International Research Networks (IRN)

18 février 2026

An International Research Network involves several partners from France and other countries and creates a beneficial forum for scientific exchanges on a given research theme.

An IRN brings together from one to three laboratories per country working under the supervision of a coordinating committee for a renewable 5-year period. CNRS Informatics currently has 4 IRNs underway:

AI&Cyber

The main objective of the AI&Cyber network is to conduct joint research activities involving artificial intelligence (AI) for cybersecurity. AI has a major impact on many areas of digital science and even more widely. Learning algorithms can help define cybersecurity systems (biometric authentication, phishing attack detection, etc.), analyze digital traces (file slicing, system supervision, etc.) and create new attacks (biometrics, distributed denial of service, etc.).

AI & CYBER associates :

CLOVE

EU-CHECK

Launched in May 2023,the IRN European Community Hub of Expertise in Cybersecurity Knowledge ( EU-CHECK) is an initiative to drive the European cybersecurity community to increase the multidisciplinary understanding of cybersecurity, in order to create the conditions for the emergence of secure digital systems. It explores security aspects from a multi-faceted perspective, as cybersecurity is a complex issue that needs to be approached from many different angles.

This IRN brings together researchers from 21 institutions from 16 EU countries. EU-CHECK provides a community platform where its multidisciplinary members engage in activities around three dimensions: education and training, research and innovation, and networking.

FJ-IA

SEAN

L'IRN Software Engineering Awareness Network (SEAN), créé en 2025, implique un réseau international (Portugal, Italie, Suisse, Belgique, Luxembourg, Canada, Angleterre, Pays-Bas et Danemark).

Les logiciels sont devenus fondamentaux pour (et omniprésents dans) notre société, mais leur complexité ne cesse d'augmenter. Né d’un manifeste français, puis Européen, ce projet de collaboration vise à remettre le génie logiciel au cœur des préoccupations des différents appels à projet nationaux, européens et internationaux, de plus en plus exclusivement tournés vers les applications et non plus les fondamentaux.
Il ne bénéficie donc pas d’une collaboration historique à l’échelle des groupements de recherche ou des institutions, mais propose justement de combler un manque en la matière en partant des collaborations et relations inter-personnelles des participants contactés.

Scientifiques impliqués : Jean-Michel Bruel (France), Sébastien Mosser (Canada), Ana Moreira (Portugal), Antonia Bertolina (Italie), Bertrand Meyer et Timo Kehrer (Suisse), Gilles Perrouin (Belgique), Jordi Cabot (Luxembourg), Steffen Zschaler (Angleterre), Tanja Vos (Pays-Bas)