With the Académie des Sciences in 2013-2014

encOURAGinG the ScientiFic cOmmUnitY

new awards in 2013 and 2014

INRIA - Académie des Sciences Prizes

Since 2013, INRIA (French National Institute for Computer Science and Applied Mathematics) and the Académie des

Sciences jointly single out the laureates of the three following INRIA-Académie des Sciences scientific awards: the Great

Prize, Young Researcher Prize (under 40 years old) and Innovation Prize (in partnership with Dassault Systèmes). Such a

partnership gives a new impetus to the set of Inria Prizes, as it highlights their primary purpose: promote the contributions

and success of the men and women who, within a French institution but regardless of their nationality or affiliation, drive

computer science and mathematics forward, thus participating to the development of the digital world.

INRIA - Académie des Sciences Great Prize

Laureates (

€

25,000): for their outstanding contribution to the field

of computer science and mathematics

•

2013: Jean-Michel Morel, a

professor at the Centre for

Mathematics and their Applications

of the École Normale Supérieure-

Cachan

•

2014: Nicholas Ayache, a research

director at INRIA, Asclepios team &

project leader, Nice

INRIA - Académie des Sciences - Dassault Systèmes Innovation Prize

Laureates (

€

20,000): for their specific

initiative in transfer and innovation in the field of computer science and mathematics

•

2013: Pascale Vicat-Blanc, a

research director at INRIA, CEO of

Lyatiss SJSC (France) and Lyatiss

Inc. (USA)

•

2014: Patrick Valduriez, a research

director at INRIA, Zénith team &

project scientific leader, Montpellier

INRIA - Académie des sciences Young Researcher Prize

Laureates (

€

20,000): for their outstanding contribution,

in terms of research, transfer or innovation, to the field of computer science and mathematics

•

2013: Anatole Lécuyer, a research

director at INRIA, Hybrid team leader,

Rennes Bretagne-Atlantique

•

2014: Paola Goatin, a research

director at INRIA, Opale team &

project, Nice

Philippe and Maria Halphen Prize

Amounting to

€

15,000, this prize, created in 2014, rewards research projects conducted on the physiopathology

of psychiatric diseases. the goals of the Philippe and maria halphen Foundation are innovation and the progress of

knowledge and scientific research in the field of mental illness, fostering partnerships among researchers, clinicians and

affected persons.

2014 Laureate: marie-Odile Krebs, a university professor

and hospital practitioner in psychiatry, and a research

director at the neurosciences School Paris Île-de-France

Georges-Morel Prize

The Georges-Morel Prize, awarded for the first time in 2014, rewards the author of research project conducted in a

French laboratory, for his/her outstanding work in plant biology.

2014 Laureate: Abdelhafid Bendahmane, a reasearch

director at inRA, Plant genomics research unit, evry