Some France-Japan Cooperation Programs in Science and Technology Pierre Dauchez

Some France-Japan Cooperation Programs in Science and Technology

• Pierre Dauchez

• Attaché for Science and Technology (IT)

• Embassy of France

• (On leave from INSA Toulouse. Professor of Robotics)

Many possibilities Impossible to name them all Focus on some relevant examples

1. Research programs

* PHC Sakura * French National Research Funding Agency (ANR) / Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) * ICT-Asia

Young researchers, all disciplines Very selective: in 2008, 128 proposals, 16 selected About 6000 Euros per year + 1M Yens 2-year fundings

The keywords of the 2009 call for proposals (deadline April 2) were: ICST, Nanotechnology and Robotics

2008 call for proposals: 22 proposals. 5 selected. 4 include a Japanese team Topics of the happy 4: service robotics, communication between mobile agents (robots), telecommunications in unfamiliar spaces, spatial decision support systems for urban emergencies

www.ambafrance-jp.org (Embassy of France) www.fr.emb-japan.go.jp/jp (Embassy of Japan)

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