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Some data: Inria is (AFAIK) one of the 3 major public research institutions in France: CNRS (the largest, multiple scientific fields, 26k people), Inria (CS, 4k
by agravier 14y ago
Some data: Inria is (AFAIK) one of the 3 major public research institutions in France: CNRS (the largest, multiple scientific fields, 26k people), Inria (CS, 4k people), INSERM (Medical, 6k people). There are others, but they are much less staffed. Anecdotally, I worked in a CNRS lab and I can tell you that it was very much applied. But applied research was the stated goal of the lab, and I can't say about the rest of the CNRS.
- kleim 14y agoYou forgot CEA (nuclear and renewable energy, microelectronics, defense,... 16k people).
- agravier 14y agoYou are right but it seems that the CEA is an établissement public à caractère industriel, while the ones I cite are établissements publics à caractère scientifique. However, you are right, this distinction seems pretty arbitrary to me, as the ONERA (aerospace) too is classified as "industrial" and not "scientific" research establishment.