LCIS, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble INP-UGA (page officielle)

What LCIS, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble INP-UGA (page officielle) does

LCIS (Laboratoire de Conception et d'Intégration des Systèmes / System Integration and Design Laboratory) is a public research laboratory operating under Université Grenoble Alpes and Grenoble INP-UGA, headquartered in Grenoble with activity in Valence, France. Founded in 1996, it conducts fundamental and applied research on embedded and communicating systems, covering specification, modeling, design, communication, safety, security, and diagnostics. The laboratory is structured around three research teams: ORSYS (radiofrequency and wireless communication systems, with specialization in passive backscattering, RFID, and Ultra-Wideband), CO4SYS (modeling, control, and supervision of multi-agent complex systems integrating collective artificial intelligence and control theory), and CTSYS (safety and security of embedded and distributed systems across hardware-to-application layers, with applications in IoT, sensor networks, smart environments, and transportation).

The laboratory's human capital comprises 26 permanent teacher-researchers drawn from Grenoble INP – Esisar and the IUT of Valence, augmented by 20–30 PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and a broader collaboration network of more than 60 researchers from international backgrounds. LCIS does not sell commercial products; its revenue model relies on public research funding (French national agencies, Horizon Europe), institutional support from CNRS and INRIA, and contractual applied-research partnerships with French aerospace and defense primes (Airbus, Safran, Thales, MBDA, Dassault Aviation), industrial technology firms (STMicroelectronics, Schneider Electric, Orange, EDF, Alstom), and the French defense procurement agency (DGA). The laboratory disseminates output through peer-reviewed publications, international conferences, seminars, and PhD defenses, with recent activity (2025–2026) including multiple PhD defenses in automotive cybersecurity and industrial process control, and a Deep Impact 2026 award for the CO4SYS Energy-net project.

Name

LCIS, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble INP-UGA (page officielle)

Legal name

LCIS, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble INP-UGA

Website

https://lcis.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

LCIS is a public research laboratory at Université Grenoble Alpes and Grenoble INP-UGA, organized into three teams (ORSYS, CO4SYS, CTSYS) researching embedded and communicating systems—RF/wireless, multi-agent AI control, and embedded safety/security—for aerospace, defense, and industrial partners.

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Research Laboratory Services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Educational Services (8200)

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C4ISR Systems & Tactical Data Links (IMABAGAE)

Keywords

• Embedded systems research
• Wireless RF communication
• Multi-agent systems
• Embedded systems security
• IoT research

Headquarters

HQ city

Grenoble

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Research Funding and Grants: As a public research laboratory under Université Grenoble Alpes and CNRS, LCIS operates primarily through government research funding, European grants, and industry research contracts. Revenue is derived from national research agencies (ANR), European programs (Horizon Europe), and contractual research partnerships with industrial partners in aerospace, defense, and technology sectors.

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Core offering

LCIS is a public university research laboratory conducting fundamental and applied research on embedded and communicating systems. The lab develops new methods and models across specification, modeling, design, communication, safety, security, and diagnostics of these systems, organized into three research teams (ORSYS, CO4SYS, CTSYS). Research outputs are delivered to industry partners through contractual research projects and to the academic community through publications, PhD supervision, and conferences.

Product overview

LCIS is a university research laboratory (not a commercial product company) conducting research on embedded and communicating systems. The laboratory operates three research teams: ORSYS focuses on wireless RF communication and RFID/UWB technologies; CO4SYS develops models and control systems for multi-agent complex systems using artificial intelligence; and CTSYS researches safety and security for embedded and distributed systems including IoT applications. The research themes include specification, modeling, design, communication, safety, security, and diagnostics of embedded systems with industrial applications.

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Brands

• ORSYS Team: Communicating Wireless RF Systems team focusing on radiofrequency technologies, wireless communication, signal processing, and measurement, including RFID and Ultra-Wideband systems.
• CO4SYS Team
• CTSYS Team

Products and services

• ORSYS - Communicating Wireless RF Systems Research Research service focused on radiofrequency (RF) technologies and signals, wireless communication, signal processing, and measurement. Specializes in passive information transmission systems based on backscattering and back-modulation of electromagnetic waves, including RFID technologies and Ultra-Wideband (UWB). Targeted at industry partners and academic collaborators needing RF expertise.
• CO4SYS - Coordination, Cooperation, and Control of Complex Systems Research Research service on the modeling, control, and supervision of artificial complex systems. Focuses on physically distributed multi-agent systems where agents with reactive and cognitive capabilities coexist, integrating complementary approaches from collective artificial intelligence and control theory. Targeted at industry and academic partners in aerospace, defense, and complex systems.
• CTSYS - Safety and Security of Embedded and Distributed Systems Research Research service on embedded systems spanning from hardware to applications, with particular attention to hardware-software interaction. Application areas include the Internet of Things (including RFID systems), sensor networks, Smart-* environments (Home, Building, Car), and the transportation industry. Targeted at industry partners in IoT, smart environments, and transportation sectors.
• PhD Supervision and Thesis Research Program Doctoral research supervision program supporting 20-30 PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and research collaborators across the laboratory's three research teams. PhD theses are supported at LCIS or co-supervised with LCIS, available to qualified graduate students through open positions.

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Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Safran Helicopter Engines (Turbomeca)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustrial research partnership in embedded systems and safety for aerospace applications. Logo displayed in CTSYS partner section.
• Safran Electronics & Defense (Sagem)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration on embedded systems and defense electronics. Logo displayed in CTSYS partner section.
• AirbuscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAerospace research partnership. Logo displayed in CTSYS partner section.
• MBDAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMissile systems research collaboration. Logo displayed in CTSYS partner section.
• AFIAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench Association for Artificial Intelligence research network. Logo displayed in CO4SYS partner section.
• ISAE-SupaerocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAerospace engineering school research collaboration. Logo displayed in CO4SYS partner section.
• ITERcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational nuclear fusion research project collaboration. Logo displayed in CO4SYS partner section.
• Technical University of Munich (TUM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational academic research partnership. Logo displayed in CO4SYS partner section.
• CEA (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission research collaboration. Logo displayed in ORSYS partner section.
• STMicroelectronicscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSemiconductor research partnership for embedded systems. Logo displayed in ORSYS partner section.
• AlstomcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMobility and transportation systems research collaboration. Logo displayed in ORSYS partner section.
• OrangecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTelecommunications and wireless communication research partnership. Logo displayed in ORSYS partner section.
• EDFcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnergy sector research collaboration. Logo displayed in ORSYS partner section.
• CNRScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench National Centre for Scientific Research - primary supervisory institution for the laboratory alongside Grenoble INP-UGA.
• INRIAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology research partnership.
• DGA (Direction Générale de l'Armement)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench Defense procurement agency research partnership for defense systems. Logo displayed in ORSYS partner section.
• Schneider ElectriccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnergy management and automation research collaboration. Logo displayed in partner section.
• ThalescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAerospace, defense, and transportation technology research partnership. Logo displayed in partner section.
• Dassault AviationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAeronautics and defense aircraft research collaboration. Logo displayed in partner section.
• Horizon EuropecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean Union research and innovation program funding partner. Logo displayed in partner section.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• INRIA: France's national institute for research in digital science and technology. Directly comparable to LCIS as a partner and peer in distributed AI, multi-agent systems, cyber-physical systems, and embedded software research within the French public R&D landscape.
• CSEM: Swiss research and technology organization focused on micro/nanoelectronics, systems integration, and ultra-low-power wireless. Comparable to LCIS in the ORSYS domain (RF, wireless, RFID/UWB) and CTSYS domain (embedded systems, IoT) within a public research/contract R&D funding model.
• IMEC: Belgium-based world-leading research center in nanoelectronics and digital technologies with strong embedded/RF/security programs. Comparable to LCIS in applied embedded-systems research with industrial partnerships across European semiconductor and IoT players.
• Fraunhofer (embedded/RF institutes): Germany's applied research network with institutes working on embedded systems, RF/wireless, and security (e.g., Fraunhofer IZM, IIS, AISEC). Comparable to LCIS as a publicly funded applied research organization that partners with European defense/industrial primes on contract research.
• LAAS-CNRS: Toulouse-based CNRS laboratory studying system analysis and architecture, including embedded systems, robotics, and critical software. Directly comparable to LCIS in scope (modeling, design, safety/security of embedded systems) and French academic/industrial research funding model.
• CEA-Leti: CEA's micro/nanoelectronics and embedded systems research institute in Grenoble. Highly comparable to LCIS in applied embedded-systems, RF, and IoT/security research, with similar industrial-partner-driven funding model and defense/aerospace partnerships in France.
• IMS Laboratory: CNRS/University of Bordeaux/Bordeaux INP laboratory on the integration of materials and systems. Highly comparable to LCIS in spanning electronics, computer science, and telecommunications for embedded/distributed systems, with similar academic structure and industry-funded applied research.
• IRT Saint-Exupéry: French technological research institute focused on aerospace, embedded systems, and safety-critical software. Directly comparable to LCIS given the shared industrial R&D model (Thales, Airbus, Safran, MBDA partnerships) and emphasis on embedded safety/security for aerospace.
• Gipsa-Lab: Grenoble-based CNRS/UGA research laboratory focused on signals, images, speech, control, and complex systems. Directly comparable to LCIS as a neighboring academic research lab with overlapping themes in control theory, embedded/communicating systems, and signal processing, and embedded in the same Grenoble research ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• ISAE-SUPAERO: French aerospace engineering school and research center, listed as a core partner of LCIS. Comparable as a broader aerospace/embedded-systems research entity in France, but with a much wider scope (education, defense, space) that goes well beyond LCIS's specialization.

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