PILIM’s interdisciplinary platform project: PILIM is firmly in support of the Labex Sigma-Lim carried by XLIM and SPCTS laboratories and certified in March 2010 for a period of 10 years. Sigma-Lim aims to become a key player in mastering the entire chain “from ceramic materials and components to integrated, secure and intelligent communication systems” to establish a unique and timely global position in areas of the future and converge with the strategic axis “Horizon 2020”. Institutional funding allocated to Sigma-Lim mainly concerns the recruitment of researchers (chairs, doctoral students and post-doctoral students) and running operating expenses