The French national institute for research in computer science and control (INRIA) is the only public institute entirely dedicated to research in information and communication science and technology (ICST). It brings together 3,600 persons - 2,800 of which are scientists - distributed in six research units across France. INRIA has an annual budget of 160 million euros, 20% of which comes from its own research contracts and licences. INRIA has massive influence in the area of "networks, telecoms and multimedia", "complex systems and software" and "modelling, simulation and visualisation". It develops collaborations with the economic world through strategic industrial partners and by setting up open forums and creating companies (80 start-ups in 20 years).