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| Laboratoire d'informatique de Paris Nord | |
|---|---|
| Name | Laboratoire d'informatique de Paris Nord |
| Established | 1980s |
| Type | Research laboratory |
| City | Villetaneuse, Saint-Denis |
| Country | France |
| Affiliations | Université Paris 13, CNRS, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord |
Laboratoire d'informatique de Paris Nord is a major French computer science research laboratory located in the Paris-Nord academic cluster, associated with Université Paris 13 and linked to national research structures such as CNRS and regional universities including Université Sorbonne Paris Nord. The laboratory conducts fundamental and applied research across theoretical computer science, software engineering, artificial intelligence, and systems, contributing to national initiatives and European programs such as those coordinated by Horizon 2020 and European Research Council. Its staff and alumni have active roles in national bodies like INRIA, industrial partnerships with firms such as Thales and Dassault Systèmes, and participate in conferences including STOC, FOCS, NeurIPS, and ICML.
The laboratory traces origins to computer science units formed in the 1970s and 1980s within institutions like Université Paris 13 and technical departments at institutions near Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis and Villetaneuse. Over time it consolidated research groups through mergers influenced by national reorganizations involving CNRS laboratories and university departments, mirroring reorganizations seen at Université Paris-Sud and École Polytechnique. It expanded research programs in response to European projects like FP7 and national calls from ANR, and has hosted visiting scholars from institutions such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, ETH Zurich, and University of California, Berkeley.
Governance follows an academic laboratory model with a directorate and advisory board drawing members from partner institutions including Université Paris 13, CNRS, and Université Sorbonne Paris Nord. Administrative oversight interacts with central bodies like Ministry of Higher Education and Research (France) and evaluation by agencies such as HCERES. Internal organization comprises research teams, doctoral training units linked to ED Informatique, and technical services coordinated with facilities at campuses near Campus Condorcet and regional campuses cooperating with Université Paris 8. Financial management combines university budgets, grants from bodies like ANR, and contracts with industry players such as Orange S.A. and Atos.
Research spans theoretical and applied domains: algorithms and complexity theory with links to work presented at STOC and FOCS; formal methods and verification publishing in venues like CAV and LICS; machine learning and deep learning engaging with NeurIPS and ICML; distributed systems and networking contributing to SIGCOMM and PODC; human-computer interaction informed by CHI; and cybersecurity with outputs for USENIX Security and IEEE S&P. Teams are arranged into groups focusing on algorithms, logic and verification, programming languages, machine learning, computer vision, robotics, databases, and security, collaborating with research centers such as INRIA, CNES, CEA, and industrial research labs at Microsoft Research and IBM Research. Projects have fed into standardization efforts at organizations like IETF and ISO.
The laboratory contributes to undergraduate and graduate programs delivered by Université Paris 13 and partner faculties, supervising doctoral candidates enrolled in doctoral schools such as ED Informatique et Télécommunications, and organizing summer schools and workshops akin to events at Collège de France and École Normale Supérieure. It offers curricula aligned with European Bologna Process frameworks and co-supervises theses with international institutions including University of Toronto, University of Washington, and Technische Universität München. Students and postdoctoral researchers have access to teaching opportunities in masters programs, professional certificates, and collaborative internships with companies like Capgemini and SAP.
Facilities include computing clusters, GPU servers, robotics labs, and specialized platforms for experimental evaluation, comparable in scale to infrastructures at INRIA Saclay and Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tudor. The laboratory maintains repositories, continuous integration services, and data centers under university IT services, and uses cloud credits from providers such as Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services for large-scale experiments. Dedicated spaces for seminars and colloquia host visiting lecturers from institutions like Princeton University, Stanford University, and Imperial College London, while technical workshops collaborate with regional makerspaces and fabrication labs modeled after La Paillasse.
The laboratory sustains collaborations across academia and industry, forming consortia with universities including Sorbonne University, Université Paris-Saclay, Université Grenoble Alpes, and European partners in networks like COST and EIT Digital. Industrial partnerships involve research contracts and internships with Airbus, Schneider Electric, Thales, and startup incubators tied to Station F. It participates in bilateral agreements with institutions such as Tsinghua University, National University of Singapore, University of Melbourne, and contributes to pan-European projects funded by Horizon Europe.
Faculty and alumni have gone on to roles at leading institutions and companies: professors have affiliations with INRIA and visiting chairs at École Polytechnique, while alumni hold positions at Google Research, Facebook AI Research, DeepMind, Amazon, Microsoft Research, EPFL, and Imperial College London. Prize-winning researchers have been recognized by awards presented at organizations such as ACM and IEEE Computer Society, and serve on program committees for flagship conferences like NeurIPS, ICML, CAV, and SIGGRAPH.
Category:Computer science institutes in France