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As part of the 2026 coordinated recruitment campaign for faculty members, IRISA is the host department for the Associate Professor (MCF) and Full Professor (PR) positions (in collaboration with partner academic programs) listed on this page (in french).

Olivier Barais, Professor at the University of Rennes, succeeds Guillaume Gravier, Director of Research at the CNRS, as Director of IRISA. He is joined by Marie Babel, Professor at INSA Rennes, and François Taini, Professor at the University of Rennes.

From January 2026, a new management team will take the reins at IRISA, one of France's largest and oldest computer science research laboratories. Olivier Barais, Professor at the University of Rennes, succeeds Guillaume Gravier, Director of Research at the CNRS, as Director of IRISA. He is joined by Marie Babel, Professor at INSA Rennes, and François Taini, Professor at the University of Rennes. A [..]

IRISA and all its members wish you all the best for 2026 and would like to take this opportunity at the start of the year to introduce its new management team, which took up its duties on 1 January 2026.

Halfway through IRISA’s 50 th anniversary celebrations, we look back at an exciting first half of the year, marked by exceptional talks in our “Guest of the month” series. Internationally renowned researchers shared their insights, their work, and their perspectives on today’s and tomorrow’s major challenges in computer science. This summer, take the time to (re)discover these captivating talks [..]

IRISA was delighted to contribute to Phd' Day 2025, which took place in Lannion on 19 December. On 19 June, ENSSAT in Lannion hosted the Journée des Doctorants 2025 (Phd'day), an event organised by the Association des Doctorants de Lannion with the support of the Anticipa technology park, the Brittany Region, the Côtes d'Armor Department and Lannion-Trégor Communauté. This annual event, which [..]

How can the protection of minors be reconciled with the preservation of privacy, the protection of personal data and fundamental freedoms, without paving the way for mass surveillance? (article in french only) Les contenus à caractère pédopornographique pullulent sur le net. Ils sont issus de la terrible exploitation d’enfants, et ce qui est montré constitue avant tout un crime réellement perpétré [..]

Two intense months for the Rainbow research team Strong presence of the Rainbow research team at the ICRA 2025 international conference in Atlanta in May In May, the ICRA 2025 international conference took place in Atlanta (USA), the major robotics conference where the Rainbow research team particularly stood out through its involvement in the workshop committees. In fact, four workshops proposed [..]