Community Leadership to Support Computer Science Research

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Community Leadership to Support Computer Science
Research
Panel at the 2nd US-China CS Leadership Summit

• Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and
  Technology

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Questions

• To what extent is this "bottom-up" vs.
  "top-down"?
• To what extent does funding emphasis lead
  research or vice versa?
• What is the role of practical applications?
• Can industry influence the direction of research
  in universities? If so, how?
• What is a role for US-China collaborations in
  shaping the research agenda for computer science?

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To what extent is this "bottom-up" vs. "top-down"?

• First, bottom-up, suggestions and proposals
  collected
• Workshop discussion, form the initial cfp
• Finally, top-down, cfp

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To what extent does funding emphasis lead
research or vice versa?

• Fundamental basic research from NSFC and 973
  program from MOST
• For 973 program, 3 categories of projects are
  supported
• For A category, each project is less than 15M
  with 1-2 participant units
• For B category, each project is less than 30M
  with at most 8 participant units
• For C category, each project is less than 50M
  with at most 8 participant units

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What is the role of practical applications?

• In MOST, there are two kinds of practical
  application program
• 863 target-directed program, range from several M
  to dozens of M, leading with research unit or
  industry
• ST Supporting program, ranging from dozens of M
  to hundreds of M

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Can industry influence the direction of research
in universities? If so, how?

• Most international industry research lab has
  great influence to the research in China, such as
  Intel, IBM, MSRA, EMC, Google
• For some large domestic industries, to some
  extend, has also great influence to the research
  in China, such as Huawei, China Mobile,
  UTStarcom, ZTE, Inspur, Lenovo, Tencent, Baidu

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What is a role for US-China collaborations in
shaping the research agenda for computer science?

• Exchange research idea, inspiring creative
  thinking, get to know each other about the
  research topics
• Focus on some common interests after each summit,
  and support the real collaboration between US and
  China