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la fédération de l'Université Henri Poincaré , de l'Université Nancy 2 et de l'Institut national polytechnique de Lorraine	Institute for Engineering and Systems Sciences (INSIS)

The «Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy» (Automatic Control) is a Research Centre funded by the "Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)"(Institute for Engineering and Systems Sciences (INSIS)) and two universities in Nancy: UHP (Université Henri Poincaré) and INPL (Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine).

The CRAN was set up in Nancy (France) in 1980. It totals 180 persons and uses 6,400 sq. m. of facilities. The research activities concentrate on 5 principal themes:
- Automatic Control: Systems Observation and Control;
- System Identification and Signal Processing;
- Dependability and System Diagnosis;
- Health Engineering;
- Ambient Manufacturing Systems.

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