Congratulations to all those who have chosen to come to France and contribute to its development. And above all, thank you.
Last April, ISIR invited its International Scientific Advisory Board, made up of some of the world’s leading scientists: Elisabeth André (Universität Augsburg), Antonio Bicchi (Italian Institute of Technology and University of Pisa), Stephen Brewster (Uniersity of Glasgow), Patrick Haggard (University College London), Tony Prescott (University of Sheffield), Metin Sitti (Mac Planck Institue for Intelligent Systems) and Allison Okamura (Stanford University). The committee visited the lab, heard a review of its activities and produced a report, which can be summarised as follows:
“Overall, the SAB thinks that ISIR is a top research institute at the French, European, and global levels.”
ISIR is one of the flagships of French public research in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence. It produces knowledge and know-how, which it brings into contact with the international community, the world being its playground. It maintains close links with a wide range of players in society, from political decision-makers, whom it enlightens about the issues and risks involved in developing these technologies, to French and international companies, which benefit from the expertise of its members and the transfer of innovative technologies.
Above all, ISIR is a human group, and it has to be said that this group owes a great deal to immigration. Many of the people who have made and are making ISIR were born abroad and have themselves migrated. Others come from foreign parents, grandparents or great-grandparents. There is no doubt in our community that the cultural diversity brought about by the cosmopolitan composition of our workforce is an enrichment that feeds our professional and scientific practices.
We are all proud to contribute to global research and to work at ISIR while defending humanist and universalist values that founded France.
Among the people of immigrant background working at ISIR, here are a few examples persons who wanted to let you know about it:
- Javad Amirian, Postdoctoral Researcher, immigrant from Iran
- Malika Auvray, CNRS Director of research, daughter of Souad Auvray-Hrichi, Moroccan immigrant
- Ignacio Avellino, Chargé de Recherche CNRS, Uruguayan immigrant
- Wael Bachta, Associate professor, Tunisian immigrant
- Awatef Barra, Administrative agent, daughter of Dalila and Mohamed Rebaï, Tunisian immigrants
- Nicolas Baskiotis, Associate Professor, son of Greek immigrants
- Faïz Ben Amar, Professor, Tunisian immigrant
- Isabelle Bloch, Professor, granddaughter of German immigrants
- Mokrane Boudaoud, Associate Professor, Algerian immigrant
- Laurence Chaby Associate Professor, daughter of Richard Chaby, Egyptian immigrant
- Raja Chatila, Professor emeritus, Syrian immigrant
- Mohamed Chetouani, Professor, son of Zoulikha et Houari Chetouani, Moroccan immigrants
- Julien Delage, Administrative agent, great-grandson of Renata Zamparutti, Italian immigrant
- Zakariae EL ASRI, PhD Student, Moroccan immigrant
- Patrick Gallinari, Professor, son of Italian immigrants
- Edison Gerena, Postdoctoral researcher, Colombian immigrant
- Christophe Huchet, Professional coach and prosthesis pilot, great grandson of Henriette Bournadet, adopted and Korean immigrant
- Julian Kulozik, PhD student, German immigrant
- Vamsi Krishna Guda, Post-doc, Indian immigrant
- Samuel Hadjes, Research Engineer, Colombian and French, grandson of Jacques Hadjes, Egyptian refugee
- Sinan Haliyo, Associate Professor, Turkish Immigrant
- Milad Hayati, PhD student, Iranian immigrant
- Adela Kabaklija, Executive assistant, naturalized French, daughter of Adem and Damira Kabaklija, Bosnian political refugees
- Nour Karoui, PhD student, daughter of Tunisian immigrants
- Mehdi Khamassi, Research director, son of Hichem Khamassi, Tunisian immigrant
- Mahdi Khoramshahi, Maître de conférences, Iranian immigrant
- Alessia Loi, PhD student, Italian immigrant
- Guillaume Morel, Professor, grandson of Alberto Souza, Portuguese immigrant
- Erik Németh, PhD student, Hungarian immigrant
- Alasdair Newson, associate professor, British immigrant
- Effrosyni Papanastasiou, PhD student, Greek immigrant
- Benjamin Piwowarski, Researcher, son of Andrzej Piwowarski, Polish immigrant
- Ramón-Daniel Regueiro Espiño, PhD Student, Spanish inmigrant
- Bruno Ricci, Mechanical Engineer, son of Antoine Ricci, grandson of Antoine Petrilli, who migrated from Italy to help reconstructing France at the call of General de Gaulle.
- Agnès Roby-Brami, Research director emeritus. wife of Emile Brami, Tunisian immigrant
- Ferhat Sadak, CNRS Postdoctoral Researcher, Turkish immigrant
- Elie Saghbiny, Surgeon and PhD student, Lebanese immigrant
- Maya Sahraoui, PhD student, Algerian immigrant
- Marcel Stimberg, Research Engineer, German immigrant
- Jérôme Szewczyk, Professor, grand son of Antoniusz Szewczyk, Polish migrant
- Brahim Tamadazte, CNRS Research director, Algerian immigrant
- Silvia Tulli, Temporary Assistant Professor, Italian immigrant
- Marie-Aude Vitrani, Professor, granddaughter of Filomena Vitrani, Italian immigrant
- Yuan Yin, Postdoc, Chinese immigrant
