A short overview of period 2008-2013 Introduction LAMIH UMR CNRS 8201 and TEMPO EA 4542 Carnot ARTS are located on the main campus of the University of Valenciennes and Hainaut-Cambresis. Following the AERES assessment of October 2008 the CNRS position for next period 2010-2014 was to propose a unit on Human factors and Transportation mainly, whereas the UVHC policy was to hold a solid centre about “sustainable Transportation” with several Laboratories including LAMIH UMR CNRS 8530 (2005-2008) and LME EA 2447 (2005-2008). Due to these positions, a new structure fulfilling these constraints has been carried out: a center named “Sustainable Transports and Mobility” composed of two Labs. The first one LAMIH UMR CNRS 8201 is composed of the research teams of the previous LAMIH UMR CNRS 8530 (2005-2008) centered on Human factors in transportation – Automation (MCSIB, SHM), Mechanics (C2S), Computer Science (RAIHM, SIADE) and Human Science (PERCOTEC). The second one TEMPO EA 4252 includes 2 teams of the previous LAMIH UMR CNRS 8530 (2005-2008) – Mechanics (MSM) and Production Systems (SP) and a Laboratory – LME EA 2447 (2005-2008), Energy and Fluid Dynamics. This new entity was thought in order to increase the visibility and clarity of the research at the University of Valenciennes. Therefore it ended with a new scientific and administrative structure, Figure 1. The scientific structure is composed of: LAMIH/ASHM: Automatic control and Human-Machine Systems (Head Pr Michel Dambrine) LAMIH/C2S: Crash, Comfort and Safety (Head Pr Thierry Tison) LAMIH/DIM: Decision, Interaction and Mobility (Head Pr René Mandiau) LAMIH/DEMoH: Decision, Emotion and Human MOtricity (Head Dr Françoise Anceaux) TEMPO/DF2T: Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfert (Head Pr François Monnoyer) TEMPO/MSM: Materials, Surfaces, Forming (Head Pr André Dubois) TEMPO/PSI: Production, Services, Information (Head Pr Damien Trentesaux) The administrative operation of the Centre is based on common services and staff shared by LAMIH and TEMPO, under the authority of the board of the Centre: financial and management activities, human resources, communication and special events, admission and reception. Funding coming from CNRS are dedicated to LAMIH and then specifically managed. Funding coming from Carnot Institute are dedicated to TEMPO and also specifically managed. Figure 1: organization of the Centre. Implication of members of LAMIH TEMPO in high level directions at UVHC The centre represents, well ahead all others research labs the most important – number of researchers – of University of Valenciennes and Hainaut Cambresis. Therefore, it is obvious that members from the centre participate to the high level of decisions of the UVHC and/or of its components. Besides having members at the different councils the most important functions held by members of LAMIH TEMPO are resumed thereinafter: University Vice Presidents: in charge of Research (Pr A. Artiba), in charge of education (Pr S. Harmand) and in charge of Human resources (Dr C. Garnier) Special advisers (depending on the presidency): in charge of handicap (Pr P. Pudlo) and in charge of Risk Management (Pr P. Millot) Director of the Engineering school ENSIAME (Pr D. Coutellier) Director of the Faculty of Sciences and Sports (Pr F. Barbier) Organization and life in the units International Scientific Committee (ISC) An International Scientific Committee (ISC), Figure 2, has been established with a periodicity of once every 2 years and a half. Its purpose is to assess the scientific relevance of the scientific themes in the Labs, the future research directions, risk-taking on innovative issues. First meeting took place on June 3rd and 4th 2010 (assessed period 2008-2010), second on 21th and 22th February 2013 (assessed period 2009- 2012). Its members are internationally recognized at a high scientific level and their fields of expertise cover the centre scientific fields. Furthermore, the second ISC included two observers from CNRS. Professor Jamal Daafouz, member of Section 07, was representing INS2I Institute on behalf of both Raja Chatila (Assistant to the Scientific Director in charge of the LAMIH) and DR CNRS Michele Basseville (President of Section 07). Professor Sylvain Drapier, member of Section 09, was representing the INSIS Institute on behalf of Claude Verdier (President of Section 09). The members as well as their areas of expertise are listed thereafter. Figure 2: 2nd International Scientific Committee (ISC) members and evaluation periods Members Pr Niels Bay Technical University of Denmark Mechanics axis – Tribology, Metal forming Pr Magnus Langseth Norwegian Univ of Science Technology (NTNU) Mechanics axis – Materials and Structures crashworthiness Pr Stavros Tavoularis University of Ottawa Mechanics axis – Fluid mechanics and Heat Transfer Pr Khellil Sefiane School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh Mechanics axis – Heat Transfer Pr Ciaran Knut Simms Trinity College Dublin Mechanics axis – Biomechanics of impact and Human trauma Pr Robert Babuska Delft University of Technology Automatics axis - Identification and Control Pr Guy André Boy Florida Institute of Technology Automatics axis – Human-Machine Systems Pr Vittal Prabhu Pennsylvania State University Automatics axis - Production Systems Pr Teodor Gabriel Crainic Centre de reche sur les transports (CIRRELT) Computer Science axis – OR, logistics and transports Pr Jean Vanderdonckt UC Louvain - School of Management Computer Science axis – Human-Centered Software Engineering (Not present member of ERC Jury) Pr Christian Bastien Université Paul Verlaine-Metz DEMoH axis – Cognitive psychology and ergonomics Pr Paul Allard Centre de recherche Hôpital Sainte Justine DEMoH axis – Biomechanics of movement Observers from CNRS Pr Jamal Daafouz University of Lorraine – Automatic Control (Representing Section 07 INS2I) Pr Sylvain Drapier Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne – Mechanics (Representing Section 09 INSIS) Both official reports of the ISC on the activities of the centre “sustainable Transportation and Mobility” are available on line at http://www.univ-valenciennes.fr/LAMIH/information. Recruitments – permanent staff The major point to be noticed is the transformation of a Professor (+ Category C) positions into 2 research engineers positions (B. Rajaonah, C. Gillet). It has been possible since the University autonomy law of 2009. It was a major point as they allow reinforcing the DEMoH team both fixing an engineer on a crucial platform for biomechanics and adding research resource whereas it would have been difficult through lecturer position – mainly due to the deficit of new positions at the university. Another important point for the administrative staff is that four fixed-terms contracts were transformed into three permanent full time positions (M. Genevieve, M. Lecq, C. Foucart) and one half time permanent position (S. Rubens). This particular effort from the UVHC allowed stabilizing the staff at a good level to handle all the administrative missions devoted to the centre. Table 1 gives the recruitments of permanent staff – Professor and Associate Professor – for LAMIH/TEMPO during these years and the importance of external recruitments (71%) with respectively 60% for Professors and 76% for Assistant Professors. Professor Assistant Professor External 1 3 2008 Internal 1 - External 2 6 2009 Internal - - External - 3 2010 Internal - 1 External 3 - 2011 Internal 1 - External - 3 2012 Internal - 4 External - 1 2013 Internal 2 - External 6 (60%) 16 (76%) Global Internal 4 (40%) 5 (24%) Table 1: Recruitment of permanent staff at LAMIH/TEMPO 2008-2013 Figure 3: Recruitment and leaving according to the years 2008-2013. Figure 3 gives the numbers of colleagues, which have been recruited according to the years 2008-2013. In the same way, this figure shows also the staff leaving the centre each year (y axis in “-“ direction). This figure highlights clearly the increasing of our staff with a ratio recruitment/staff leaving close to 5. Table 2 summarize the resources (permanents and non permanents) of the Centre in June 30rd 2013. The reader can notice that no administrative staff is directly connected to a research group; as explained before, this is due to the horizontal structure of the Centre administrative part. Permanent staff is given in “Full Time Equivalent”, taking into account colleagues that leaved or joined the Centre during the period 2008-2013. This explains the decimal appearing in Table 2. ASHM C2S DIM DEMoH MSM PSI DF2T Centre Permanent staff (in parenthesis FTE) Professors 11 (10,51) 9 (7,15) 13 (10,82) 1 (1) 6 (4,63) 2 (2) 7 (5,19) 49 (41,3) Associate Prof. 12 (10,18) 9 ( 7,37) 14 (9,39) 6 (5,76) 4 (2,81) 7 (5,81) 8 (5,18) 60 (46,5) Eng. & tech. 7 (7) 7 (6,3) - 2 (2) 3 (3) 2 (2) 3 (2,83) 24 (23,13) Administrative - - - - - - - 9 (9) Total permanent 30 (27,83) 25 ( 20,82) 27 (20,21) 9 (8,76) 13 (10,44) 11 (9,81) 18 (13,20) 142 (119,93) Non-permanent staff PhD students 39 35 55 17 16 14 28 204 Post-doctorants 14 14 8 4 14 5 14 73 Total non-permanent 53 49 63 21 30 19 42 277 Invited professor 27 5 37 2 4 6 6 87 (in Month) 47 10 37 5 26 15 10 150 Table 2: Staff Centre distribution. Figure 4 below gives the staff distribution at the level of the centre. PhD students represent almost 50 % of the staff. Permanent staff represents 33 % of the global staff. Figure 4: staff distribution (permanent and non permanent). Figure 5 & . Figure 6 below show the typology of PhD grants for the period (2008-2013) including defended and current PhD thesis. More than 30% of grants of current PhD thesis are directly coming from industry (CIFRE or direct contracts). The national/regional supports represents around 50% of the granted money, thanks to ANR and FUI projects or coming from the Ministry. CPER/Region grants are 50% funded, other 50% coming from industry or national research institutions (ONERA, IFSTTAR...) Figure 5: Typology of PhD Grants for defended PhD Thesis (2008 – 2013).