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PNRIA Engineers Network
Presentation
As part of the Programme National de Recherche en Intelligence Artificielle (PNRIA, National AI Research Programme)*, CNRS Sciences informatiques has the mission to build a network of engineers around the Jean Zay ecosystem and the support missions for IDRIS users.
To this end, a team of 9 PNRIA engineers is based at IDRIS within the AI User Support team to be as close as possible to the Jean Zay supercomputer and the teams responsible for its operation. In parallel, smaller teams of 3 people are also formed at GRICAD (Grenoble), IRISA (Rennes), IRIT (Toulouse) and LORIA (Nancy).
© Cyril FRESILLON / IDRIS / CNRS Photothèque
Les ingénieur·es expert·es en Deep Learning du PNRIA ont pour mission d’accompagner la communauté académique française dans l'appropriation des technologies de l'Intelligence Artificielle (IA) pour faire avancer leur projet de recherche.
Ce service est à destination des chercheuses et chercheurs issu·es de tout domaine scientifique (environnement, astrophysique, physique des matériaux, mécanique des fluides, chimie, biologie, santé, sciences humaines et sociales, informatique, etc).
Whether you are discovering the possibilities of applying Deep Learning in your research field, or you are already experienced in training deep neural networks, whether you want to exploit large databases or optimise the performance of your training algorithm, you can benefit from enhanced support for your project by the AI engineers of the programme for a period of up to six months.
* The PNRIA is a programme led by CNRS Computer Science on behalf of the CNRS. It is funded under the France 2030 plan and operated by the French National Research Agency (ANR).
PNRIA 2026 Call for Projects
A first call for projects was launched on 9 March 2026!
The submission period is open until 30 April 2026 inclusive.
Recruitment in Progress
CNRS Computer Science is actively seeking a project leader to take charge of coordinating the PNRIA network! This is a 73-month fixed-term contract for a position located between the CNRS headquarters (16th arrondissement of Paris) and IDRIS (Orsay 91940).
If you are interested in this position, the job offer is available on the CNRS Employment Portal:
👉 Project Leader - Coordinator of the CNRS National AI Research Programme (M/F)
Location of Engineers in France
The largest team of PNRIA engineers (9 people) is based at IDRIS, within the AI User Support team, close to the Jean Zay supercomputer and the teams responsible for its operation.
Smaller teams are also formed at four other sites:
- 3 engineers at GRICAD (Grenoble)
- 3 engineers at IRISA (Rennes)
- 3 engineers at IRIT (Toulouse)
- 3 engineers at LORIA (Nancy)
Contact
To contact the coordination of the PNRIA engineers network: AAP-PNRIA@cnrs.fr.