LAAS, located in Toulouse, France, is a large research unit of the CNRS, the French National Center for Scientific Research, within the Department of Information and Engineering Sciences and Technologies. LAAS is associated to the University of Toulouse (Université Paul Sabatier, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse).

The research topics of LAAS, fundamental or applied, are focused on the study of complex systems at different scales with a multidisciplinary and systemic vision and an integrative approach. With 600 researchers, university faculty, engineers, technicians, post-docs and PhD students, LAAS is one of the key players in Systems research in the Midi-Pyrénées region, in France and in Europe.