[ARTICLE] Official Launch of the Descartes Program
On 26 January 2022, the CNRS@CREATE Descartes Program was officially launched in CREATE Tower, with many prestigious guests attending the ceremony. Here is a throwback on this memorable official launching of the CNRS@CREATE #DescartesProgram.
26 Jan 2022: Official Launch of the #DescartesProgram
Professor Dominique Baillargeat welcomes our guests to the official launch of #DescartesProgram pic.twitter.com/aW1gkU8WuA
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Professor @VillaniCedric, President of the Scientific Committee of #DescartesProgram
“It will be an honor and pleasure for me to chair this committee to help recruiting the motivated, dedicated and competent team that will preside over this destiny.”@CNRS @CNRSinASEAN pic.twitter.com/BhH9ZdvjoF
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#CNRSinternational ? | Prof Chinesta, Prof Petit, Prof Low, HE Mr. Abensour, Ambassador of France to Singapore, Prof Baillargeat. #DescartesProgram
Our prestigious guests took of their masks only to take a quick photo. @CNRS @FranceinSG pic.twitter.com/4d3JJnzPPJ
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H.E. Mr. Marc Abensour, Ambassador of France to Singapore.
“#DescartesProgram is clearly in consistency with the decision made by the French government to invite Singapore as one of the founding members for a global panel on AI.”@FranceinSG @CNRS pic.twitter.com/6l5hp5MUuW
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#CNRSinternational ? | Professor Antoine Petit, CEO of @CNRS.
“It is a great pride for CNRS to lead such a consortium and to ensure that this research leads to concrete innovations through several partnerships with different industrial entities.” #DescartesProgram pic.twitter.com/vzRlTdW1DL
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“It is unique because it is the only program in CREATE that includes NUS, NTU, SUSS, A*STAR in Singapore, as well as involving so many French institutions.”
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#DescartesProgram – LOA Signatories
Our prestigious guests took of their masks only to take a quick photo. pic.twitter.com/3oalmKOjmm
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On the picture above, from left to right: Professor Tan Eng Chye, President of NUS, Professor Subra Suresh, President of NTU, Doctor Jean-Yves Marzin, Director of CNRS INSIS, Professor Paco Chinesta, Director of DesCartes Program, Professor Dominique Baillargeat, Scientific Executive Director of CNRS@CREATE, Prof Andy Hor, Deputy Chief Executive (Research) of A*STAR, Antoine Petit, Chairman and CEO of CNRS, HE Mr Marc Abensour, Ambassador of France to Singapore
Professor Francisco Chinesta, Director of #DescartesProgram, presents the objectives of the program.@CNRS @CNRSinASEAN pic.twitter.com/8rAkPPpfCv
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Professor Andy Hor, Deputy Chief Executive (Research) of @ASTARsg.
“The launch of #DesCartesProgram will continue to build our relationship and raise scientific excellence of our two nations in the field of smart cities, AI, hybridization technology and engineering.” pic.twitter.com/nYjcOOz5da
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Professor Tan Eng Chye, President of @NUS.
“DesCartes program is a truly exciting partnership that will bring together France’s prestigious CNRS, Singapore’s A*STAR, 16 universities from both countries and a big industry expertise of five leading companies.”#DescartesProgram pic.twitter.com/ahEZZAQail
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Professor Subra Suresh, President of @NTUsg.
“It is not just for the duration of the next few years: the implication and the impact of this work will continue for a much longer period of time”#DescartesProgram @CNRSatCREATE pic.twitter.com/mu08Il64Rk
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Doctor Jean-Yves Marzin, Director of @INSIS_CNRS, in the name of @CNRS and all the French academic partners.
“Hybrid models mobilizing physics and AI, but also Human-AI interaction regarding decision making are the heart of Descartes.”#DescartesProgram pic.twitter.com/6ngs90NA4h
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Round table with industrial partners of #DescartesProgram.@EDFofficiel, CETIM, @thalesgroup, @ESIgroup, @ARIATechnologie. pic.twitter.com/hAPrcHfghb
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Meeting #DescartesProgram researchers.
Professor Vanessa Evers presenting WPX, one of Descartes Program’s work packages. pic.twitter.com/O5EE1KPiuC
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#CNRSinternational ? | "The #DesCartesProgram is a very ambitious initiative in terms of fundamental research and its role in the smart city of the future" said @antoine_petit_, CEO of the @CNRS, at the launch in Singapore
➡️https://t.co/V8nMK6OsR3 pic.twitter.com/PRZHnJPKIJ
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