presentation-laas-idea - Service Informatique : Développement, Exploitation et Assistance

IDEA Computing Service : Development , Operations and Support is under the responsibility of the LAAS Director .
It provides technical support for research activities, projects and platforms, administration of IT resources and the development of the information system for the entire lab.

Staff

23 engineers and technicians in July 2014 ( see organization chart).

Missions

Support for research :

Part of the engineers IDEA services provide support for research activities in all research fields of the laboratory. The supported projects are annually chosen by a committee chaired by the Director. IDEA people manage also technical platform: robots, experimental network, CAD, for research.

Administration of IT resources :

The service manages information technology resources of the laboratory (network , servers, software, workstations), develops and maintains the laboratory information system and the associated Web applications. This activity focuses on information technology , hardware and software. It applies to common lab IT resources and research groups means.