CEA (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives) is a major French public research organisation with expertise spanning defence, security, information technologies, energy, and fundamental research. CEA operates extensive computing facilities and leads European research in digital technologies and cybersecurity. CEA contributes Conversational Virtual Agent technology to the EU Horizon Europe CORTEX2 consortium, providing AI-powered dialogue capabilities for immersive training and collaboration applications.
Collaboration Focus
- Advanced computing infrastructure research
- Cybersecurity for critical infrastructure
- High-performance computing applications
- Conversational AI and dialogue systems
Joint Initiatives
Nuwa collaborates with CEA on:
- XRisis Humanitarian Training Platform: Integration of CEA's Conversational Virtual Agent (CoVA) platform powering AI dialogue for emergency management concept training and stakeholder negotiation scenarios, validated with Action Contre la Faim achieving 4.2 out of 5 rating for soft skills practice effectiveness
- Cybersecurity frameworks for mission-critical systems
- Edge computing research for offline-first deployments
Impact
CEA partnership provides access to advanced research expertise whilst enabling CEA to validate technologies in operational humanitarian, cultural, and industrial deployment contexts. Through CORTEX2 collaboration, CEA's Conversational Virtual Agent platform demonstrated effective operational deployment supporting humanitarian training scenarios with natural language dialogue capabilities grounded in organisational documentation, enabling realistic stakeholder interactions that participants rated as highest-value component (4.2 out of 5) of XRisis validation, establishing conversational AI as viable capability for professional training applications requiring situated practice of interpersonal skills and decision-making under pressure.