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Laboratory for the Integration from Material to System

The IMS (Integration from Material to System) laboratory was established in 2007 through the merger of three research units: IXL, PIOM, and LAPS. The laboratory combines fundamental research, engineering, and technology, with a focus on an integrative system approach in the field of Information Technologies. IMS is a joint research unit of the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), the University of Bordeaux, and Bordeaux INP. Within CNRS, IMS is affiliated with the Institute for Engineering and Systems Sciences (INSIS) and the Institute for Information Sciences and Technologies (INS2I).

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A renowned and recognized research laboratory

IMS Bordeaux is a renowned research laboratory that has gained recognition both nationally and internationally. The laboratory focuses on ten research themes including bioelectronics, cognitics, productics, signal and image, automatic, conception, reliability, nanoelectronics, waves, and organic. The laboratory emphasizes research where all the themes are interconnected.
The laboratory is at the forefront of technology, and its strong industrial partnerships enable IMS Bordeaux to be a major player in research in France.

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THESIS DEFENSE of Elie ZARAKET - March 18, 2025

Recent advancements in remote healthcare and biomedical technologies are rapidly accelerating the development of flexible, wearable devices for continuous health monitoring. The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) market is projected to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 38.5% between 2024 and 2032, with Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN) serving as a critical […]

14 Feb 2025
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THESIS DEFENSE of Ian FISCHER SCHILLING - March 17, 2025

This thesis explores the design and FPGA prototyping of a digital receiver architecture based on Expectation Propagation (EP). The study focuses on a Frequency Domain Self-Iterated Linear Equalizer (FD-SILE), combining soft mapping, demapping, and equalization in a self-iterative framework. To address the computational challenges posed by high-order modulation schemes, analytical simplifications and fixed-point implementations are […]

14 Feb 2025
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Research spotlight: Fourier synthetic-aperture-based time-resolved terahertz imaging

An innovative study published in Photonics Research, February 2025 (Vol. 13, No. 2) introduces a new terahertz imaging approach overcoming the diffraction limit by acquiring high-spatial-frequency components using a Fourier synthetic aperture.This method enables: This study was conducted by Pitambar Mukherjee and Patrick Mounaix at the IMS Laboratory, Vivek Kumar, Lorenzo Valzania and Sylvain Gigan […]

07 Feb 2025
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Visit of Pr. Thuc-Quyen Nguyen to the IMS Laboratory

CNRS Chemistry launched its unique ambassadors program « Les Ambassadeurs de CNRS Chimie », which invites distinguished international scientists to embark on a conference tour across CNRS laboratories.This initiative offers our researchers a valuable platform to engage with global experts, exchange insights and ideas, foster professional networks, and remain at the cutting edge of scientific […]

27 Jan 2025
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The laboratory' research themes

The laboratory's interdisciplinary approach and interconnected research themes ensure that it remains at the forefront of technological innovation.

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IMS consists of 10 research groups, with each group coordinating research in its respective field and overseeing 2 or 3 thematic teams. In addition to its research groups, IMS also provides access to technological platforms and equipment that are available to both its own researchers and external research services.

DIGITAL
Data is now being generated at the edge rather than in the large-scale data centers that form the cloud.
Digital sovereignty
With the deployment of large numbers of sensors and smart devices to form the edge of the Internet of Things to the scale of 50 billions and rising, data is now being generated at the edge rather than in the large-scale data centers that form the cloud. In this context, digital sovereignty refers to the ability to have control over our own digital destiny – the data, hardware and software that you rely on and create.
ENERGY
Resources are constrained, most importantly in terms of energy.
Energy sobriety
Resources are constrained, most importantly in terms of energy. Hardware is critical at this level and there is a clear need to explore the suitability of breakthrough emerging technologies to meet the energy-efficiency. From material and up to system level, this could also be achieved by adopting an holistic approach taking also into account the performance and compactness requirements.
ECOLOGY
The goal of environmental sustainability is to conserve natural resources and to develop alternate sources of power.
Ecological sustainability
The goal of environmental sustainability is to conserve natural resources and to develop alternate sources of power while reducing pollution and harm to the environment. In that way, research’s, from material up to system can be achieved to measure and track sustainability progress, optimize the use of resources, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and make possible a more circular economy. Also, digital technologies also enable innovation and collaboration.

ACTES

Action Transverse Emergente d’Enjeu Sociétal

The ACTES, "Action Transverse Emergente d’Enjeu Sociétal", i.e. an emerging transverse action of societal challenge in english represent innovative research’s featuring collaborative works involving at least two IMS research groups. The ACTES are targeting societal issues among which the digital sovereignty, the energy sobriety and the ecological sustainability. The "ACTES" are meant to be driven at the cutting edge of the research groups knowledge leveraging their complementarity within the unique IMS lab value chain, from material to system.

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Lectures from Pr. Thuc-Quyen Nguyen and Pr. Atsushi Wakamiya
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The IMS (Intégration du Matériau au Système) laboratory is a CNRS Joint Research Unit developing its activities in the field of systems science and engineering, at the convergence between information and communication sciences and technologies on the one hand and engineering sciences on the other.

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The laboratory's technical resources

Cross platform
The IMS laboratory maintains its technological resources include both materials and human resources in fields such as analysis, assembly techniques, mechanical engineering, and accelerated aging.

Thematic equipment Teacher-researchers and researchers from the laboratory rely on shared infrastructures in experimental platforms to carry out their research.

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Administrative department

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11800
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186
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industrial partners
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international partners
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cooperation with schools
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institutional partners

An important and solid industrial and institutional collaboration

The IMS Bordeaux research laboratory relies on a multitude of national and international collaborations to successfully carry out its research projects. Here are three key aspects of these partnerships :

  • Collaboration with national and international partners
  • Collaborations with academic institutions
  • Collaborations with industry partners
  • Collaborations with government agencies
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An important and solid industrial and institutional collaboration

The IMS Bordeaux research laboratory relies on a multitude of national and international collaborations to successfully carry out its research projects. Here are three key aspects of these partnerships :

  • Collaboration with national and international partners
  • Collaborations with academic institutions
  • Collaborations with industry partners
  • Collaborations with government agencies
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11,800
Publications
186
patents filed
8
industrial partners
15
international partners
2
cooperation with schools
20
institutional partners

Mote than 11,800 scientific publications

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Articles (19)

Fractional derivative truncation approximation for real-time applications Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04317777v1 Specialized Scalar and SIMD Instructions for Error Correction Codes Decoding on RISC-V Processors Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04891163v1 Assessment of Ten Standardization-Based Calibration Transfer Techniques for Gas Sensors in a Small Data Context Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04941431v1 Design and control of a new electrostrictive polymer based continuum actuator for endoscopic robot Lien HAL : https://cnam.hal.science/hal-04069368v1 From Struggle to Strength: Coping with Abusive Supervision in Project Teams through Proactive Behavior and Team Building Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04941274v1 A Method To Support Joint Integration of Lean Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04941231v1 An Information-Content Based Measure of Proliferation As a Proxi for Structural Complexity Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04941615v1 Multi-user centered design: acceptance, user experience, user research and user testing Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-02524022v1 Prendre en compte la dimension communicationnelle dans l’étude des pratiques informationnelles : éléments de réflexion et exemples dans le secteur éducatif français Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04935664v1 Task Partitioning and Orchestration on Heterogeneous Edge Platforms: The Case of Vision Applications Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04901292v1 Approches dispositives de l’activité des usagers : retour sur le positionnement de projets de recherche en info-communication Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04935648v1 Les enjeux de la médiation des savoirs dans les fablabs ou comment requalifier l’espace par l’activité en SIC Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04935642v1 Industry 4.0 Technologies and Lean Production Combination: A Strategic Methodology Based on Links Quantification Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04941300v1 System maturity, distribution of tasks, and human expectations for adjustable Human Autonomy Teaming Lien HAL : https://u-picardie.hal.science/hal-04946577v1 Multilayer spintronic neural networks with radiofrequency connections Lien HAL : https://cnrs.hal.science/hal-04270425v1 On-the-Fly Learning With Mixed-Mode Spiking Neural Network and Passive Memristive Array: Application to Neuromorphic Cameras Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04886290v1 Construire l’interopérabilité culturelle autour de la documentation et de l’information dans une communauté de pratique : le cas du domaine de l’éco construction Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04935694v1 Teachers Stress Factors: Psychosocial Analysis in Training in Classroom Situations Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04868219v1 Inductorless multi-mode RF-CMOS low noise amplifier dedicated to ultra low power applications Lien HAL : https://cea.hal.science/cea-04918320v1

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Designing light mars ascent vehicles Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04868698v1 Low temperature sintering strategies based on chemical reactivity and control of interfaces Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04884807v1 Toward Hardware Spiking Neural Networks with Mixed-Signal Event-Based Learning Rules Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04886275v1 Rigid Body Modeling and Dynamic Flight Control of a Tethered Kite Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04930312v1 Digitally Enhancing Kanban Lean Practice to Support Just-in-Time Reconfigurable Supply: A Case Study Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04941714v1 Artificial Intelligence Reshapes Supply Chain and Lean: Framework and Main Insights Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04941721v1 Electromechanical Coupling Coefficient: New Approach to Study Auxetic Piezoelectric Harvesters Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04867028v1 Influence of transient flux and heating rate on low-temperature sintering KNN ceramics by SPS Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04891757v1 Impact of Spark Plasma Sintering conditions on microstructural and Electrical Properties of (K 0.5 ,Na 0.5 )NbO 3 (KNN) Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04886163v1 Fine tuning of organic semiconductor nanoparticles size and morphology for efficient water-processed organic solar cells Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04902260v1 A 860mV and 73.5Ppm/°C Voltage Reference that Relies on Back-Gate Biasing Techniques in 28nm FD-SOI Technology Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04945900v1 Life Cycle Assessment of piezoelectric materials used for energy harvesting systems PZT versus KNN Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04891831v1 Toward High Efficiency Water-based OPV: Controlling Nanoparticles Morphology Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04899077v1 Modélisation et optimisation de la chaîne logistique aval de l'industrie automobile : Cas des entreprises délocalisées Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04941652v1 Water-based organic semiconductor nanoparticles dispersions: an environmentally friendly route for organic photovoltaics Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04899983v1 Green process for organic solar cells: water-based organic semiconductor nanoparticle dispersions Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04902231v1 Approche pragmatique des espaces vécus Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04886480v1 Improving Learning In Scientific Higher Education: Towards Outcomes Benchmark to Enhance Creativity Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04941751v1 Robust Crone design for a variable-ratio planetary gearing in a variable speed wind turbine Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04649346v1 De 1% à 19%, histoire des principales avancées du photovoltaïque organique et futures direction Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04899600v1 Neuromorphic Event-based Line Detection on SpiNNaker Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04886230v1 Retour sur le projet BUlles : documentation, médiation, transition et inclusion Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04886360v1 Lean Transformation in Healthcare : A French Case Study Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04941703v1 Reference system selection methodology for evaluation of downstream logistics performance : Case of the automobile industry in Morocco Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04941655v1 Self-matching Self-compensating Air-filled Substrate Integrated Waveguide (AFSIW) Phase Shifter Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04887945v1 Optimal flight trajectories of a tethered kite for ship propulsion under variable wind conditions Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04939796v1 Organic photovoltaics: a low environmental impact PV technology ? Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04910051v1 Towards all screen-printed hybrid piezoelectric MEMS : strategies to lower environmental cost Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04892104v1 Frittage SPS basse température de céramiques de (K,Na)NbO3 assisté par flux transitoire en vue d’ une application de récupération d’énergie piézoélectrique vibratoire sur substrat polymère Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04884649v1 Ultra-Low Phase Noise NMOS and PMOS Colpitts Oscillators Using BAW Resonator Comparison Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04907189v1 Restauration d'images corrigées par optique adaptative : approche marginale avec échantillonnage bayésien Lien HAL : https://hal.science/hal-04903186v1
Résumé en français

Le laboratoire de l’Intégration du Matériau au Système a été créé le 1er janvier 2007, par la fusion de trois unités de recherche bordelaises, avec une stratégie scientifique commune de développement principalement centrée dans le domaine des Sciences et de l’Ingénierie des Systèmes, à la convergence des Sciences et Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication , et des Sciences pour l’Ingénieur .

Le laboratoire est rattaché à trois tutelles, le CNRS, l’Université de Bordeaux et Bordeaux Aquitaine INP.

Au CNRS, l’UMR5218 est rattachée en principal à l’Institut des Sciences de l’Ingénierie et des Systèmes et en secondaire à l’Institut des Sciences de l’Information et de leurs Interactions .

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