Sorbonne Université, a world-renowned academic institution, stands out for its commitment to fundamental research and entrepreneurial innovation. With an impressive track record including 6 Nobel Prizes, 3 Fields Medals, and 1 Turing Award, it asserts itself as a major player in education and research both in France and internationally.
Sorbonne Université comprises 115 research units and 7 hospital centers, including La Pitié-Salpêtrière, ranked in the top 10 worldwide. Its multidisciplinary thematic institutes, such as the Institut de la Vision, the Institut du Cerveau, and the Institut IA, demonstrate the diversity of its fields of expertise. These structures are at the heart of numerous scientific advances, particularly in biology, medicine, engineering sciences, and artificial intelligence.
Among recent projects, Sorbonne Université launched Sorbonne Venture, a venture capital fund aimed at supporting disruptive innovation within its ecosystem. This fund aims to support around fifteen Deeptech start-ups, with a particular focus on Healthtech, AI for innovative therapies, and biotechnology.
In collaboration with BodyCap, Sorbonne Université created the joint laboratory ICI-lab, dedicated to the screening of intestinal diseases through ingestible AI-equipped capsules. This project illustrates the university's commitment to applied research and technology transfer.
Furthermore, the university plays a central role in the "Communs Démocratiques" program, which aims to develop open-source generative AI solutions to strengthen democracy and enhance citizen participation. This multidisciplinary project, funded by France 2030, brings together experts in data science, political science, linguistics, and social sciences.
Sorbonne Université is a pillar in the French technological ecosystem, actively participating in the Confiance.ai initiative. This ambitious program, aimed at securing and certifying AI-based systems, brings together a consortium of industrial and academic partners to make France a leader in trustworthy AI. The university also contributes to the SLICES-FR initiative, which is part of a European effort to develop experimental infrastructures for distributed computing.
In 2023, Sorbonne Université launched a call for applications for the business hotel of the Cité de l'Innovation, intended to host companies specializing in R&D. This project, located on the Pierre and Marie Curie campus, aims to foster collaborations between companies and the university's scientific and student community.
Moreover, the university is involved in the development of CroissantLLM, a bilingual French-English open-source language model, in partnership with the MICS laboratory at CentraleSupélec and Illuin Technology. This model, which operates on standard consumer hardware, exemplifies the synergy between academia and industry to advance AI research.
Finally, Sorbonne Université continues to strengthen its commitment to innovation through its involvement in various collaborative projects, such as the Obvious Research laboratory, which explores the convergence of art, science, and generative AI, demonstrating its leading role in interdisciplinary innovation.
Sorbonne Université est une université française située à Paris. Elle est créée en janvier 2018, par la fusion des universités Paris-Sorbonne (Paris-IV) et Pierre-et-Marie-Curie (Paris-VI).
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