The Laboratory for Computer Science, Modeling, and System Optimization (LIMOS) is a Joint Research Unit (UMR 6158) specializing in computer science and, more broadly, in Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies (ICST). Founded in 1995, it was recognized as a Host Team (EA) in 1996, affiliated with the CNRS as a Research Training Group (FRE) in 2000, then as a Joint Research Unit (UMR) in 2002. It has successively been part of the SPI, STIC, MIPPU, ST2I, and INS2I departments.

LIMOS is affiliated with the CNRS Institute of Computer Science. Its main academic supervisors are the CNRS, Clermont Auvergne University (UCA), and the École des Mines de Saint-Étienne (EMSE), with Clermont Auvergne INP as a secondary supervisor. In 2010, the laboratory expanded to the Saint-Étienne site, integrating teacher-researchers from the EMSE. The latter became the main supervisory body of LIMOS in January 2021, when the laboratory also joined the newly created Clermont Auvergne INP.

Since its creation, LIMOS has played a central role in the development and structuring of computer science research in Clermont-Ferrand, gradually bringing together most of the research forces in this field. The laboratory has been actively involved in the I-Site CAP2025 project since its inception in 2017 and its continuation in 2022. It plays a major role in one of the four International Research Centers (the CIR ITPS – Innovative Transportation and Production Systems), where it is a member of the executive committee, responsible for the “Innovative Services” theme, and involved in three other scientific themes.

LIMOS is also an active member of the joint FACTOLAB laboratory, bringing together UCA, CNRS, and Michelin, as well as the Water, Environment, and Territories Research Federation (FR Eau).

In terms of research training, LIMOS runs the Graduate Track for Intelligent and Innovative Mobility (MII), one of six Graduate Tracks in the SFRI (PIA3) project.

The laboratory plays a key role in scientific coordination, being heavily involved in several Research Groups (GDR) and learned societies. In particular, it heads the MaDICS GDR, as well as several working groups, and regularly organizes scientific days, national and international conferences in connection with these GDRs.

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• Algorithmics, Graphs, Complexity

• Data, Services, Intelligence

• Network and Security

• Modeling and Optimization of Manufacturing Systems

• Service Design and Planning

• Team Metamodeling, Continuous Optimization and Applications (MOCA)

• Combinatorial optimization

• 99 enseignants-chercheurs et chercheurs
• 73 doctorants
• 17 postdocs
• 4 Professeurs émérites
• 4 ATER
• 8 Appui recherche
• 10 Ingénieurs, Techniciens et Administratifs
• 1 Maîtres Assistants