Multidisciplinary Institute in Artificial intelligence

This call for project is open to all members of the academic partners in the MIAI Cluster consortium.

MIAI Cluster would like to support AI-related research projects by providing the time of a half-engineer on the project for 6 months to carry out software development.
For the project to be selected, the data and algorithms must already be available. The role of these engineers is not that of a post-doc or experimental researcher, so that in 6 months (with half an engineer), results can be available.

Please note that these engineers are attached to GRICAD and are available for several projects. Before submitting your proposal, you can contact the engineers to verify that your project falls within their area of expertise. They may suggest discussing it with you to better understand your needs and help you formalize them. You can contact them at gricad-ia-support@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr. For the projects selected, face-to-face interaction with members of the project and within the laboratories is desirable and strongly encouraged. The salaries of the engineers are paid by MIAI Cluster. However, in the case of missions linked to the supported projects, the mission expenses will be charged to these projects.

The selection will be based on the scientific quality of the project supported and the impact of the support of research engineers on the success of the project.
Proposals should be prepared using the attached template. Applications are open all year round. Assessment and ranking of the proposals will be carried out by a committee of the scientific board of MIAI Cluster. The decision will be communicated rapidly after the deadlines.

Examples of projects carried out in 2025:

• Claire Phillipat (IAB), Nicolas Jovanovic (IAB) – EPI-MIX project: Navigating variable selection and mixture identification: A comprehensive simulation study with mixture models
• Pierre Marcoux (CEA-LETI), Guillaume Godefroy (CEA-LETI) – SIMBLE project: Simplified Blood Culture System, AI-assisted lensfree microscopy for the diagnostics of bloodstream infections in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Loic Chalmandrier (LECA) - TRAITNET project: Trait-based neural networks for biodiversity models, creating new network architectures to fit mechanistic community models based on ODEs.
• Nicolas Hili (LIG), Junaid Baber (LIG) - LOWCODE project: Light-weight low-code platform for backend automation.
• Christophe Moinard (LBFA), Charlotte Breuillard (LBFA) – PLANTIA project: Optimization of plant protein blends for the protein needs of the elderly: An approach based on Artificial Intelligence

SUBMISSION INFORMATION:

• Before submitting, the IADev (GRICAD) team can offer you a brainstorming session on your project (https://gricad.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/en/research-support/ai/). You can contact them at gricad-ia-support@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr
• Application form to download at the bottom on the page.
• Projects can be submitted at any time and should consist on a single pdf file. Each pdf file should be named as: YOURLASTNAME-ResearchEngineersMIAI.pdf
• Kindly send your project to Emeline Langlois.

KIND REMINDER:

The salaries of the engineers are paid by MIAI Cluster. However, in the case of missions linked to the supported projects, the mission expenses will be charged to these projects.