CECAM (Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire) was founded in Paris in 1969 by Dr Carl Moser. It is an organization devoted to the promotion of fundamental research on advanced computational methods and to their application to important problems in frontier areas of science and technology. As the name suggests, the traditional focus of CECAM has been atomistic and molecular simulations, applied to the physics and chemistry of condensed matter. Over the last twenty years, powerful advances in computer hardware and software have supported the extension of these methods to a wide range of problems in materials science, biology and medicinal chemistry.
GDR Bioinformatique Moléculaire (BIM) is a study group of the Institute for Information Sciences and Technologies, INS2I (CNRS). Its scientific field covers all informatics and mathematical approaches for processing of information related to biological molecules. It brings together 1,200 researchers at the national level, from different disciplines constituting to the bioinformatics: biology, computer science, mathematics, physics, etc.
Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is also designated as a territorial collectivity (collectivité territoriale) by law. As a territorial collectivity, Corsica enjoys a greater degree of autonomy than other French regions.
The IESC is internationally recognized for the high quality of the scientific program. Eminent scientists, Nobel, Lasker or Fields laureate regularly organize, animate and participate to events taking place at the IESC. The Nobel prize George Charpak has been a fervent supporter and accompanied the activities at the Institute in its early days.
