Organisation profile: Lorraine Laboratory for Research into Information Technology and its Applications (LOIRA)

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LORIA, the Lorraine Laboratory for Research into
Information Technology and its Applications, is a combined Research
Unit ((UMR 7503) common to the following organisations:
  + Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS): the National
    Center for Scientific Research
  + Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine (INPL): the National
    Polytechnical Institute of Lorraine
  + Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique
    (INRIA): the National Institute for Research into Information
    Technology and Automation
  + Université Henri Poincaré, Nancy1: the University Henri Poincaré,
    Nancy1
  + Université Nancy2 : the Universuty Nancy2

This Unit, which was officially established on December 19, 1997 by
the signing of the four-year contract with the Ministry of Education,
Research and Technology, by agreement between the five partners, thus
succeeds the Nancy Center for Information Technology Research (CRIN)
and the units shared by the latter and the INRIA Research Unit in
Lorraine.