Overview
Sophia Antipolis, on the french riviera, will be the venue for the GEO 10th User Interface Committee.
The creation of the scientific park is due to the private grouping, with a non lucrative goal, acting in liaison with the Alpes Maritimes department.
The park has developed at a continuous manner for more than 30 years
Today there are more than 1 260 corporate names, and around 25 911 jobs.
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Mines-ParisTech
A school at the heart of major economic issues
The School was founded in 1783 at a time when the exploitation and transformation of raw materials accounted for the major part of the development of economic activity in European countries. Mining engineering was the sphere which offered the best opportunities for scientific endeavour. Since then, Mines Paris has pursued its vocation in investing in new fields of endeavour, at the forefront of science and technology and new developments in industry and the services. Therefore, apart from sectors where its expertise has long been acknowledged, whether in mining industries, the earth sciences or materials sciences, the School has developed very considerable potential in applied mathematics, process engineering, biotechnologies, energy studies and economics and the social sciences.
Four sites
The School has been established in the Latin Quarter of Paris since 1816, in the former Hôtel de Vendôme (today, 60 Boulevard Saint-Michel), on the edge of the Luxembourg Gardens. The extraordinary development of its research laboratories made it necessary to extend its facilities to Évry, in 1967, to Fontainebleau, in 1969, and subsequently to Sophia Antipolis, near Nice, in 1976.
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The Center for Energy and Processes (CEP) in Sophia Antipolis
The Center for Energy and Processes (CEP), which was set up in 1976 is run by Didier MAYER. It is one of the most important research centers at the Ecole des Mines de Paris (EMP). It currently has a staff of around 160, as well as 100 students, spread over three locations: Paris, Fontainebleau and Sophia Antipolis.
The CEP conducts research in a range of domains useful in studying the transformation of matter and energy, in order to study complex energy systems. This diversity is a key factor in enabling the centre to carry out its double mission of training, and making the most recent technological developments widely known. Each of the Center’s three sites conducts research in the following three main areas: (1) Energy, processes and the environment (including transport), (2) Energy infrastructures, (3) Nanomaterials and energy. A number of approaches are put into practice, including methodological and experimental studies and modelling, technological innovations, and general studies on energy and the environment.
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