Cooperation: knowledge, cognition, co-operation and human-machine interaction, interaction with health research [Ber05, Bon10, Caz10, Geo04, Ler10], UPETEC;

Reasoning and Decision: logic, interaction, language, computation and application to security, formal approaches and computational models of reasoning in Artificial Intelligence non-classical logics, imprecise probabilities, and possibility theory [AA10, Ago10, AHL09, AP09, AP10a, AP10b, BAH07, Bal08, Bal03, BDP02, BDP09, BDP10, BV04, CA07, CDL10, CCJ06, DFF03, DFP03, DHP06, DPS01, Dit10, HLH10, LLG09, Lor10];

Modelisation, Algorithms and High Performance Calculus: linear algebra, large-scale linear systems, optimization and optimal control [ALP07, ALN07, ADR10, FLM09, GIAN10, GRT07, GMT08, GST08, GT10a, GT10b, MG07], MUMPS, GRID5000;

Architecture, Systems and Networks: green-IT, autonomic computing [CPB07, MAM10, TDB09], architecture and performance evaluation [ROSA08], service integration and network administration research, evaluation for embedded systems [ABP10, BTC09, CFB10, LKW09, SRF09];

Safety of Software Development: programme verification and proof assistants, language and algorithmic developments [BLP09, CCG09, HDP09, LPM09, LYDS10, OFP10] TOPCASED (platform supported by Aerospace Valley), grammar or attributed grammars of graphs, category theory [MS07, Mat06, Mat09].

Together with IMT, IRIT is part of in FREMIT and MIBS. IRIT has a long-standing collaboration with CLLE concerning cognitive science and computational linguistics. In the domain of knowledge representation IRIT has a Laboratoire Européen Associé with Italian CNR and University of Trento and with National Institute of Informatics (NII).

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1.2. TULIP: "TOWARDS A UNIFIED THEORY OF BIOTIC INTERACTIONS: THE ROLE OF

ENVIRONMENTAL PERTURBATIONS" LABEX

Research areas

TULIP is a "laboratory of excellence" merging 5 laboratories marked A+ by the French agency of evaluation (AERES) that belong to two scientific communities, ecology and plant biology, into a major institute of "Integrative Biology and Ecology" with high potential outputs in academic, environmental and agronomic sciences, as well as teaching. Its innovative research covers the full spectrum of biotic/abiotic interactions, from genes to ecosystems, in natural and/or anthropogenic environments. More specifically, the TULIP research agenda is organized in four broad fields:

Plant-Microorganism Interactions: symbiosis, plant pathology, microorganism perception and signalling, defence responses, cell reprogramming, plant protection;

Plant development: plant specific developmental processes: lignification, fruit maturation, response to abiotic stress, plant cell wall and signalling, plant biotechnology;

Ecology and evolution: population dynamics, population genetics, experimental ecology and evolution, behavioural ecology, functional ecology, biodiversity, conservation biology, non-genetic inheritance;

Theoretical ecology and evolution: modelling biodiversity, adaptive dynamics, game theory, mathematical evolution.

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The scientific excellence of this research community in Integrative Biology and Ecology is not only attested by the various evaluation reports, but also by the quantity (on average 220 annual publications for a total of 118 researchers and university teachers) and especially the quality of its scientific production. To illustrate, during the period 2006-2009, 19 articles were published by TULIP members in Nature and Science, and 51 in journals of impact factor above 10 (see figures). This makes TULIP a widely visible and considerably active centre on an international scale, with a remarkably balanced “production”.

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The high-level scientific activity of ISD is also attested by prizes and awards received by several members. Among them:

Jean DÉNARIÉ, DR INRA, French Academy of Sciences, Grand prix Charles-Léopold Mayer 2005, Laurier d'excellence INRA 2008. Discovered the Nod and Myc factors and associated plant signalling genes. 5629 citations;

Alain BOUDET, PR EX2 (emeritus) at UPS. Former PR at Institut Universitaire de France. Cell wall and secondary metabolism. 4534 citations. French Academy of Science and French academy of Technology;

Guillaume BÉCARD, PR at UPS. Three "Superior Performance" awards from USDA, USA, one Botany and Plant Biology award (shared with M. GARDES) from the French Academy of Sciences (2001). Discovered strigolactones’ role in mycorhizal symbiosis and plant development. 2483 citations;

Jérôme CHAVE, DR2 CNRS, Bronze Medal of the CNRS. At 37, 2590 Citations of which almost 600 in 2010;

Jean CLOBERT, DRCE CNRS. Highly cited people. 6700 citations, of which more than 820 in 2010.

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The international visibility of TULIP is also attested by its attractiveness. For instance, we are attracting Michel Loreau from University McGill in Montréal. He is ranked in the Top 20 list of the world’s most highly cited researchers in the field of Ecology, ISI Web of Knowledge. He received a Silver Medal of the CNRS and won several international prizes one of which being the prestigious International Ecology Institute Prize in 2002. He is Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

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1.3. SYSABIOT: "SYSTEMS ANALYSIS FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL

RESEARCH" LABEX

Research areas

This LabEx regroups research teams to adopt a global approach at the frontiers of biotechnological innovation. The merging of expertise in biocatalyse (metagenomics coupled to protein engineering based on structure-function analyses), microbiology (post genomic approaches of cellular metabolism), bioinformatics, mathematical modeling and engineering sciences aims at developing a synthetic approach in microbiology and is unique in France. This should help define new processes exploiting all the biotransformation power of microbes for technological applications in white biotechnologies (in tight link with the TWB cluster), as well as in water treatment processes and in pharmaceutical therapeutic strategies based on the building up of the virulence of bacteria implied in infectious deceases.

SysABiot has two main research centers, the "Laboratoire d’Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés" (LISBP) and the "Institut de Pharmacologie et Biologie Structurale" (IPBS).

LISBP regroups 220 people (71 Scientists, 58 Research Technicians, 63 PhD students, 28 Post-docs) in 11 teams focusing on the discovery and validation of novel pharmacological targets using molecular and cellular biology approaches coupled to the analyses of structure-function relationships of biomolecules. From 2005 to midway through 2009, its teams published 271 publications in A ranking (WoK) outlets, i.e., peer-reviewed international journals. More than half of these publications were in first quarter (excellent ranking) journals within the scientific disciplines covered by the research output. Approximately 10% of these papers were in journals considered to be exceptional (Nature, PNAS, PLoS Biology, Molecular Systems Biology, etc). More than 80% of the output was in journals in the top half of the rankings for each discipline, the rest being in speciality journals whose ranking is not competitive due to the narrow subject field. Since 2009, the number of papers in the exceptional class has again improved. This scientific output is complemented by about 30 patents in the last ten years, many of which still exploited. One quarter of the scientific output of LISBP are co-signed with international groups showing the importance of collaborative research at an international level while the national networking, mostly via joint research programmes via the national granting organisation (ANR) has led to 45% of the output involving at least one non LISBP co-author.

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IPBS hosts 250 (95 Scientists, 60 Research Technicians, 55 PhD students, 40 Post docs) in 19 teams organized in three Departments: Cancer Biology, Structural Biology and Biophysics, and Molecular Mechanisms of Mycobacterial Infections. Between 2005-2009, its scientists authored (or co-authored) 428 original articles and 33 book chapters. These include many publications in high impact journals: Science 2005 (2) & 2007, Nature 2005 & 2007, PNAS 2005 (3), 2006 (3), 2007 (4), 2008 (1) & 2009 (2), EMBO J 2006 (2) & 2008, Blood 2007 & 2008 (3), Nature Medecine 2008, Nature Biotech 2005 & 2006, J Exp Med 2009 (2), PloS Med 2005 & 2006, PloS Biology 2006, PloS Pathogens 2008 & 2009, J. Cell Biol. 2008, Mol Cell 2007 (2), Circ Res 2007, Mol Cell Proteomics 2007, 2008, 2009(4).

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A. MILON, Charles Dhéré awward of the French Academy of Science;

P. MONSAN, PR EX2 at INSA Toulouse, Enzyme Molecular Design, 3145 citations, 204 publications, H-index 30, Senior Member at "I’Institut Universitaire de France", Founding Member of the French Academy of Technology;

Mike O'DONOHUE is the Assistant Director of the CEPIA INRA Department;

J-M. FRANCOIS is an expert at ESF;

N. LINDLEY, Prix Excel en 1997, INPI Trophy for Innovation 2007.

Leadership of International projects

A. MILON, coordinator of a ITN Training Network;

N. LINDLEY coordinator of a Marie Curie Host Training Institute; coordinator of 5 European projects.

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1.4. TOUCAN: "FUNDAMENTAL & THERAPEUTIC ONCOLOGY IN TOULOUSE" LABEX

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The Toulouse Cancer (TOUCAN) Labex merges the best experts in Toulouse on five essential questions in oncology such as to propose new therapeutic concepts and targets, through packages focussed on in haematological, gynaecological and gastrointestinal cancers:

1- Why some proteins behave as oncogenes in some malignancies while as tumor suppressors in others (and vice versa)?

2- How the extremely diverse non-coding RNAs and Pris contribute to cancer development?

3- Why chromatin structure and faithful DNA replication matter for cancer cells?

4- What metabolic reprogramming enables tumor cell growth?

5- How cytolytic lymphocytes infiltrate tumors to kill cells?

Eighteen excellent research teams (AERES rank 10 A+ and 8 strong A including 2 young ATIP teams) from the newly created Cancer Research Center of Toulouse and surrounding Toulouse labs will synergize in TOUCAN to define new therapeutic concepts and targets for cancer, and translate their findings into scientific breakthroughs, industrial R&D contracts, teaching and clinical trials at the Oncopole de Toulouse. The supporting institutions are INSERM, CNRS and Université de Toulouse 3, which altogether will contribute to a recurrent funding for the next ten years. The associates are the RITC (RTRS "Recherche et Innovation Thérapeutique en Cancérologie") and the InnaBiosante foundations, the strategic partners are the SATT, CP2S and Pole de Competitivité. Several local and international industrial partners are involved in R&D contracts with the constitutive TOUCAN teams. TOUCAN teaching program comprises new international oncology courses created in the Ecole Doctorale Biologie Sante-Biotechnologies and associated to the Clinique Universitaire du Cancer in the Université de Toulouse.


Jean-Jacques FOURNIÉ, (PhD) steering committee European Union clusters FP-V and FP-VI, cancer research awards (1995, 1996), consulting for several european funding agencies, co-organiser of a Keystone meeting (2009) and world congress on cancer immunity (2008);

Pierre BROUSSET, (MD, PhD) INSERM research award 2009 & member of Institut Universitaire de France;

Jérôme CAVAILLÉ (PhD), bronze medal of CNRS (2002);

Tamass KISS, (PhD) member of EMBO, member of Hungary Academy of Sciences;

Gilles FAVRE (Pharm D, PhD) President of RITC foundation, scientific director of Institut Claudius Regaud, former member of the scientific council of INSERM;

Christophe CAZAUX (PhD) president of CP2S foundation, vice-president of Toulouse Oncopole, vice-president of Université Paul Sabatier (UT3);

Jean-Pierre VINEL (MD PhD) Dean of Toulouse Faculty of Medicine;

J. NEYROLLES, bronze medal of CNRS;

F. PAYRE, bronze medal of CNRS.

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1.5. T-CID: "CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR TARGETS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC

INFLAMMATORY DISEASES" LABEX

Research areas

Chronic inflammatory diseases represent serious and sometimes life-threatening conditions that are due to inappropriate immune response to foreign antigens (microbes, allergens) or self-antigens. Their frequency is dramatically increasing in both economically privileged and developing countries. They not only have a major impact on quality of life and life expectancy, but they also have dramatic social and economical consequences. The scientific objective of the T-CID project is to develop new therapeutics for chronic inflammatory diseases in humans.

To this end, we have built a network of complementary expertise and know-how in Toulouse, gathering the best academic teams, highly visible pharmaceutical companies with dedicated R&D activities located in Toulouse, and strong local SMEs. The T-CID LABEX project gathers 16 academic laboratories originating from 4 Research Centres at the Université Paul Sabatier (UT3), INSERM, CNRS and École Vértérinaire in Toulouse. All 16 academic laboratories are highly productive and have international recognition (10 ranked A+, the highest achievable score by AERES for the 2011-2015 period; 4 were given strong A score; and 2 are highly promising AVENIR-ATIP teams). Most notably, the T-CID LABEX also involves 3 French Pharmaceutical companies (Sanofi-Aventis, Pierre Fabre, LFB) and 4 Biotech companies (Cayla- Invovigen, Millegen, Urosphere, Ambiotis) as full partners;

In addition to the technical and scientific work packages of the project, the aims of T-CID include the creation of the "Toulouse School of Inflammatory Diseases", an innovative educational project aimed at creating a School, affiliated to Toulouse III University, accessible to foreign students with English as the operating language; and a strong action towards technology transfer, commercialization and dissemination of the results.


R. LIBLAU, (titre), H index 39, President of "Société Française d’Immunologie" (since 2010), PI of the European Integrated Project Neuropromise 2005-2010; SUDOE Immunotherapy Network 2009-2012; European project COST Action NEURINFLANET since 2008; consultant of fondations: Swis Research Foundation, MRC (UK), Welcome trust (UK,…);

N. BLANCHARD, INSERM-Avenir CNRS-ATIP Award 2010;

O. NEYROLLES, CNRS Bronze medal, 2009;

M-P. ROTH, Marcel Simon Award for excellence in research 2009;

N. FAZILLEAU, EU Marie Curie IRG 2010-2012; INSERM-Avenir Award 2009;

B. PAYRASTRE, CNRS Bronze medal; Biomed2 European program;

D. BRASSAT, EU Marie-Curie FP7 2009-2012;

L. DUPRÉ, EC/FP6, Marie-Curie Excellence Team 2006-2010;

P. BROUSSET, Prix de la Recherche INSERM 2009; P. Brousset, member senior of the "Institut Universitaire de France" since 2010;

Pi. BROUSSET, H index 38, INSERM Research price 2009; Junior then senior member of "Institut Universitaire de France";

G. SERRE, H index 31, Medical Innovation price 2004 of "Fondation de l’Avenir pour la Recherche Médicale Appliquée";

O. NEYROLLES, CNRS Bronze medal, coordinator of one EU-funded project (T-CID § 4.1.4.2).

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Figure: Publications by members of T-CID over the period 2005-2010

1.6. NEXT: "NANO, EXTREME MEASUREMENTS & THEORY" LABEX

Research areas

The NEXT project integrates six laboratories in Toulouse, working at the frontier of knowledge in the domains of nanophysics and nanochemistry, condensed and soft matter physics, optics, and atomic/cluster physics:

Centre d’Élaboration des Matériaux et d’Études Structurales (CEMES)

Laboratoire Collisions Agrégats Réactivité (LCAR)

Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie des Nano-Objets (LPCNO)

Laboratoire de Chimie et Physique Quantiques (LCPQ)

Laboratoire de Physique Théorique (LPT)

Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses – Toulouse (LNCMI-T)

The mastering of many aspects of the nanoworld, involving physicists as well as chemists, from the elaboration of materials to their characterization by a whole variety of techniques, the study of matter in extreme conditions (very high magnetic fields, very low temperature, ultra-high spatial and temporal resolution), and the strong interplay between experimental and theoretical (analytical and numerical) approaches constitute the trademark of NEXT, naturally reflected in its name.

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NEXT comprises 186 permanent scientists, 89 engineers/technicians, and ~160 PhD students/postdocs, and encompasses most of the fundamental physics community in Toulouse. Note however that almost one quarter of the staff of NEXT in fact consists of chemists, who are perfectly integrated in their respective laboratories and work hand-in-hand with physicists, an original aspect of the NEXT project. Another specificity of NEXT is the strong interplay between experimental and theoretical laboratories/teams.

Bibliometry

Among the ~2000 peer-reviewed articles emanating from NEXT during the last five years, 25 were published in Science and Nature journals (2 covers), ~120 in Physical Review Letters (“best” general physics journal; 1 cover), and ~45 in JACS and Angew (“best” general chemistry journals; 1 cover), and most other articles in top more specialized journals (Physical Review A-E, Applied Physics Letters, Chemical Physics Letters, Nanotechnology, Langmuir, Biophysical Journal…). 30 NEXT researchers have received a total of more than 2000 citations to their work. In addition, during the same period, NEXT scientists have filed 16 patents, were at the origin of the creation of 4 startups, and have produced several commercial and Open Source softwares. NEXT can be considered among the top 4 world leaders in electronic microscopy (French leader), and among the top 2 concerning physics at very high magnetic field (European leader; Toulouse and Grenoble site of LNCMI), and hosts many leading scientists/teams (experimentalists and theorists) in its various domains of expertise.


Prominent junior and senior scientists (1 member of the French Academy of Sciences, 9 members of the Institut Universitaire de France, 2 Silver and 7 Bronze medals of the CNRS, 3 current ERC grants, 15 highly cited scientists (>3000 citations), international prizes…):

Christian Joachim, 250 articles and proceedings, ~12000 citations, 2 Feynman Prizes (1997 Experimental and 2005 Theoretical), Silver Medal of CNRS…

Bruno Chaudret, ~370 articles and proceedings, ~10500 citations, member of the French Academy of Science, Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Award of the royal Society of Chemistry 2008, senior ERC Grant, Silver Medal of CNRS…;

Jean-Pierre Launay, 120 articles and proceedings, ~4700 citations, senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France;

Éric Suraud, ~180 articles and proceedings, ~2500 citations, senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France;

Bertrand Girard, ~90 articles, ~1400 citations, 2005 Cino del Duca prize of the French Academy of sciences, senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France, head of the CNRS physics department (Institut de Physique) ;

Xavier Marie, ~170 articles and proceedings, ~2200 citations, junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France;

David S. Dean, ~90 articles, ~1200 citations, junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France, Rayleigh prize of the Cambridge University 1992;

Pierre Labastie, ~80 articles, ~2200 citations, junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France;

David Guéry-Odelin, ~40 articles, ~800 citations, junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France;

Sylvain Capponi, ~50 articles, ~800 citations, junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France;

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Laurent Maron, ~115 articles, ~1500 citations, junior ERC grant, junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France;

Éric Dujardin, 90 articles and proceedings, ~3700 citations, junior ERC grant;

Didier Poilblanc, ~185 articles, ~4100 citations; among the four nominees for the two Silver Medal of CNRS 2011 in physics;

Béatrice Chatel, ~45 articles, ~1000 citations; Bronze Medal of CNRS, Irène Joliot-Curie prize 2005;

Pierre-Henri Chavanis, ~100 articles and proceedings, 1900 citations, Bronze Medal of CNRS;

Clément Sire, ~80 articles, ~1600 citations, Bronze Medal of CNRS;

Caroline Bonafos, ~120 articles and proceedings, 1500 citations, Bronze Medal of CNRS;

Cyril Proust, ~55 articles, ~1500 citations, Bronze Medal of CNRS;

Anne Ponchet, ~60 articles and proceedings, ~1000 citations, Bronze Medal of CNRS;

Christoph Meier, ~55 articles, ~1100 citations, Bronze Medal of CNRS;

Martin Hÿtch, ~100 articles and proceedings, ~1500 citations, FEI European Microscopy award (2008);

Jean-Paul Malrieu, ~250 articles, ~10000 citations;

Jean-Marc Broto, ~170 publications, ~6700 citation;

Dima L. Shepelyansky, ~195 articles, ~4500 citations, Outstanding Referee of the American Physical Society;

Alain Claverie, 250 articles and proceedings, ~3700 citations;

Geert Rikken, 130 publications, ~3300 citations;

Etienne Snoeck, 240 articles and proceedings, ~3600 citations;

Philippe Durand, ~110 articles, ~3700 citations;

Marc Monthioux, ~105 articles and proceedings, ~3300 citations;

André Gourdon, ~120 articles and proceedings, ~3000 citations;

Alberto Beswick, ~105 articles, ~3100 citations.

1.7. SEAS: "OMP / SPACE AND EARTH SYSTEM" LABEX

Research areas

The Toulouse research pole "Sciences of the Universe, Space and the Environment" (SDUEE) represents one of the largest concentrations of research potential in this field in France. It brings together 1200 people, with 6 research laboratories in the Midi-Pyrenees Observatory (UPS/OMP/INP) and two research laboratories in the Meteopole. It is supported by The National Institute of Universe Science of the CNRS (INSU), by the Institute "Ecology and Environment" of the CNRS (INEE), the Institute for Development Research (IRD), the French National Space Study Agency (CNES), Météo-France and by the foundation "Thematic network of advanced research: science and technology for aeronautics and space" (RTRA STAE).

Major objectives of SEAS for the coming years, are: (1) the understanding of the formation and evolution of the universe, from the first galaxies to the planetary systems. (2) the understanding and the modeling of the global-scale evolution of our own planet, and the interactions within and between the main solid and fluid reservoirs; (3) the analysis of the interplay between man and the behavior of the Earth-system, not

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only in terms of the impact of human activity on the environment (health, resources, etc.), but also the environmental constraints on man and on social systems.

The scientific production of SEAS is on the average 2100 per year since 2005 (an average of 2.5/Y/researcher), all in peer reviewed international journals. In addition, SEAS researchers are very active in organizing or participating to international conferences and workshops.


Henri DECAMPS, Member of French Science Academy (2008);

Anny CAZENAVE, Member of the French, US and Indian Science Academies;

Jean-André SAUVAUD, Medal "Julius Bartels" of EGU (European Geosciences Union, 2009);

Catherine JEANDEL, Golden Woman of Research 2006;

Yves GODDERIS, Bronze medal of CNRS;

Marie LOTHON, Bronze medal of CNRS;

Jean-Luc REDELSPERGE, Silver medal CNRS 2010;

A. SOURIAU, Honor medal of CNRS;

François MARTIN: 2 first price of innovation (Région Midi-Pyrnées in 2004 and 2006);

Eric OELKERS, Geochemical Society Medal and Paul Gast Lecture;

J. SCHOTT: medal of Geochemical Fellow from Geochemical Society, medal of European Association of Geochemistry;

Bernard DUPRÉ, Dolomieu great prize of Académie des Sciences, Prize Académie des Sciences Paris, Highly cited H factor 44;

J.F. DONATI, chevalier des Palmes Académiques;

G. MERLINA (2008), J. Silvestre (2009). Eric Martin: Norbert Gerbier-Mumm prize of World Meteorological Organization;

Alain BLANCHARD, IUF;

Sylvie VAUCLAIR, IUF

D. KOMATITCH, IUF;

J. SONKE, ERC.

Principal investigator international level: Y. KERR, G. DEDIEU ,T. Le TOAN, R-M. MOROW, N. MOGNARD, V. GUIDARD, S. BRUINSMA, F. KARBOU, P. MAISONGRANDE, O. HAGOLLE, V-H. PEUCH, L. LAVANANT, F. RABIER, V. GUIDARD, S. MAURICE.

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1.8. TSE: "TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS" LABEX

Research areas

With its 150 researchers, TSE has emerged over the last 10 years as one of the world’s great centres in economics. Initially noticed for their research in Theory and Industrial Organisation in the 1980s and 1990s, TSE researchers now cover a wide range of fields, from mathematical economics to macroeconomics, finance, public and environmental economics, development economics and econometrics, among others. They link the most complex theoretical modeling to very applied questions, always at the frontier of knowledge.

Bibliometry

For several years the University of Connecticut has coordinated an initiative to rank Economics departments worldwide, based on the number of citations of articles published by its members, weighted for the quality of the journals in which the citations are made. In 2010 TSE was rated the 12th best Economics department in the world by this RePEc ranking, as shown in the following table.

Table: RePEc ranking, November 2010. (Source: http://ideas.repec.org/top/top.econdept.html)

The EconPhd website (http://econphd.econwiki.com/rank/rallec.htm) is consulted by students from all over the world when choosing a university to pursue their doctoral studies in Economics. Applying recognised bibliometric methodology, 63 scientific journals in the period 1993 to 2003 have been closely analysed. The results of this ranking place TSE:

1st in the world for Information Economics;

1st in Europe (2nd in the world) for Industrial Organisation;

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1st in Europe for Business Economics;

1st in Europe for Resource and Environmental Economics;

1st in Europe for Public and Political Economics.


IUF: Institut Universitaire de France. ERC: European Research Council.

AURIOL Emmanuelle (2003 Junior member of IUF, 2003 CNRS Bronze Medal);

BIAIS Bruno (1994 CNRS Bronze Medal, 1999 Junior member of IUF);

CREMER Helmuth (1996 Junior member of IUF, 2006 Senior member IUF);

CREMER Jacques (1992 Fellow of the Econometric Society);

D’ALBIS Hippolyte (2009 Junior member of IUF);

FEVE Patrick (2008-2013 Junior member of IUF);

FLORENS Jean-Pierre (2002-2012 Senior member of IUF, 2010- Fellow of the Econometric Society);

FRAYSSE Jean (1988 CNRS Bronze Medal);

GOLLIER Christian (1997-2002: Junior member of IUF, 2001: Paul A. Samuelson Award, 2008-2012: ERC advanced grant, 2009-2019: Senior member of IUF);

HELLWIG Christian (2010 Starting Grant ERC);

JULLIEN Bruno (2003 CNRS Bronze Medal);

LEBRETON Michel (1993-1998 Junior member of IUF, 2007-2017 Senior member of IUF);

MAGNAC Thierry (2009 Fellow of the Econometric Society);

MARIOTTI Thomas (2007 CNRS Bronze Medal, 2007 ERC Starting Grant);

MOREAUX Michel (Senior member of IUF 2009 Laurier d'excellence scientifique, INRA);

PLANTIN Guillaume (2010 ERC Starting Grant);

PORTIER Franck (2001-2006 Junior member of IUF);

REY Patrick (1998: Fellow, Econometric Society, 2003-2013 Senior member of IUF);

ROCHET Jean-Charles (1993-1998 Junior Fellow of IUF, 1995 - Fellow of the Econometric Society, 2005-2015 Senior Fellow of IUF, 2010-2014 ERC Advanced Grant);

SAINT-PAUL Gilles (2007 Yrjö Jahnsson Prize of the European Economic Association, awarded every other year to best European economist under 45);

TIROLE Jean (ERC Advanced Grant 2010-2014; 1998 President Econometric Society; 2001 President European Economic Association; Fellow, Econometric Society 1986, Doctorates Honoris Causa, Université Libre de Bruxelles 1989, University of London (London Business School) 2007, University of Montreal (HEC) 2007; Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1993, Foreign Honorary Member, American Economic Association 1993, Yrjö Jahnsson prize 1993, Center for Economic Studies Prize, Munich 1996, Public Utility Research Center Distinguished Service Award, University of Florida, 1997, John von Neumann Award, Budapest University 1998, Distinguished Fellow Award, Industrial Organization Society 1999, ,CNRS Gold Medal of CNRS 2007, (Inaugural) Frontiers of Knowledge Award of the BBVA Foundation 2008, Chicago Mercantile Exchange – Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (CME-MSRI) prize in Innovative Quantitative Innovations 2010, , Prix Claude Levi-Strauss, 2010);

VAN DER STRAETEN Karine (2009 CNRS Bronze Medal).

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1.9. "EUROPHILOSOPHIE" LABEX

The EUROPHILOSOPHIE Labex is taking part in a project of the Institut de Recherches Interdisciplinaires Européen (European multi-disciplinary research institute) on the Theoretical and Social Impact of French Contemporary Philosophy. It is presented by the Équipe Recherches sur les Rationalités Philosophiques et les Savoirs (Philosophical Rationality and Knowledge Research Team, or ERRAPHIS) (ranked A+), in partnership with the Humanities (LLA-CREATIS) and Human and Social Sciences (LISST) laboratories of the Université de Toulouse 2 (both ranked A), the École Normale Supérieure de Paris and five research laboratories affiliated with overseas establishments (European and non European: the Universities of Louvain, Liege, Padua, Sao Paulo and Belgrade). The project aims develop research into French philosophy of the 20th and 21st centuries and its legacy and competencies, to be applied to understanding contemporary societies, on the Toulouse site. To achieve this objective, it unites teams and researchers in anthropology, sociology, historiography, law and political science, psychoanalysis and clinical psychology, linguistics and semiotics, art and literary theory.

It has mobilised 150 national and international researchers, who have published work in the 5 major European languages and whose work has been cited overseas (Badiou, Balibar, Meillassoux, Worms, Montebello, etc.), who have edited international collections (Goddard, Maesschalck) and chaired international academic societies (Goddard, Worms, François). It is the only Erasmus Mundus Excellence Masters coordinated by a Toulouse University and the only Erasmus Mundus in this discipline in Europe. The EUROPHILOSOPHIE Labex, in partnership with five European graduate schools (the universities of Louvain, Bonn, Padua, ENS-Paris, Toulouse), is creating a diploma jointly issued by the International Doctorate programme, which aims to help universities to place philosophy in the foreground of contemporary society as a vector to produce new forms of collective knowledge and invent new forms of democracy.

Over the last 4 years, the ERRAPHIS research team has organized 27 conferences, one-day events, seminars, and intensive national and international courses involving a large number of French and overseas institutions in the framework of an important ANR programme coordinated by ERRAPHIS and entitled: "Subjectivité et aliénation" ("Subjectivity and alienation", 463 articles and lectures published).

The excellence criteria used for the EuroPhilosophie Labex are the same as those used in the discipline: number of personal works published and reviewed, books edited, collections edited for prominent publishers (Vrin, PUF, Olmsetc.), participation in editorial committees for scientific reviews of national and international importance (Critique, Esprit…), presidency of an international academic society (international authors societies (Fichte, Bergson, etc.), and regional networks (Balkans, etc.).

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Jean-Christophe Goddard 5 10 5 4 2

Alexander Schnell 8 6 4

Jean-Marie Vaysse 11 4

Frédéric Worms 6 9 2 2 1

Pierre Montebello 9 1 1

Etienne Balibar 26 9 1 2

Alain Badiou 40 2

Guillaume le Blanc 7 5 1 1 1

Elie During 6 5 2 1

Arnaud Rykner 18

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1.10. PAST: "ARCHÉOSCIENCE TOULOUSE" LABEX

The "Pôle ArchéoScience Toulouse" (Toulouse ArchaeoStudies Hub, or PAST) Labex brings together all the regional players involved in the study of the past (archaeology, history, architecture, anthropology, life and earth sciences, ecology, material science and IT) and managing and evaluating our archaeological heritage. Four UT2 laboratories are involved, two ranked A+ (TRACES and FRAMESPA) and two ranked A (GEODE and PLH), 4 UT3 laboratories, 3 ranked A+ (CEMES, GET, IRIT) and 1 ranked A (AMIS, CIRIMAT), the Toulouse School of Architecture, the Regional Archaeology Department, the National Institute for Preventive Archaeology Research, the museums and municipal archives of Toulouse, and the Inventory Department of the Midi-Pyrénées region: in total 356 researchers, curators and engineers. PAST also embodies, in a unique structure in Europe, the capacity of Toulouse institutions to unite all of the major players likely to contribute to a cross-cutting project that, in the future, will make it one of the leading centres for archaeology and archaemetry in Europe.

This aim relies on the quality of local teams: 4 CNRS bronze medallists (François BON, François-Xavier FAUVELLE, Didier GALOP, Pierre MORET); 1 IUF senior (Jean-Marie PAILLER); 2 members of the Royal Academy of Spanish History (Claude DOMERGUE, P. MORET); 6 ongoing ANR projects; 17 international missions currently managed by members of the network in Spain, Romania, Macedonia, Cyprus, Greece, Lebanon, Egypt, Yemen, Mongolia, Siberia, Algeria, Tunisia, South Africa, Burkina Faso and Ethiopia; and numerous publications. It also draws strength from the project itself. In a highly competitive environment, PAST's attractiveness will be above all due to its originality and the strong coherence of its design. The current structure is unique in France and is one of the rare structures in Europe which integrates a complete chain of activities - from pure research to conservation, and from management to assessment for local authorities and society.

1.11. INSIST: "INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L’INGÉNIERIE ET DES SYSTÈMES DE

TOULOUSE" LABEX

Research areas

The INSIST groups together all the Toulouse site "Engineering and System Sciences" laboratories with contractual links to the CNRS (the French National Centre for Scientific Research). It represents 80% of the regional research capacity in a strictly defined academic field: "Engineering and System Sciences ". This is France’s highest concentration of research in this field.

The bodies making up the INSIST are:

"Toulouse Institute of Fluid Mechanics" (Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse: IMFT UMR CNRS-UPS-INPT);

"Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems" (Laboratoire d'Analyse et d'Architecture des Systèmes: LAAS UP CNRS);

"Plasma and Energy Conversion Laboratory" (Laboratoire Plasma et Conversion d'Énergie: LAPLACE UMR CNRS-UPS-INPT);

"Chemical Engineering Laboratory" (Laboratoire de Génie Chimique: LGC UMR CNRS-UPS-INPT).

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The grouping thus defined comprises a permanent staff of around 700, including 467 researchers and teacher/researchers. Three of the four Units comprising the INSIST have achieved A+ ratings, the fourth an A rating by AERES (Agence d'Évaluation de la Recherche et de l'Enseignement Supérieur – the French Research and Higher Education Evaluation Agency).

The research activities developed by the Units making up the INSIST are characterized by a very strong pluridisciplinary approach, linking a commitment to studying primary phenomena to the introduction of new concepts derived from core sciences in order to develop and use processes, protocols and systems that include the fields of chemical engineering, electrical engineering, energetics, micro/nanotechnologies, fluid mechanics, control engineering, computing, communication networks and robotics. Technological, conceptual or methodological constraints and bottle-necks are clearly a strong motivation, as are challenges to society. Research activity is also linked to industry activity through numerous collaborations and contributes strongly to the exchange of ideas in the Engineering disciplines (“understand in order to design”).

Bibliometric evaluation

From January 2005 to mid-2010, INSIST’s partner’s scientific production amounted to some 6,224 references in the following categories:

Papers in journals indexed in the Web of Science 2,155

Communications in international conferences 4,069

PhD theses 683

Scientific productivity per year over the period 2005-2010 is therefore:

Articles in peer- reviewed International Journals: 391/year;

International Conference oral or poster presentations: 740/year;

Thesis defended: 124/year.

To attempt to give a true picture of the excellence of INSIST scientific production in the context of the varied topics in "Engineering Sciences and Systems", it is necessary to divide the partner’s production into different fields appearing in the ISI Web of Knowledge database.

A quartile analysis of this production was carried out referring to the 5-year Impact Factor (5YIF) of the journals in which INSIST members published at least two papers during the reference period belong. Results are as follows:

IMFT: 53% (resp. 24%) of the production lie in the first (resp. second) quartile, so that 77% lie in the first two quartiles;

LAAS: 44% (resp. 36%) of the production lie in the first (resp. second) quartile, so that 80% lie in the first two quartiles;

LAPLACE: 65% (resp. 10%) of the production lie in the first (resp. second) quartile, so that 75% lie in the first two quartiles;

LGC: 45% (resp. 49.1%) of the production lie in the first (resp. second) quartile, so that 93.4% lie in the first two quartiles.

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Several scientists have been distinguished at the national and international levels within the last years, as

example:

Surname First name Position Award or Distinction Year

HA MINH Hieu DR CNRS CNRS Silver medal 1998

PITCHFORD Leanne DR CNRS CNRS Silver medal 1999

PLANA Robert PR UPS CNRS Silver medal 1999

RISSO Frederic DR CNRS CNRS Bronze medal 2000

COUDERC Jean-Pierre DR CNRS CNRS Silver medal 2001

POINSOT Thierry DR CNRS "Grand Prix" of the French Academy of Sciences 2003

HENRION Didier CR CNRS CNRS Bronze Medal 2004

RAZAFINIMANANA Manitra PR UPS Docteur Honoris Causa – Université

d’Antananarivo (Madagascar) 2005

RICHARDEAU Frédéric DR CNRS CNRS Bronze medal 2005

THUAL Olivier PR INPT Edmond Brun Award of the French Academy of Sciences

2005

MAGNAUDET Jacques DR CNRS Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society 2006

MAGNAUDET Jacques DR CNRS Elected Fellow of the European Mechanics Society 2006

CHATILA Raja DR CNRS Docteur Honoris Causa Örebro University, Sweden 2006

COURDESSES Michel PR UPS Docteur Honoris Causa Liberec University, Czech Republic

2006

ZISSIS Georges PR UPS 1st award of International Electrotechnical Committee (IEC) Centenary Challenge

2006

NOGAREDE Bertrand PR INPT Bronze medal of Blondel SEETIC 2007

LAUMOND Jean-Paul DR CNRS Fellow of the IEEE 2007

ARLAT Jean DR CNRS IFIP Silver Core 2007

FOURNIOLS Jean-Yves PR INSA Silver Medal – "Société d’Encouragement au Progrès" 2007

PLOURABOUE Franck DR CNRS "La Recherche" Award in Medical Sciences 2008

TARBOURIECH Sophie DR CNRS AG17 Best Action Group of the GARTEUR Organisation 2008

DAGUE Etienne CR CNRS National Society of Pharmacy Doctors Award 2008

LASSERRE Jean-Bernard DR CNRS Lagrange Award of the SIAM and MPS societies. 2009

LAPRIE Jean-Claude DR CNRS "Grand Prix" of the French Academy of Sciences in Computer Science (EADS Foundation)

2009

KANOUN Karama DR CNRS IEEE Computer Society Meritorious Service Award and Golden Core Member

2009

ZISSIS Georges PR UPS Energy Globe Award for France 2009

ZISSIS Georges PR UPS Medal Augustin Fresnel of the association French

of the lighting 2009

The international visibility of INSIST is also provided by the considerable experimental and technological development facilities shared among the partners and often open to outside users from both academia and industry.

For example:

IMFT is at the forefront of measurement techniques in fluid flows;

LAAS runs several large platforms among which the Micro and Nano Technology Platforms of the National "Basic Technological Research" network;

LAPLACE own advanced experimental platforms for the study of discharge plasma, materials and systems;

LGC run a large platform of advanced analytical equipment and is a partner of the newly established Toulouse-based "European Centre for Innovative Processes".

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2. ICREA IN CATALONIA: A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR TOULOUSE-IDEX

What is ICREA?

The Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA) is a scientific foundation created in 2000 by the Catalan Government. Its mission is to establish new means of recruitment enabling Catalan scientific institutions to be competitive in the international marketplace for scientific excellence. On its website,1 ICREA confirms its desire to recruit the best scientists in order to make them available to the region's universities and scientific research institutes. Above and beyond their intrinsic scientific qualities, these teacher researchers (or researchers) must also be capable of driving the whole of the host team of scientists to levels of excellence. ICREA is an institution “without walls”, which works closely with the scientific institutions of Catalonia within the framework of long term agreements which allow the researchers at ICREA to work within the very heart of these partners' teams. Since its creation, ICREA has recruited an average of about twenty permanent researchers each year through a demanding and transparent selection process.

Selection process for ICREA researchers

The evaluation of applicants is certainly the most important task for ICREA, particularly because the positions funded by ICREA are permanent. Permanence is indispensable for attracting researchers because most high-level applicants already have permanent positions overseas. The annual process begins by the publication of a tender in the international media and in scientific reviews. The process of seeking out the best candidates for the reverse brain drain process and motivating them to apply is the responsibility of the partner scientific institutions which wish to host the researchers.

The evaluation focuses on the candidates' scientific performance and potential. The desired qualities combine the highest international standards of scientific excellence and leadership skills. Five selection committees are formed, each comprising 5 or 6 members. The members are leading international researchers in their field. They may not, under any circumstances, be members of the scientific community of Catalonia. Each committee is responsible for selection in its own discipline: hard science and mathematics, humanities, life science and medicine, social sciences and technology. Each member of each committee studies the applications which the committee receives by internet and is completely unaware of the evaluations made by the other committee members. Each committee then meets and discusses each application. The result is a ranked short list of candidates by committee. Some inter-disciplinary applications may be evaluated by several committees at the same time. The final step consists of a general discussion involving members of all 5 committees, which produces the overall ranked short list. Finally, with the help of the list, the director prepares the offers made to the applicants. In 2009, 30 candidates were chosen out of 293. The breakdown between the different disciplines in the nine years of its existence is shown in the following figure next page:

1 http://www.icrea.cat/Web/QuiSom.aspx. A large part of this memo is based on the 2009 ICREA Report, which is available on their

site.

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The partner institutions which host the ICREA researchers have the possibility of topping up the offers to improve the package's appeal for very high level researchers. The quality of ICREA researchers can be assessed by the observation that during the last year for which the information is available (2009), 8 ICREA researchers obtained an ERC grant. According to Salvador Barbera (who was the first director of ICREA from 2001 to 2004), while ICREA researchers represent only 1 % of the scientific community in Catalonia, they represent 25 % of ERC recipients in the region.

The governance of ICREA

ICREA is controlled by a 9 member Board of Trustees. They appoint the director for a 4 year term. The director is also supported by two advisory bodies, the Advisory Board and a Collaboration Committee, the latter being made up of personalities from academic institutions in Catalonia. These two committees are consulted by the director before taking action and they assess the activities of ICREA. The director implements ICREA policy and is responsible for the execution of the activities decided on by the Board of Trustees. He manages everyday business, appoints the members of the 5 specialized Evaluation Committees and determines the offers to be made to the short listed candidates depending on budgetary constraints.

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