SystemX

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SystemX is a French Institute for Technological Research (IRT) established February 1, 2012, in the framework of the “Investment for the Future” program that was set up to support French Innovation.

A total of 8 IRTs have been created by the government. The only IRT in the Île-de-France region is dedicated to the digital engineering of complex systems.

The institute includes 100 to 250 researchers, of which 50 were hired by SystemX. The annual budget is € 30M. Legally, it is a Scientific Research Foundation. Its head office is in Nano-Innov with other offices in Inria and Paris.

Strategy

SystemX’s functioning lies on two fundamental aspects:

• The Institute gathers all the partners involved in its projects in one location. The idea is to foster synergies between academic and industrial communities;
• Skill and platform pooling: by reaching a critical mass, SystemX plans to create a platform by pooling skills and technological elements.

Management

• Chief Executive Officer: Paul Labrogère
• Research and Technology Director: Bruno Foyer
• Scientific Director: Patrice Aknin

R&D projects and training

SystemX focuses on four priority sectors:

• Energy
• Transport and mobility
• Telecommunications
• Security and defense

More precisely, the Institute researches seven themes, each split into two streams:

• Systems of systems: energy management, multimodal transport, security, and multimedia
• Technologies and tools for digital engineering: embedded systems, high-performance computing, cloud computing and networks, simulation and conception tools.

SystemX is interested in academic-industrial relationships concerning the “systems, modelization, complexity” challenges - at the bachelor, master, and Ph.D. levels.

Saclay ecosystem

Thanks to its location on the Saclay plateau, host to the future Paris-Saclay University, SystemX benefits from Systematic Paris-Region competitiveness cluster and the Paris-Saclay Campus' dynamics – ranked among the world's top 8 world innovation clusters by MIT Technology Review.^[1]

History

• February 21, 2013: SystemX’s official inauguration
• October 31, 2012: Convention signing with ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche), the French National Research Agency.
• February 1, 2012: Labelling announcement as part of the “Great Loan” (Grand Emprunt) in the framework of the “Investment for the Future” program).