A little more and Metz and Nancy found themselves on the same wavelength, the time to work, in any case, on a topical research project: artificial intelligence.
In these times when the voices continue to denounce an unbalanced treatment of the means allocated to Nancy and Metz since the merger of the sites, seven years ago, this file could have pleased more than one annoyed researcher and teacher.
But it is still failed, from the point of view, at the very least, of Nidhal Rezg, directly concerned by the case. This professor from Metz universities , is above all director of a computer engineering, production and maintenance laboratory (LGIPM) under whose nose has just passed crucial funding.
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Two laboratories of the University of Lorraine, LORIA and Inria, have inaugurated in Villers-lès-Nancy the Creativ’Lab, a platform dedicated to #research in #robotics, in artificial intelligence and in the field of 3D printing.https://t.co/ExoN1ccTPA
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18 Nancy projects
“Doctoral students from Metz have accepted to be part of this project, for the industry of the future,” explains the academic. “To orient their research on artificial intelligence. The initiative was noble which brought together laboratories in Nancy and Metz. I had made a consultation of the scientific poles, knowing that there are six laboratories, in Metz, which work on digital. Two projects have been put together, around twenty for the Nancy laboratories. The National Research Agency (ANR) selects because not all projects can be funded. The Region also co-finances. “
A steering committee was then set up and then things turned sour. While 19 cofinancing was recorded, Nancy won the bet for 18 of them, denounces Nidhal Rezg.
“It’s a clear statement: the AI theme is centered on Nancy. But the scientific reality is quite different: the list of publications in Metz in the field is there to prove it. “
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Not enough Metz projects?
The laboratory director is all the more pissed off as his, initially selected by the ANR, he announces, will not receive funding. Yves Laprie, from Nancy, headed the steering committee and said he was surprised. Above all, it does not do the same calculations. “Of the three subjects proposed by Metz, two will be co-financed. One on the Bridoux campus, the other on the Technopole. ” The president of the University of Lorraine, Pierre Mutzenhardt, is once again irritated by a fight that has no place. “There cannot be funded projects if they are not put together. There is no discrimination in Metz. “On the insufficiency of the number of proposals, the academic Metz has his explanation:” Colleagues now refuse subjects by justifying that it is a waste of time because Nancy does not give anything to Metz. We are there, yes! “
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