Systematic Paris-Region is an Île-de-France business cluster created in 2005,[1] devoted to complex systems and ICT.[2]
During its first two years of operation, The cluster Systematic Paris-Region has launched 207 research projects representing 975 million euros of investments consisting of 380 million from state aid,[3] from the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), Oséo and local authorities.[4]
As of September 2011, Systematic Paris-Region has permitted the development of 318 collaborative R&D projects,[5] at a total cost of 1.4 billion euros in R&D effort and a support revenue of about €500 million from the state (via the Fonds unique interministériel (Single Interministerial Fund)), national agencies, ANR, Oséo, EUREKA, ERDF and territorial collectivities.
The project of a French competitiveness cluster on free software was consigned to Systematic Paris-Region following the Comité interministériel d'aménagement et de développement du territoire (Interministerial Committee for the development and territorial competitiveness, CIADT) of July 5, 2007.
600 organizations are involved in the R&D network of the cluster: 366 SMEs-SMBs, 116 companies, 24 ETI, 79 research centers and educational institutions, 19 territorial authorities and 15 investors. The cluster brings together beyond the R&D collaborative ecosystem 1060 small and medium enterprises.[6] [7]
Since its inception in 2005, Systematic focuses its activity on the digital revolution for 6 markets :
From 2009 to 2010, Systematic deploys its technologies and solutions to two new market areas which development is increasingly reliant on the expertise and know-how of Systematic and its members::
- E-Services for the city;- Design tools and simulation for the building and the city;- Management systems and supervision of the building for the city and the environment;- Transport systems and mobility.
- Modeling and simulation for the life sciences;- Medical imaging (computers, sensors, software for processing and analysis);- Telemedicine and medical supervision.
This deployment will be driven by existing theme groups with coordination and oversight arrangements between the partners clusters. 39 R&D projects have already been launched by Systematic Paris-Region, which are part of the new themes. Each thematic group division has updated its strategic roadmap by including the following new elements:
Theme identified by prospective studies conducted in preparation of the strategic plan.
- The ICT and sustainable city area was analyzed in 2009;- ICT and health field will be in 2010 with an update of this document.
In France, the first four themes of the cluster Systematic Paris-Region comprised no less than 320,000 employees, including 250,000 in services and 70,000 in industry. By itself, the software segment in complex systems represent a global market of 300 billion euros.[9]