Local dynamic

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Based within Sophia Antipolis, Europe’s leading technology park, the Institute’s actions are coordinated with those of its partners (academics, local authorities, companies, competitiveness clusters, technology transfer subsidiaries) and it plays a driving and central role within its ecosystem, strengthening its dynamism and visibility. The creation of 3IA Côte d’Azur has also led to the creation of new actors linked to AI and digital technology in the region, which the Institute works with very closely. A first example is the “Maison de l’Intelligence Artificielle”, dedicated to the education of school children, founded by the Alpes-Maritimes Department, the Sophia Antipolis Urban Community (CASA), the Nice Côte d’Azur Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Université Côte d’Azur. An observatory of the economic and societal impacts of AI, named OTESIA, has also been created in the wake of the Institute. OTESIA conducts studies to measure the impact of AI in different fields and to prepare specific fields, such as education, to the use of AI. Finally, the EuropIA association, also created in 2019 at the initiative of the Alpes-Maritimes Department, aims to develop events around AI for the general public.

The creation of the Institute has enabled the local companies working on AI to form networks so as to interact effectively with the Institute on their AI needs and the orientation of their R&D strategies. The “Industrial Research Council for Artificial Intelligence” (ICAIR) group was launched in June 2019 and gathers large French and international groups, such as Accenture, ACRI-ST, AIR FRANCE-KLM, Amadeus, ARM, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM, NXP Semiconductors, Orange, Renault Software Labs, SAP Labs France, STMicroelectronics and Thales Alenia Space. The “Cluster IA”, founded in the Spring 2019 by Docaposte and the startup Synchronext, along with Université Côte d’Azur, brings together the SMEs & startups of the AI ecosystem of the Côte d’Azur region. 3IA Côte d’Azur is therefore now establishing itself as a central element in its region and a natural point of contact for all requests relating to AI (R&D partnership, creation of tailor-made training courses to meet the needs of companies, co-organization and participation in events related to AI, etc.). The Institute also contributes to all these associations and groups by the presence of chairholders, PhD students or post-doctoral researchers at various events and actions aimed at companies and young members of the general public.