The LINCS is a newly-created research centre, co-founded by INRIA, Institut Mines-Télécom, UPMC and Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, dedicated to research and innovation in the domains of future information and communication networks, systems and services. Other industrial partners will join the centre by the end of 2012.
A key concept of the LINCS is a physical co-localisation of researchers from the four partner institutions, creating a collaborative work space that facilitates exchange and innovation.