WORLDWIDE/MULTIPLE COUNTRIES

Connexions: Globally accessible repository of free educational materials in English, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, and Thai. Used in 157 countries, 16% of all Rice web hits in February 06 http://cnx.org - R. Baraniuk, J. King (ECE)

IFIP Working Group on Program Generation, Summer School in Brazil, France, Germany - W. Taha (CS)

AFRICA

Arab Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF): apolitical organization founded in 2000 to promote science and technology in the region http://www.astf.net - F. Ghorbel, VP and founding member (MEMS)

ASIA

China: Fudan Universityósigned agreement on student and scholar exchange with Rice - J. Ma (BIOE)
China-US Center for Environment Remediation and Sustainable Development, Nankai University, co-director W. Chen - M. Tomson, Rice co-director (CEE)
India: Training workshop on Rice WARP hardware platform at IIT Delhi funded by Xilinx and NSF-CRI - A. Sabharwal, J.P. Frantz, B. Aazhang, E. Knightly, J. Cavallaro (ECE)
Guest Professor at Osaka University - A. Fernandez (BIOE)
Adjunct Professor at Haifa University - M. Vardi (CS)
NanoJapan: NSF funded training project including language and cultural orientation and research internship in various institutions in Japan - J. Kono, J.P. Frantz (ECE)

CENTRAL AMERICA

Mexico: The Lehmann International Symposia series ñfunded by NSF, MD Anderson, Pfizer, Cytel, and CIMAT - J. Rojo (STAT)
Adjunct Professor at UNAM - P. Alvarez (CEE)
Mexico Petroleum Institute (IMP) Scientific Advisory Board - P. Alvarez (CEE)
ENON summer school Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas Hidalgo - D. Sorensen (CAAM)
Nicaragua: Board of Directors for ENACAL - P. Alvarez (CEE)

EUROPE

Germany: International University of Bremen: exchange students and visiting professorship - A. Antoulas (ECE)
Visiting professor at University of Oulu and Helsinki University of Technology - B. Aazhang, J. Cavallaro (ECE)
Scientific Advisory Board of DFKI, Saarbrucken-Kaiserslautern - R. Goldman (CS)
NSF/GCCB/NATO funded collaboration on computational biology and genetics focusing on cancer at University of Heidelberg - M. Kimmel (STAT)
Visiting Professor, Max Planck Institute for Biochemie, Munichóhosted by Prof. R. Huber - A. Fernandez (BIOE)
Biomedical Research Institute (Ioannina): Member of Search Committee for Institute Director - K. Zygourakis (CHBE).
Holland: Student exchange program with the University of Nijmegen - A. Mikos (BIOE)
Ireland: National University of Galway, Advisory Board, National Center for Biomedical Engineering - K. Athanasiou (BIOE)

OCEANIA

Visiting professorship of M. Pasquali (CHBE) at Monash University

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazil: Adjunct Professor at UFSC - P. Alvarez (CEE)