Our motto: InventivenessSovereigntyFrugality
Inventing what AI alone cannot.
We build open AI models, benchmarks and tools for invention, and the inventive-design theory that makes them reason.
What we work on
Six research themes, from problem to working tool.
- Patent and scientific literature intelligence
Millions of solved problems, written in a language machines must learn.
Theme leadIliass Ayaou - Industrial knowledge and problem graphs
Before solving, map the problem.
Theme leadNathan Witkowicz - Interdisciplinary knowledge discovery
The answer often lives in another discipline.
Theme leadNicolas Douard - Tech scouting in energy
Who is inventing what, and how do we know?
Theme leadConnor MacLean
Tools and open models
Seven tools for engineers, open models for the AI community.
Proven with industry
Real problems, set by companies.
- Industrial case · Healthcare · public student caseHelping patients understand cardiac amyloidosisFour patient-education tools presented at the defence on 23 May 2024. The jury chose a winning pair; the prize was awarded on 9 October 2024 with Dr Dagrenat, Romuald Boné (Director of INSA Strasbourg), Denis Cavallucci and Hicham Chibane.
Inventive Design Contest · 2025EDFRainwater collection and solar energy- ECIU challenge · October – December 2025ArcelorMittalInventive Design and AI-Driven Innovation
Work with us
Four ways in, one address.
- Become a patronYour problems, our tools and researchers.
- Collaborate on researchCo-supervision, joint projects, open models.
- Support the ChairFunding, compute, data or expertise.
- Study, PhD and contestPositions and the yearly contest.
Write to us: contact@aiard.eu