The Center for Studies and Research in Computer Science and Communication (Centre d’études et de recherche en informatique et communications, CÉDRIC) brings together research activities in digital sciences carried out at the prestigious French Higher Education and Research Institution, Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (Cnam). The permanent researchers at CÉDRIC are also teachers of computer science, applied mathematics or electronics.
The laboratory conducts basic and applied research. CÉDRIC maintains s privileged relationships with many laboratories in the Paris region, around France and abroad. The laboratory participates in fundamental or technological research contracts (transfer and implementation of research results, industrial contracts, etc.) as well as in French and European research network contracts (ANR, IST, etc.). The laboratory is a member of the Cap Digital competitiveness cluster, which it helped to set up.
The laboratory currently has 166 members including 75 permanent research teachers and 5 administrative staff. The annual budget (excluding permanent salaries, foreign grants and scholarships, CIFRE) is around €1.4 million ex-tax, 12% of which is allocated by the Ministry, with the rest coming from contracts or grants obtained by researchers.
CÉDRIC has been recognized by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research as a Équipe d’accueil (EA 1395 first of all, now EA 4629) since it was created. The laboratory’s current size and longevity make it the most important research laboratory of Cnam and one of the well-known computer science laboratories in the Paris region.