Global Alliance approves five joint research projects

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̽��ֱ��Global Alliance was formed in 2016 as a tripartite agreement between ̽��ֱ�� of California, Berkeley, the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge, and National ̽��ֱ�� of Singapore in order to develop innovative research across the three universities to address research questions that could not be answered by one institution alone. There are three themes within the Global Alliance: Precision Medicine, Cities, and Smart Systems.

Following a second funding call in May 2017, the Management Selection Committee has approved funding of the following five collaborative research projects:

"Opportunities for ecological adaptation to flood hazards in major global cities: London, Singapore and San Francisco" (Principal Investigator: Professor Thomas Spencer)
"Machine learning tools for personalised diagnosis in dementia" (Principal Investigator: Professor Zoe Kourtzi)
"Healthy living in cities: my Personal Exposure Quality (MyPEQ)" (Principal investigator: Professor Rajasekhar Balasubramanian)
"Automating Approaches for Clinical Genome Interpretation" (Principal Investigator: Professor Steven Brenner)
"Skin Deformation Assay Platforms for Pathogen- and Patient-Specific Diagnostics and Drug Development" (Principal Investigator: Dr Katherine Brown)

̽��ֱ��three universities are delighted to approve these collaborative projects which will build upon the combined strengths of the universities, as well as their distinctive regional insights, to develop unique solutions to global problems.

Professor Paul Alivisatos, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, ̽��ֱ�� of California, Berkeley

Professor Chris Abell, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge

Professor Ho Teck Hua, Senior Deputy President and Provost Designate, National ̽��ֱ�� of Singapore

UC Berkeley, the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge and the National ̽��ֱ�� of Singapore to support collaborative projects in themes including Precision Medicine, Cities and Smart Systems.

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ag236 — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 14:35:01 +0000

An alliance between the ̽��ֱ�� of California Berkeley, the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge and the National ̽��ֱ�� of Singapore has moved into its next phase following the first joint call for research proposals and the approval of five inaugural projects.

̽��ֱ��successful proposals, in the areas of “Cities”, “Precision medicine” and “Smart systems”, will be supported through a joint fund of £723,900 –including a contribution of £301,000 from the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge.

These are the first projects set up under the auspices of the Global Alliance, a partnership between UC Berkeley, Cambridge and NUS formalised at the end of 2015.

̽��ֱ��aim of the partnership is to promote collaborative and multidisciplinary research on a global scale.

Its focus is on finding solutions to global challenges that cannot be solved by a single institution, or even through bilateral collaboration.

Prof Chris Abell, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research at the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge, said:

“ ̽��ֱ��projects supported under this first call show the many ways in which our joint resources will let us tackle global problems more effectively. They are the first in a series of research collaborations that will allow our three institutions to work together for the global good.”

̽��ֱ��five successful projects were:

“Toward an open and secure internet-of-things reference platform” (Cambridge PI: Prof Simon Moore)
“Modelling interacting high-dimensional phenotypes – Kronecker Products for imaging, genetics and imaging genetics” (Cambridge PI: Prof John Aston)
“Mathematical and statistical theory of imaging” (Cambridge PI: Dr Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb)
“Smart design: human-centric planning of urban districts” (Cambridge PI: Prof Koen Steemers)
“Translucent city” (Cambridge PI: Dr. Ruchi Choudhary)

Funding for the five projects will be released between November 2016 and February 2017.

A further call for proposals will be published in May 2017 (deadline September 2017).

For more information, contact Dr Kata Fülöp, International Strategy Office, Kata.Fulop@admin.cam.ac.uk

Funding approved for research projects involving UC Berkeley, Cambridge and the National ̽��ֱ�� of Singapore

̽��ֱ��projects supported under this first call show the many ways in which our joint resources will let us tackle global problems more effectively.

Prof Chris Abell

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