Laboratory About us

ICube stands out for its unique position with research at the crossroads of the physical and digital worlds.
Its research teams explore, design, and experiment with physical and algorithmic methods, as well as with emerging technologies that connect the real world — encompassing both matter and living systems — with digital data and virtual environments.

Unified by a central focus on imaging, ICube combines expertise in engineering and computer science across three main areas of application:

• Health
• Environment and sustainable development
• Industry and the factory of the future

ICube is organized into 4 departments, 17 research teams, and 6 transversal research themes designed to promote collaboration across disciplines.
It also hosts 7 state-of-the-art technology platforms covering areas such as imaging, medical robotics, artificial intelligence, electronics, remote sensing, and biomechanics. These platforms are open to both the scientific community and industrial partners.

ICube includes close to 750 members, among them over 430 permanent staff: university professors, associate professors, CNRS researchers, hospital practitioners, engineers, and technical personnel.
The laboratory also hosts more than 270 non-permanent researchers, including doctoral candidates, post-doctoral fellows, and visiting scientists.

ICube holds more than 200 active patents and is recognized internationally for its software developments, and for contributing to Internet standards (IETF), programming languages (ISO/AFNOR), and major industrial sectors such as automotive engineering.
Its research partnerships foster start-up creation and practical applications, strengthening ICube’s role as a major research center in Alsace and beyond.