{"id":47481,"date":"2018-06-07T09:59:24","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T13:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=47481"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:43","slug":"carletons-department-of-systems-and-computer-engineering-hosts-french-delegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2018\/carletons-department-of-systems-and-computer-engineering-hosts-french-delegation\/","title":{"rendered":"杏吧原创\u2019s Department of Systems and Computer Engineering Hosts French Delegation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n 杏吧原创\u2019s Department of Systems and Computer Engineering Hosts French Delegation\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

Written By Elizabeth Murphy
\nPhotos by Ainslie Coghill<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was an opportunity to share 杏吧原创 University\u2019s commitment to engineering excellence with an international audience as the research-intensive Faculty of Engineering and Design<\/a>hosted a delegation from France on June 6. Consisting of French Members of Parliament, research and university leaders, as well as government officials, the group toured the Maker Lab and had the opportunity to learn about research from the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The French delegation was in Ottawa to accompany President Emmanuel Macron as he visits the region in advance of the G7 Summit this week in Charlevoix, Quebec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a wonderful opportunity to give them a small taste of what we have to offer here at 杏吧原创,\u201d said Karen Schwartz, acting associate vice-president (Research and International). \u201cOut of these kinds of interactions can come faculty exchanges, student exchanges and cotutelle agreements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOften it starts with brief meeting, then there is follow-up \u2013 it develops into something bigger and a more long-term relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following an introduction by Department Chair Yvan Labiche, engineering students presented their work that included a project on Internet of Things (IoT) integration with home energy usage, as well as a demonstration of autonomous and connected vehicle technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are so appreciative of our departments \u2013 the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, for example, is what you were seeing here \u2013 the work that they do at their level is so important for the faculty,\u201d said Fred Afagh, interim dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Design. \u201cWe really value these sorts of visits because it\u2019s usually visits like these that triggers the first light for future collaborations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Afagh noted that university-affiliated delegates that take part in these types of events have an opportunity to share with their non-academic counterparts the importance of visiting and building relationships with other post-secondary institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a trilateral communication between various groups that I think is very valuable for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The visitors to 杏吧原创 included Jacques Samarut, co-president of the France-Canada Fund for Research, Khaled Bouabdallah, president of the University of Lyon, Jean-Marie Panazol, director general of the educational network Canop\u00e9,  Marianne Beseme, secretary general of the Franco-Qu\u00e9bec Office for Youth, Gilles Wainrib, president of Owkin France \u2013 a company specializing in medical artificial intelligence, as well as French MPs Annie Chapelier, Jean-Luc Lagleize, S\u00e9bastien Nadot and C\u00e9dric Villani, winner of the 2010 Fields Medal for mathematics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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