On April 27^th, Prof. Houman Borouchaki from the University of Technology of Troyes, Director of GAMMA3 Laboratory, Prof. ZHANG Jie, Executive Director of Sino-French Advanced Computing Technology Institute, and the delegation visited USTB for the communication and exchange on the development of USTB-UTT joint laboratory. Mr. Cheng Xin, Mr. Miao Hanlin, et al. French representatives in China, Prof. TIAN Jianjun, Associate Dean of the USTB Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, and Ms. LI Bei, Associate Director at the USTB Office of International Affairs attended the symposium. Prof. ZHANG Baicheng presided over the symposium.

Prof. Houman Borouchaki thanked USTB for the invitation, and briefly introduced the research results of the UTT GAMMA3 laboratory. Both sides had in-depth discussions on how to further build the USTB-UTT joint laboratory and exchanged views on details of industry-university-research cooperation on industrial demand, key technologies, products and services, and talent cultivation.

Prof. Houman Borouchaki and the delegation visited the USTB History Museum before the symposium to learn about the history and culture of USTB. GU Wen, an undergraduate student from the School of Foreign Studies, gave a wonderful bilingual explanation.

The INRIA GAMMA3 is a national scientific research institute under the France Minister of Economics, Finance, and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty. Its key research fields are Computer Science, Control Theory, and Applied Mathematics. The Computer Discipline ranks seventh in the competitiveness of world-class universities and research institutions in the world.

It is believed that the construction of the USTB-UTT joint laboratory will not only promote scientific and technological progress and industry-university-research cooperation but also contribute to the friendship between China and France.

Draft: HE Mu

Revision: CHENG Mingyuan