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UCL-French Embassy Science & Technology Workshops

Between 2012 and 2019, UCL and the French Embassy in London funded science and technology workshops which brought 皇家华人 researchers together with colleagues in French research institutions.

UCL and the French Embassy in London collaborated between 2012 and 2019 in support of an annual series of workshops with a science and/or technology focus.

A generous grant (~拢20,000) from the Embassy enabled UCL Grand Challenges to run yearly calls for workshop proposals.

Through the eight years of the scheme, 28 workshops, hosted by UCL, engaged the interest and participation of almost 250 researchers from UCL and from research institutions across France.

The workshop series was one of two joint initiatives between Grand Challenges and the French Embassy鈥檚 Higher Education, Research & Innovation Department, the other being an annual cycle of Conference-D茅bat lectures, established 2010, on big cross-disciplinary topics, with speakers from UCL and research institutions in France.

More听detail about the Conference-D茅bat听Lecture cycles will be made available on the GC website in the next academic year (AY 21/22).

2018-19

Artificial Intelligence + in silico methods + chemical libraries:
the new equation for Franco-British drug discovery from natural products

鈥⑻� 听UCL: Dr Jose M. Prieto (UCL School of Pharmacy, Course Director MSc in Medicinal Natural Products & Phytochemistry)
鈥⑻� 听贵谤补苍肠别: Professor Bruno David (Medical School of Toulouse & Research Director in R&D of Natural Substances at the Research institute Pierre Fabre)

> Download workshop booklet
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The power of graphs in machine learning and sequential decision-making

鈥⑻� 听UCL: Dr Laura Toni (Lecturer, UCL Electronic & Electrical Engineering)
鈥⑻� 听France: Dr Michal Valko (Charg茅 de Recherche, INRIA Lille 鈥� Nord Europe - SequeL Team)

Plants, the City and Sound

鈥⑻� 听UCL: Professor Nick Tyler CBE FREng (Chadwick Professor of Civil Engineering at 皇家华人 Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering).
鈥⑻� 听France: Professor Yves Duthen (Professor of Computer Science, Director of Research at IRIT (Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse))

Translational Application of Multidisciplinary Research for Incontinence:
Recent insights,听emerging technologies and future directions

鈥� 听 听UCL: Professor Richard Day (Professor of Regenerative Medicine, UCL Division of Medicine)
鈥� 听 听France: Professor Olivier Boyer (Professor of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Rouen Normandy University)
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2017-18

Translational hearing science
Working towards consensus on patient selection and outcome measurement in clinical trials of innovative hearing treatments听

  • UCL:听Professor Anne GM Schilder (Ear Institute, University College London, NIHR UCLH BRC Deafness and Hearing Problems Theme)
  • France:鈥嬧�嬧�嬧�嬧�嬧�嬏齈rofessor Christine Petit (Institut de l鈥橝udition, Institut Pasteur, Paris)

Regulating new electricity markets:
UK and French expectations for self-consumption and peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading

  • UCL:听David Shipworth (UCL Energy Institute)
  • France:听Marta Torre-Schaub (Universit茅 Paris 1 Panth茅on-Sorbonne)

> Read report (English)
> Read report (French)

2016-17

Multi-scale approaches in epilepsy research

  • UCL:听Louis Lemieux (Clinical & Experimental Epilepsy, Institute of Neurology),听Karl Friston and Richard Rosch (Imaging Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology),听Gerald Cooray (Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm), Yujiang Wang (School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle)
  • France:听Victor Jirsa (Institut des Neurosciences des System茅s, Aix-Marseilles Universit茅),听Bartolomei Fabrice (Hopital de la Timone, Service de Neurophysiologie Clinique, Marseille),听Maxime Guye (Centre for Magnetic Resonance in Biology & Medicine, Aix-Marseille University)

> Read the report (pdf)

Computational approaches to decision and affective neuroscience

  • UCL:听Dr Robb Rutledge and Ray Dolan (Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry),听Peter Dayan (Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit),听Bendetto de Martino (Decision Making Group, Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience),听Steve Fleming (Metacognition Group, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging)
  • France:Etienne Koechlin (Frontal Lobe Functions Group Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris),听Hilke Plassmann (Economic Decision-Making Group Ecole Normale Superieure, INSEAD Business School, Paris),听Mathias Pessiglione (Motivation Brain Behavior Group Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle 茅pini猫re H么pital de la Piti茅-Salp锚tri猫re, Universit茅 Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6)

> Read the report (pdf)

PHOOD:
Bringing together pharma and food through sensory science towards health and wellness听

  • UCL:听Catherine Tuleu 听(Centre for Paediatric Pharmacy Research, UCL School of Pharmacy),听Ben Hanson (UCL Mechanical Engineering), Mark Miodownik (UCL Institute of Making)
  • France: Anne-Marie Pens茅-Lh茅ritier (Ecole de Biologie Industrielle, 95800 Cergy-Pontoise),听Arnaud Aubert (Department of Psychology and Department of Neurosciences University of Tours),听Agn猫s Giboreau (Institut Paul Bocuse),听Sylvie Issanchou (Centre des Sciences du Go没t et de l鈥橝limentation, Dijon)

> Read the report (pdf)

Retrofitting London and Paris via the Internet of Things:
Leading the transformation to sustainable megacities of the future (IoT2SUSTAIN)

  • UCL:听Ioannis Andreopoulos,听John Mitchell,听Miguel Rio,听Ryan Grammenos (UCL Electronic & Electical Engineering)
  • France:听Thomas Watteyne, Val茅rie Issarny (Inria, Paris),听Valeria Loscri (Inria, Lille)

> Read the report (pdf)

Unfolding Through Time:
Digital Innovation in the Built Environment

  • UCL:听Claire McAndrew,听Tim Broyd,听Michael Pitt听 (UCL Institute for Digital Innovation in the Built Environment)
  • France:听Souheil Soubra,听Justine Bonenfant,听Eric Pascual (Centre Scientifique et Technique du Batiment),听Ana-Marie Roxin 鈥� (University of Burgundy - UFR-ST 鈥� Laboratory LE2I UMR CNRS 6306),听Bernard Ferries (Toulouse National School of Architecture 鈥� Architecture Research Laboratory)

> Read the report (pdf)

2015-16

Managing Technology and Innovation in Complex Projects and Megaprojects

  • UCL:听Professor Hedley Smyth,听Professor Peter Morris,听Professor Andrew Davies,听Professor Andrew Edkins,听Dr Efrosyni Konstantiou,听Dr Stefano Miraglia,听Alex Murray,听Dr Taha Elhag (Bartlett School of Construction & Project Management)
  • France:听Professor Laurence Lecoeuvre,听Professor Rodney Turner,听Professor Pierre Daniel,听Professor Philippe Vaesken,听Dr Carole Daniel,听Dr Eric Daniel (Skema Business School, Lille University)

> Read the report (pdf)

Global Actors, Capital Flows and the Production and Regulation of the Built Environment:
A London-Paris Comparison

  • UCL:听Professor Mike Raco,听Dr Claire Colomb,听Professor John Tomaney (Bartlett School of Planning),听Professor Michelle Baddeley and Dr Yiming Wang (Bartlett Sch of Construction & Project Management)
  • France:听Professor Patrick Le Gal猫s and Dr Charlotte Halpern (Sciences-Po Paris),听Professor Christine Lelevrier (Universit茅 Paris Est Cr茅teil & Universit茅 Paris-Est Marne-la-Vall茅e)

The contribution of hippocampal neural circuits to memory and spatial cognition:
Recent insights, emerging technologies and future directions

  • UCL:听Dr Francesca Cacucci,听Professor Neil Burgess,听Professor Kate Jeffery,听Professor John O鈥橩eefe,听Professor Hugo Spiers,听
    Dr Caswell Barry,听Dr Thomas Wills听(Neuro, Physiology & Pharmacology, Div of Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, UCL)
  • France:听Dr Angelo Arleo (University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris),听Dr Karim Benchenane 鈥� UMR 8249 CNRS ESPCI-ParisTech),听Professor Bruno Poucet,听Dr Francesca Sargolini (University of Aix-Marseille),听Rosa Cossart,听听Dr J茅r么me Epsztein (Institut de Neurobiologie la Mediterranee in Marseille),听Dr Micha毛l Zugaro (Ecole de Neuroscience, Paris),听Dr Laure Rondi Reig (Institut de Biologie, Paris)

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> Read the report (pdf)

MRI based Virtual Histology:
Meeting Tomorrow鈥檚 Healthcare Challenges Today

  • UCL:听Dr Aurobrata Ghosh,听Dr Hui Zhang,听Professor听Daniel C. Alexander (Centre for Medical Image Computing, Computer Sciences, UCL)
  • France:听Prof. Rachid Deriche,听Dr. Demian Wassermann,听Marco Pizzolato (Inria Sophia Antipolis M茅diterran茅e)

> Read the report (pdf)

Mapping the Cosmic Web:
A Frontier in Cosmology and Astrophysics

  • UCL: Professor Ofer Lahav,听Professor Richard Ellis,听Professor Hiranya Peiris,听Dr Joanna Fabbri,听Dr Marc Manera,听Benjamin Joachimi听(Department of Physics and Astronomy)
  • France:听Professor Christopher Pichon,听Professor Joseph Silk,听Professor Benjamin Wandelt,听Dr Aur茅lien Benoit-L茅vy (Institut d鈥橝strophysique de Paris),听Clotilde Laigle (Sorbonne Universit茅)

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2014-15

The Extended Hippo Tumour Suppressor Pathway in Cancer Cell Signalling and Autophagy

  • UCL: Dr Alexander Hergovich, Dr Pablo Rodriguez-Viciana (UCL Cancer Institute), Dr Robin Kettler (MRC LMCB, UCL)
  • France: Professor Jacques Camonis (Institut Curie, Paris), Dr Patrice Codogno (INSERMU1151-CNRS UMR 8253, University Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cit茅), Professor Gerard Zalcman (INSERM UMR1086; University Caen-Basse Normandie, Caen), Dr Jaques Camonis (Institut Curie, INSERM U830, Paris)

> Read the report (pdf)

Virtual reality in rehabilitation, accessibility and mobility

  • UCL:听Dr Tom Carlson (Aspire Centre for Rehabilitative Engineering and Assistive Technology, Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science), Dr Catherine Holloway (Biomechanical Instrumentation Group @PAMELA, UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering), Professor Anthony Steed (Virtual Environments and Computer Graphics, UCL Computer Sciences), Dr Nadia Berthouze (UCL Interaction Centre 鈥� UCLIC)
  • France: Dr Eric Monacelli (Laboratoire d鈥橧ng茅nierie des Syst猫mes de Versailles, Universit茅 de Versailles Saint Quentin), Dr Laurent Bougrain (University of Lorraine/Inria/CNRS), Dr Franck Mars (CNRS鈥擡cole Centrale de Nantes), Dr Evelyne Klinger (ESIEA:听Laval), Dr Marie Babel (INSA Rennes, IRISA/ Inria), Dr Marie Pierre Pacaux Lemoine and Dr Chouki Sentouh (University of Valenciennes)

> Workshop briefing
> Read the report (pdf)

Lifecourse Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions:
Reconciling Research Advances 听 听 听 听听

  • UCL: Professor听Amanda Sacker, Professor听Yvonne Kelly (The International Centre for Lifecourse Studies in Society and Health, UCL Research Department of Epidemiology & Public Health)
  • France: Dr Michelle Kelly-Irving et al. (Social Epidemiology Team, Inserm Research Unit for Epidemiology and Public Health,听UMR1027, Universit茅 Paul Sabatier, Toulouse)

> Read the report (pdf)

Beyond the Standard:
DFT Approaches for the Simulation听of Next-Generation Electronics

  • UCL: Dr David R. Bowler (UCL Physics & Astronomy)
  • France: Professor Frederic Castet et al.听(Department of Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Sciences, University of Bordeaux)

> Read the report (pdf)

2013-14

Translational Applications of Patient-Specific Cardiovascular Models

  • UCL: Professor Andrew M Taylor, Dr Silvia Schievano, Dr Giovanni Biglino,听Dr Claudio Capelli (UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science)
  • France: Professor Herv茅 Delingette, Dr Maxime Sermesant, Dr Florian Vichot (Institut National de Recherhe en Informatique et en Automatique Sophia-Antiplois)

> Read the report (pdf)

Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications

  • UCL: Professor Nguy峄卬 TK Thanh (Physics and Astronomy), Professor Asterios Gavriilidis (Chemical Engineering), Dr Andreas Sch盲tzlein and Professor Ijeoma Uchegbu (School of Pharmacy), Dr Christoph G. Salzmann, Dr Erik Arstad (Chemistry)
  • France: Professor Sylvie Colin-Begin (University of Strasbourg), Professor Etienne Duguet (University of Bordeaux), 听Professor Nadine Millot (University of Burgundy), Professor Claire Billotey (University of Saint-Etienne), Dr Manuel Bardi猫s (Facult茅 de M茅decine de Toulouse), Dr David Kryza (Universit茅 Claude Bernard Lyon), Professor Laurence Motte,听Dr Amanda K Andriola Silva (Universit茅 Paris Diderot)

> Read the report (pdf)

Innovating the study and practice of strategic change initiatives

  • UCL: Dr Satu Teerikangas, Professor Peter Morris, Professor Andrew Davies, Professor Michelle Baddeley, Dr Hedley Smyth, Dr Stephen Pryke, Professor David Jemison, Professor Jim Meikle听(UCL Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management)
  • France: Professor Philippe V茅ry, Professor Emmanuel Metais (EDHEC Business School),听Professor Yvez Doz (INSEAD), Professor Pierre Dussauge (HEC Paris), Professor Philippe Monin, Professor Eero Vaara (EM Lyon),听Associate Professor Audrey Rouzi猫s, Associate Professor Nicola Mirc (University of Toulouse I)

> Read the report (pdf)

Hybrid Spin-Superconducting Quantum Devices

  • UCL: Dr John J. L. Morton, Dr Cheuk Chi Lo,听Dr Jarryd Pla,听Dr Edward Romans, Gary Wolfowicz听(London Centre for Nanotechnology),听Professor Sougato Bose听(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences),听Dr Dan Browne (Department of Physics and Astronomy),听
  • France:听Dr Patrice Bertet,听Ms Audrey Bienfait,听Ms Cecile Grezes,听Dr Yuimaru Kubo,听Dr Michael Stern听(CEA Saclay)

> Read the report (pdf)

Translational neuroscience research opportunities in Paris and London:
Epilepsy, ion channels and synapses

  • UCL: Professor Dimitri M Kullmann (UCL Institute of Neurology)
  • France: Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epini猫re:听ICM 鈥� theBrain and Spine Unit), Piti茅-Salp锚tri猫re Hospital, Paris听

> Read the report (pdf)

2012-13

Seismic Fragility of Urban Buildings and Infrastructure

  • UCL: Dr Tiziana Rossetto, Dr Dina D鈥橝yala and Dr Philippe Duffour (EPICentre Research Group, UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering)
  • France: Dr. Evelyne Foerster, Dr John Douglas, Dr Caterina Negulescu, Pierre Gehl (Bureau de Recherches G茅ologiques et Mini猫res), Dr Mustapha Meghraoui (University of Strasbourg, 听Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg), Professor Ahmed Mebarki (University Paris-Est Marne-la-Vall茅e)

> Read the report (pdf)

Quantum Technologies Network

  • UCL: Dr Fernando Brandao (UCL Computer Science), Dr Dan Browne (UCL Physics & Astronomy)
  • France: Professor Sophie Laplante, CNRS-LIAFA (Laboratoire d'Informatique Algorithmique - Fondements et Applications, Universit茅 Paris Diderot), Dr Eleni Diamanti, CNRS-LTCI (Laboratoire Traitement et Communication de l鈥橧nformation, Telecom Paris Tech), Dr Alexei Grinbaum, CEA-Saclay /SPEC (Condensed Matter Physics laboratory of Saclay Institute for Radiation and Matter), Dr Marc Kaplan (CNRS-LTCI)

Theoretical Foundations of Network Analysis

  • UCL: Professor Valerie Isham and Dr Pierre-Andre Maugis (UCL Statistical Science), Professor Sofia Olhede and Professor Patrick Wolfe (UCL Statistical Science / UCL Computer Science); Dr John Talbot (UCL Mathematics)
  • France: Professors Pierre Borgnat and Patrick Flandrin (脡cole Normale Sup茅rieure de Lyon),听Professor Eric Fleury (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, INRA-IXXI), Professor Matthieu Latapy (l'universit茅 Pierre et Marie Curie鈥擴PMC), Professor Celine Levy-Leduc (Telecom ParisTech), Professor Clemence Magnien (Laboratoire d鈥橧nformatique de Paris 6)

Our Chemical Origins

  • UCL: Professor Serena Viti, Dr Jeremy Yates and Dr Thomas Bisbas (UCL Physics & Astronomy)
  • France: Professor Cecilia Ceccarelli and Dr Bertrand Lefloch (Laboratoire d'Astrophisique at the Observatoire de Grenoble鈥擨PAG), Dr Claudio Codella (IPAG/Arcetri Observatory)

> Read the report (pdf)