The Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems (French: Laboratoire d'analyse et d'architectures des systèmes, LAAS) is a research laboratory linked with the French National Centre for Scientific Research (French: Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS). This facility is located near other important higher education facilities in Toulouse, France: the Paul Sabatier University, SUPAERO, the ENAC, the INSA, as well as other research centers (the ONERA and the CNES).

Activities

The activities of the laboratory are mostly concentrated in the following topics:

• Methods and Algorithms in Control
• Telecommunication Networks and Systems
• Qualitative Diagnosis and Supervisory Control
• Software and Tools for Communicating Systems
• Dependable Computing and Fault Tolerance
• Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
• Microsystems and Systems Integration
• Micro and Nanostructures Technologies
• Power Integration and Devices
• Photonics
• Microwave and Millimeter Wave Integrated Components for Telecommunication
• Nano-addressing, Nano-biotechnologies
• Modelling, Optimization and Integrated Management of Systems of Activities