Tehran – Following the 10th joint call, the Iranian National Science Foundation (INSF) and the Silk Road Joint Science Foundation (SRSF) will work with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) to support the implementation of six research projects.
According to the IRNA, research projects that enhance scientific synergies between institutions, organizations, universities and experts will be prioritized.
Grants worth 40 billion rials (approximately $44,000) for each research project for up to three years will be allocated to the following areas:
1. Water Science:
Ecological Economics of Water Consumption
Agricultural Water Management
Sustainable management of natural water resources
Water treatment, purification, and desalination
2. Artificial Intelligence (AI), Basics and Development:
Trustworthy AI
Enhanced deep learning
Diagnostic model
Generation AI
Big language model
New learning algorithms
Expression and reasoning of knowledge (KRR)
New architecture for deep neural networks
Recent joint efforts
Iran and China will support faculty in implementing 10 research projects following the fifth joint call by the INSF and China’s National Natural Science Foundation (NSFC).
According to ISNA, funding for each research project will be allocated to the following areas:
1. Traditional medicines and medicinal plants:
Evidence-based integration and standardization of traditional Chinese and traditional Persian medicine for major diseases. Sustainable medicinal plants: ecological cultivation, biodiversity, and resilience. Application of digital and AI tools in classification, analysis, and clinical research of traditional medicines and medicinal plants.
2. Energy:
Renewable energy; Highly efficient use of traditional energy; Energy-related materials; Storage technology; Application of artificial intelligence in the energy sector.
Supported by the Iranian National Science Foundation and the China National Natural Science Foundation, the Iranian and China workshops were held on May 31 and June 1, focusing on new ways to increase climate change resilience.
The workshop entitled “Emerging Technologies and Method for Climate Resilience” was organized by Sharif University of Technology and Chongkin University in China. It was held in English both in person and online. The main objective of the workshop was to identify the most innovative ways to enhance the city’s climate change resilience, the IRNA reported.
The workshop focused on climate-responsive urban design and technology, climate risk management, and new technologies to manage risk, urban energy transition, climate resilience, water resilience, integrated systems planning, smart governance and social adaptation to climate change, and climate system modeling to assess and predict climate change.
It also highlighted using artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data in developing collaborative solutions to enhance urban resilience, climate-dependent urban resource management, international cooperation, and urban resilience.
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