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/ THE 3IA NATIONAL NETWORK At the national level, the network of 3IA Institutes
second edition of the “AI4Health’’ winter school
plays a central role in the French national AI policy
was held (online) on January 12-14, 2022.
“AI for Humanity’’, launched in the Fall 2018 by President Macron. After a first year during which
Now, with the support of INRIA, which coordinates
the
Institutes
the national research program, the network of 3IA
built their own
Institutes has reached cruising speed with regular
local models, the
meetings of the management teams, common
network of 3IA
working groups (education, medical imaging, etc.),
Institutes was really activated in 2020 with the first
an effective website to work and communicate
joint actions.
and regular joint events, such as the colloquium for PhD students of the four 3IA Institutes (first
The network of 3IA Institutes organized several
meeting held in November 2021, hosted by ANITI
events early in 2020, such as a “Diversity” day and
in Toulouse).
a round table “Towards an egalitarian AI?”, which took place on March 8, 2020, a working group on
The network of 3IA Institutes is also currently work-
AI teaching in the Spring 2020 and the first edition
ing, at the request of Mme Fredérique Vidal, French
of the “AI4Health’’ winter school which took place
Minister of Higher Education and Research, on de-
in January 2021.
signing the roadmap for the Education program
The latter action is the result of a strong coordina-
(€800M over 5 years) of the second phase of the
tion between the 3IA Institutes MIAI, Prairie and 3IA
French national plan for AI. The objective here is to
Côte d’Azur on the topic of Health, in collaboration
standardize the model built by the 3IA Institutes at
with the French “Health Data Hub’’ initiative. The
the national level.
www.instituts-3IA.fr
