The Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris 6, or LIP6, the computer science laboratory of Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6), is a joint research laboratory of UPMC and CNRS, the French national research organization. It was founded in January, 1997, with the fusion of three smaller laboratories: LAFORIA, LITP, and MASI. Employing over 150 permanent professors and research scientists, LIP6 is one of the largest computer science laboratories in France.
LIP6's research activities are organized around five general areas of research: