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French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation

French research institution for computer science

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 11, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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The National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology is a French national research institution focusing on computer science and applied mathematics. It was created under the name French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation in 1967 at Rocquencourt near Paris, part of Plan Calcul. Its first site was the historical premises of SHAPE, which is still used as Inria's main headquarters. In 1980, IRIA became INRIA. Since 2011, it has been styled Inria.

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Editorial reviewMost valuable as an event-and-institution map that identifies actors, dates and record creators for deeper historical inquiry. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1967, 1980, 2011—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where French, Institute and Research can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the history & society register because the source frames it as french research institution for computer science. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 11, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1967, 1980 and 2011.

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This entry incorporates text from “French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.