Archive for the ‘Research’ Category
New exchange program between UC Berkeley and The Technical University of Denmark
As a result of the 3rd Annual Workshop on Photonics an exchange program between Berkeley and DTU has been established. This will in the future secure knowledge transfer across the Atlantic. In this way Berkeley and DTU Fotonik will keep their position as leading researchers in the area of photonics. Hopefully the details of the [...]
3rd Annual Workshop on Photonics has successfully been conducted
3rd Annual Workshop on Photonics The 30th and 31th of January the 3rd Annual Workshop on Photonics was hosted. With over 100 attendees the workshop was once again a success with the introduction of exciting new technologies on the areas of communication and biophotonics. Inspiring speakers With speakers from all over the world the stage [...]
What will the future internet look like and is it possible to build micro systems on the surface of an eye?
Monday January 30th, 2012 the 3rd Annual Workshop on Photonic Technologies and Applications will launch at UC Berkeley, CITRIS. Danish and US experts within research and industry will join forces in an attempt to advance the development of Photonic Technologies for Communications and Biophotonics. Together with Stanford University, UC Berkeley, The Technical University of Denmark and Aalborg University we have put together [...]
Universities Generate More Startups
One fact is for sure, the world economy looks rather complicated these days. Another true fact is that more research and entrepreneurship create jobs and growth. The good news is universities are ramping up their efforts to commercialize their research. Universities filed more patents, created more startups, and licensed more technologies in fiscal year 2010 [...]
Reality Hits a Virtual Wall
Our latest workshop at Stanford University, Explosions of Virtuality, evolved around our daily interactions with each other in a social and virtual world. How can and should we reflect on the growing pattern of communication in the virtual evolution we are going through? This workshop was another product of the collaboration between the H-STAR Institute [...]
Grundfos Cuts the Ribbon to Innovative Water Technology Center
On September 20, Grundfos Chairman, Niels Due Jensen, unveiled Grundfos’ Water Technology Center in Fresno, California. The center will set the standard in water technology throughout the world as well as benefit the entire region, said Ashley Swearengin, Mayor of Fresno. The Water Technology Center will primarily focus on innovative product research in irrigation and [...]
Want to Bridge Danish and the American Research and Innovation Environments?
Science and Technology Attaché – Position as good networker with research and innovation policy insights is open at Innovation Center Denmark in Silicon Valley, USA. Would you like to work in one of the world’s most knowledge intensive and innovative areas and bridge Danish and U.S. research and innovation environments? The position open from January 1 2012. Application deadline October 17 2011. Read more about the position here
October workshop at Stanford University – Explosions of Virtuality
Our engagement with the world is a constant interplay of the actual and the virtual. New spaces, acts, performances, organizations and movements are becoming possible. Creating innovation is being able to actualize these potential and infinitive worlds here and now in the actual world. Do explosions of virtuality provide us with hope of new spaces [...]
Visiting scholarships in Silicon Valley
Are you a researcher or a PhD student? Now you have the amazing opportunity to apply for a visiting scholarship at Stanford University or UC Berkeley – some of the leading universities in the world. Deadline for applications is October 5th 2011. The scholarships are part of a partnership between the Ministry of Science, [...]
A Little Help from Our Green Friends
Think of a future where plants get your car going instead of gasoline and a future where all the products that today are produced by chemicals derived from oil is replaced by sustainable products without these oil-based chemicals. This future is near! Soon we will be able to create optimized and tailored plants to work [...]
Silicon Valley Crash Course to Danish Minister
We just had the honor of having The Danish Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Charlotte Sahl-Madsen visit together with the chancellors of the Danish universities. Their objective was to get a crash course in Silicon Valley entrepreneurship and innovation at it’s best. The overall goal was to get inspired in the ongoing reform process [...]
Kickoff workshop in the Transatlantic Telehealth Research Network
Last month a group of top-level US researchers visited Aalborg University to discuss state of the art telehealth and cardiology and the challenges to overcome in the coming years. These researchers are all members of the newly established Transatlantic Telehealth Research Network (TTRN), a collaboration supported by the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation [...]
