SystemX

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Presentation[]

SystemX is an Institute for Technological Research (IRT) established February 1, 2012, in the framework of the “Investment for the Future” program that was set up to support French Innovation.

A total of 8 IRTs have been created by the government. Those institutes represent a new dynamic of innovation for the country and aim to strengthen territorial attractiveness.

Only IRT in the Île-de-France Region is dedicated to the digital engineering of complex systems. SystemX addresses current technological stakes thanks to collective innovation.

SystemX’s functioning lies on two fundamental aspects:

• Co-location of the actors: the Institute gathers all the partners involved in its projects in one location. The idea is to foster synergies between academic and industrial communities;
• Skills and platforms pooling: by reaching a critical mass, SystemX will create a platform made of the pooling of numerous skills and technological bricks.

Executive Management[]

• Chief Executive Officer: Paul Labrogère
• Research and Technology Director: Bruno Foyer
• Scientific Director: Patrice Aknin

R&D projects and training[]

SystemX chose to orient its activities towards four priority sectors:

• Energy
• Transport and mobility
• Telecommunications
• Security and defense

More precisely, the Institute has rolled out its research in seven thematics, themselves split into two programs:

• Systems of systems: energy management, multimodal transport, security, and multimedia
• Technologies and tools for digital engineering: embedded systems, high-performance computing, cloud computing and networks, simulation and conception tools.

With regards to training, SystemX is interested in academic-industrial relationships concerning the “systems, modelization, complexity” challenges - at the bachelor, master, and Ph.D. levels.

Saclay ecosystem[]

Thanks to its localization on the Saclay plateau, which will host the future [Paris-Saclay University], SystemX benefits from Systematic Paris-Region competitiveness cluster and the Paris-Saclay Campus' dynamics – ranked among the world's top 8 world innovating clusters by the MIT Technology Review.^[1]

Company record sheet[]

President: Michel Morvan

Chief executive officer: Paul Labrogère

Key dates[]

• February 21, 2013: SystemX’s official inauguration
• October 31, 2012: Convention signing with ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche), the French National Research Agency.
• February 1, 2012: Labelling announcement as part of the “Great Loan” (Grand Emprunt) in the framework of the “Investment for the Future” program).

Key figures[]

• From 100 to 250 researchers, of which 50 researchers hired by SystemX
• € 30M annual budget

Legal status: Fondation de cooperation Scientifique -Scientific Research Foundation

Head office: Nano-Innov (Palaiseau) Other offices: Inria (Place d’Italie – Paris; Lincs)

Thematics: digital engineering of complex systems

Denials following accusations of tax fraud[]

Le canard enchaîné published in its edition of 2 January 2019^[2]  · ^[3] an article entitled "Des Recherches privées au Frais de l'État" (Private research at the expense of the State) on possible means used by French companies "to carry out ambitious scientific research... thanks to public funds" and which would rely for this purpose on the Technological Research Institutes. SystemX is used as an example to illustrate the point. The following are mentioned in particular: the use of the research tax credit (crédit d'impôt recherche) by IRT SystemX partner companies,^[4] the mechanism for making staff available, the number of staff departures, and the modification of the names of research contracts.

Revelations about the "super" CIR in the Cash Investigation show "Who benefits from our taxes?"[]

In its November 19, 2019 issue, the investigative magazine Cash Investigation highlights the excesses of the research tax credit scheme (crédit d'impôt recherche) aimed at supporting private research, in particular through an investigation into the "super" research tax credit (crédit d'impôt recherche) of SystemX.^[5]

The economic magazine Challenges in an article of 20 November 2019 reviews the Cash Investigation issue and SystemX's "edifying" example through its "super" research tax credit (crédit d'impôt recherche):^[6] "The case of abuse of research tax credits crédit d'impôt recherche (CIR), which allows companies to deduct R&D expenses, for 6.5 billion, is even more convincingly exposed.

The show has a real scoop; for example, the scandal of the SystemX Institute of Technological Research in Saclay was referred to the National Financial Prosecutor's Office on suspicions of tax evasion, scientific fraud, and embezzlement of public funds (Parquet national financier)."

According to the article, it seems that SystemX is "in reality only an XXL tax optimization window". Finally, the article quotes the testimony of a researcher who "tells how he produces fake reports [...] « I spend my time doing bullshit to justify public spending » ".

References[]

• Les instituts de recherche technologique (IRT), campus d'innovation

External links[]

• Official website

Coordinates: 48°42′46″N 2°11′34″E / 48.7127°N 2.1929°E / 48.7127; 2.1929