GLOBAL - QM-CHINA

研究背景由于中国将成为未来几十年全球经济增长的主要来源，英国显然有必要与中国正在培育的优秀研究相关联，并能够从这项研究中受益(例如，中国的工程研究已经在影响方面进入世界前三名，在物理学领域排名第二，占世界论文的近20%)，并从该研究的开发和实施的潜力中受益。玛丽女王在与中国合作伙伴合作方面有着出色的记录。我们与中国黑的成功合作最好的证明是我们与中国在教学方面的长期获奖合作伙伴关系，不仅是通过院校合作伙伴关系和研究中心，还通过许多个人研究合作，提供IET认证的电信联合(双)学位课程。我们与中国行业合作伙伴的合作记录建立在创新中国英国(ICUK)计划的基础上，该计划是英国和中国合作促进联合创新和知识转移的第一个合作项目。该项目于2007年启动，由英国皇家银行和国际清算银行出资490万英镑，由玛丽女王领导，随着最初的资助结束，ICUK已被纳入玛丽女王的业务发展部门。项目目的和目标该项目的总体目标是与关键和重要的中国合作伙伴发展可持续的研究合作。我们将在传统和伙伴组织优势的基础上，通过适当的资金流确保长期可持续性，同时认识到双方存在的重大障碍(文化和操作)。该项目有两个主要方面：扩大与北京邮电大学现有的强大联系，在无线、物联网、传感器、软件定义的网络、内容感知网络基础设施和社交媒体方面开展重大研究合作，从而建立一个具有法律地位的可持续实验室，能够参与中国主流研究。与中国在材料领域开展重要的长期合作，重点是将于2012年与四川大学建立的中英材料研究所，最初专注于功能材料，包括有机电子和自旋电子材料、计算物理、聚合物科学、材料化学和生物材料。我们与中国合作伙伴长期接触的战略的主要特点是：1)通过与中国研究生研究人员的接触，专注于中国的下一代研究领导者；2)中国的最终用户、技术社区和政策制定者的密切参与，以开发以行业为重点的应用程序，并影响英国的技术战略发展；3)为中英两国的学术参与者加深对英国和中国的学术文化和实践的了解，分别计划潜在的应用程序和好处我们相信学术和非学术社区将在以下方面获得非常显著的好处(详见《学术受益者》和《影响》摘要)：1)为与中国大学的研究合作开发可持续的模式；2)加深对此类研究合作的文化和操作障碍的理解和解决方案；3)在电信和材料研究的一般领域取得重大新成果；4)为玛丽女王学院和英国在中国的研究开发和促进知识转移机会。我们完全期待应用我们通过这个项目开发的方法来进一步加强我们与中国其他关键和高质量的高等教育合作伙伴的合作。

The context of the researchAs China is set to be the major source of global economic growth for the next decades, it is clearly essential that the UK is linked into and can benefit both from the excellent research that is being fostered in China (China's engineering research is already in the world top three for impact, for example, and second in Physics, with nearly 20% of world papers), and from the potential for the exploitation and implementation of that research. Queen Mary has an outstanding track record of working in collaboration with Chinese partners. Our ability to collaborate successfully with China HEI's is best evidenced in our long-term award-winning partnership with China in teaching providing IET-accredited joint (dual) degree programmes in telecommunications with BUPT, but also through institutional partnerships and research centres, and through numerous individual research collaborations. Our track record of working with industrial partners in China builds on the Innovation China UK (ICUK) programme which was the first UK-China collaboration to promote joint innovation and knowledge transfer. Launched in 2007, the £4.9 million HEFCE and BIS-funded initiative, was led by Queen Mary and with the end of the original funding ICUK has been embedded into Queen Mary's business development unit.Projects aims and objectivesThe overarching aim of the project is to develop sustainable research collaborations with key and significant Chinese partners. We will build on the strengths of both traditions and of the partner organisations to ensure long-term sustainability through appropriate funding streams, while recognising the significant barriers (both cultural and operational) that exist on both sides. The project has two major strands:The expansion of strong existing links with the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) into significant research collaborations on wireless, Internet of Things (IoT), sensors, software-defined networking, content-aware network infrastructures, and social media, leading to a sustainable laboratory with legal status capable of participating in mainstream Chinese research.The development of significant, long-term collaborations in Materials with China, centred on a Sino-British Materials Research Institute to be established in 2012 with Sichuan University (SCU), initially focussing on functional materials, including organic electronics and spintronic materials, computational physics, polymer science, materials chemistry and biomaterials.Key features of our strategy for long-term engagement with Chinese partners are:1) a focus on the next generation of research leaders in China, through engagement with postgraduate Chinese researchers;2) close engagement of end users, technology community and policy makers in China for developing industry focused applications and influencing technology strategy development for UK;3) developing understanding of academic culture and practice in both UK and China for the Chinese and UK academic participants, respectively Projects potential applications and benefitsWe believe that there will be very significant benefits to both academic and non-academic communities (detailed in the 'academic beneficiaries' and 'impact' summaries) in:1) developing sustainable models for research collaboration with Chinese universities;2) developing a deeper understanding of, and solutions to, the cultural and operational barriers to such research collaborations;3) significant new outputs in the general areas of telecommunications and materials research;4) developing and promoting knowledge transfer opportunities for Queen Mary's and UK research in China.We fully expect to apply the approaches we develop through this project to further our collaborations with other key and high quality HEI partners in China.