Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (UPHF)

Presentation

A university on a human scale, the Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (UPHF) is the very first “polytechnic” university in France. It is a higher education and research establishment based mainly in Valenciennes and the surrounding area. It is home to some 14,500 national and international students, spread over 5 campuses, and offers over 160 courses in 2 component establishments:

  • Institut National des Sciences Appliquées Hauts-de-France (INSA) / Hauts-de-France National Institute of Applied Sciences
  • Ecole Supérieure d'Arts et de Communication de Cambrai / Cambrai Academy of Arts and Communication

and 3 training components:

  • Institut Universitaire de Technologie / University Institute of Technology
  • Institut Sociétés et Humaines / Institute of Social and Human Sciences
  • Institut des Transversalités, des Sports et de la Santé / Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Sport and Health

Internationally, UPHF is a member of EUNICE, an alliance of ten European higher education establishments working to implement a new European university. The aim of this alliance is to offer personalized, flexible higher education through inter-university mobility.
With its research focused on innovation and the industry of the future, UPHF is heavily involved in the Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) project. Its specialized laboratories, notably in sustainable mobility and intelligent transport systems, enable it to contribute actively to the development and implementation of innovative solutions aimed at promoting connected and autonomous mobility.

The IEMN laboratory (Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie / Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology) plays a central role in the evolution of C-ITS systems through its research projects and expertise in digital communications. Among its teams, the COMNUM (Digital Communications) group stands out in particular for its involvement in vehicle communication technologies and the cybersecurity of connected infrastructure.

The IEMN plays a significant role in this development thanks to its strong involvement in various European C-ITS research projects (CEF: (INTERCOR, FENIX, INDID, SCALE), as well as the RIVA Chair of Excellence and the CPERs (CISIT, ELSAT and RITMEA). In particular, the COMNUM group, some of whose members serve as C-ITS France experts alongside the MTES (Ministry for Ecological Transition).

https://www.uphf.fr/iemn/groupes-equipe/comnum Nouvelle fenêtre

Projects / Use Cases

UPHF is involved in the C-Roads, InDiD, InterCor, FENIX, Chaire RIVA and SCALE projects.

C-Roads: 2018 – 2021
https://c-its.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/projets/c-roads/

InDiD (Digital Infrastructure of Tomorrow): 2019 – 2024
https://c-its.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/projets/indid/

FENIX (A European FEderated Network of Information eXchange in Logistics): 2019 – 2023
FENIX is a project for the development and pilot deployment of a digital information system for logistics transport, along several European corridors. The project is coordinated by ERTICO and brings together 26 partners from 12 European countries, including 6 French partners. FENIX aims to deploy and test C-ITS services for freight and logistics along a dozen European multimodal transport corridors, including three in France.
https://fenix-network.eu/

InterCor (Interopeable Corridors): 2016 – 2020
https://c-its.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/projets/intercor/

RIVA Chair of Excellence (Intelligent Roads for Autonomous Vehicles): 2020 – 2024
This chair is headed by Professor Abdenour HADID, a renowned professor of artificial intelligence who is developing environmental perception systems for future automated vehicles. Researchers from the COMNUM group are working with Professor Hadid to develop the themes of this Chair (Connected and Digitalized Road Infrastructure, Augmented Perception and Cyber-security of vehicular communications). The unique feature of the chair is that it provides scientific support for IEMN researchers and doctoral students, as well as for companies in the C-ITS (Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems) sector in the Valenciennes area.

SCALE (Strengthening C-ITS Adoption and Lining-up across Europe): 2024 – 2028

As part of the SCALE project, the UPHF is actively involved in the work at the North-East pilot site. The UPHF leads the Heavy Goods Vehicles OBU Working Group, whose main objective is to identify and analyse the specific needs of heavy goods vehicles in terms of OBU, in terms of both hardware and software. In this context, the UPHF is also responsible for the deliverable “State of the Art on Heavy Goods Vehicle OBU”. This deliverable aims to describe the challenges specific to heavy goods vehicles, present a state-of-the-art overview of available data and on-board equipment, and introduce existing communication technologies. It also provides a comparative analysis of OBU architectures and concludes with a study on the relevance and benefits of an OBU system dedicated to heavy goods vehicles. A second deliverable, focusing on the hardware and software specifications of the Heavy Goods Vehicle OBU system, is also planned.

In parallel with the activities carried out in the Heavy Goods Vehicle OBU Working Group, the UPHF is involved in the development of logistics use cases at the North-East pilot site.

The UPHF is also involved in several working groups within the SCALE project, including:

  • Architecture & Hybridisation WG
  • Safety WG
  • Bus/Car OBU WG
  • AV OBU WG
  • Police / Gendarmerie / Firefighters OBU WG
  • Technology Intelligence WG
  • Certification sites WG
  • Validation WG
  • Training WG
  • Communication WG
  • Traffic and Environment WG

As part of the Technology Intelligence WG, the UPHF participated in drafting deliverable D4.2.

Find out more about the projects:

Timeline

Agenda
– UPHF organized the Final Event of the InDiD project, June 11 and 12, 2024 at IMTD, Valenciennes.
– UPHF has organized the C-ITS France Workshop: synthesis and presentation of INTERCOR demonstrators, March 13, 2020 at IMTD, Valenciennes.

Docs & Resources to download (e.g. evaluation study, impact study, videos, etc.)
Final Event InDiD
https://c-its.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/projets/indid/communication/evenements-presentations/

Links to presentations at the event, in French and English:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCKqkhPSpqM&t=12018s (day 1 in French)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVDGt7D1luo (day 1 in English)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1ouazTgsIU (day 2 in French)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5ckWPxOn68 (day 2 in English)

Generic contacts - services

Atika Rivenq, University Professor (atika.menhaj@uphf.fr)

Marwane Ayaida, Junior Professor (marwane.ayaida@uphf.fr)

Yassin El Hillali, University Professor (yassin.elhillali@uphf.fr)

Rachida Rachidi, Research Engineer/Project Manager (rachida.rachidi@uphf.fr)