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Toru Kumagai’s report on R&D trends in GermanyGermany’s new national hydrogen strategy
September 25, 2020 [by Toru Kumagai] Germany aims to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions, including CO2, to zero by 2050. Against that backdrop, the cabinet of Angela Merkel has introduced a hydrogen strategy that seeks to use hydrogen as a power source for manufacturing and transportation as one of the key measures to reduce CO2 emissions.
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News: Augsburg University of Applied SciencesCall for professorships
[Deadline: 2020/9/10] Augsburg University of Applied Sciences is inviting applications for professorships in the following areas:
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News: Artificial Intelligence
Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI)
Germany and Japan are founding members of the „Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence“ (GPAI) – a worldwide initiative to promote responsible and human-centered development and use of artificial intelligence.
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News: HydrogenGerman Government adopts National Hydrogen Strategy
On June 10, the Federal Government adopted a National Hydrogen Strategy for Germany. Hydrogen is key for decarbonising key German sectors such as the steel and chemical industries and the transport sector. Furthermore, hydrogen technologies have the potential to become a key field of business for German exporters.
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News: Autonomous Driving / Joint Press ReleaseJapanese Cabinet Office and BMBF intensify Japanese – German research cooperation
Japanese Cabinet Office (CAO) and The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) have now further intensified their cooperation on research activities related to autonomous driving, first initiated in 2017. The joint Steering Committee approved the funding of two new projects.
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News: Results of Joint Call 2019 (SICORP)Japanese-German research projects on “Optics and Photonics”
Three new German-Japanese research projects from the second call for proposals (2019) on “Optics and Photonics” will start on October 1, 2020.
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News: Results of EIG CONCERT-Japan Joint Call 2019“Smart Water Management for Sustainable Society”
These four projects with German participation were selected in the Joint Call on “Smart Water Management for Sustainable Society” (2019) . They are beginning in spring 2020 and last for three years.
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