INTERVIEW WITH MICHEL COSNARD, CEO OF THE FRENCH NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND CONTROL (INRIA) : ARTEMIS'S SUCCESS WILL DEPEND ON THE ROLE AND PLACE OF SMES.

Back on 21 November 2006, during the annual conference on Information Society Technologies (IST) in Helsinki, the EU's Information Society CommissioneraViviane Reding had announced that the research programme on embedded systems', ARTEMIS (Advanced Research and Technology for Embedded Intelligence & Systems), could be the first joint technology initiative (JTI) of 2007. The new method of financing of large research programmes was introduced in the 7th framework programme for EU research (FPRD) (2007-2013). The announcement will only be confirmed after adoption by the Council, and consultation by the European Parliament, of a proposal by the Commission, expected by the end of March. In the meantime, Michel Cosnard, the Chief Executive Officer of The French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA), a partner of ARTEMIS...