Presentation

The INRIA project-team OPALE is located in both the Sophia Antipolis – Méditerranée Research Center near Nice and in the Grenoble Rhône-Alpes Research Center.

Objectives:

  • analyze mathematically single or multi-disciplinary coupled systems of partial differential equations arising from physics or engineering in view of their optimization or control (geometrical optimization);
  • construct and experiment efficient numerical approximation methods (coupling algorithms, model reduction) and optimization algorithms (gradient-based and/or evolutionary algorithms, game theory);
  • develop software platforms for the distributed parallel computation of the related discrete systems;
  • use mathematical tools to develop models for vehicular and pedestrian traffic;
  • use mathematical tools of optimization and control to develop models in biology and medicine.

Research themes

  • Numerical algorithms for multi-disciplinary optimization of PDE systems ;
  • Geometrical optimization ;
  • Software platforms for high-performance distributed and parallel computing ;

Application sectors :

  • multi-disciplinary optimum shape design in aeronautics
  • electromagnetic optimization of antenna systems;
  • mechanical optimization of automobile steel elements.

National and industrial relations

  • ANR grants (OMD and OMD2), contracts with ONERA, ARCELOR-MITTAL, France Telecom, Dassault-Aviation…

European projects

  • EXCITING, MARS, Thematic Networks (AEROCHINA1 and 2, GRAIN), ERC Grants…

Activity reports