AFRICA

Nigeria:
Clinical trial of new technologies for detection of cervical cancer - R. Richards-Kortum (BIOE)

Tunisia:
NSF funded collaboration with Ecole Polytechnique de Tunisie - F. Ghorbel (MEMS)

ASIA

Armenia:
Civilian Research Defense Agency funded collaboration with Prof. Saakian - M. Deem (BIOE)

China:
US Center for Environment Remediation and Sustainable Development, Nankai University, co-director W. Chen - M. Tomson, Rice co-director (CEE)

Israel:
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center with Applied Spectral Imaging (Migdal Ha'Emek, Israel) collaboration with Dr. Tim McDonnell, deputy chair of hematopathology in microscopic hyperspectral imaging of human tissue for cancer detection. We had previous trial data acquisition with ASI's equipment, and preliminary analysis. - E. Merényi (ECE)

Ben Gurion University collaboration with Dr. R. Vago funded by the National Science Foundation - K. Athanasiou (BIOE)

Weizman Institute collaboration with Anatoly Burshtein on diffusion assisted reactions and Uri Alon in Physics - M. Deem (BIOE)

University of Haifa collaboration with renowned scholar Edward N. Trifonov at the Institute of Evolution - M. Deem (BIOE)

Collaboration with Prof. O. Kupferman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem funded by US-Israel Binational Science Foundation - M. Vardi (CS)

Collaboration with Professors Ishi Talmon and Yachin Cohen (Technion) on investigation of the structure and morphology of carbon nanotube liquid phases and solid materials. Funded by the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation - M. Pasquali

Collaboration with Professor Edward N. Trifonov

Japan:
Collaborations with Prof. S. Kawata at Osaka University and RIKEN funded by NSF PIRE project - N. Halas, J. Kono (ECE)

Training workshop on Rice WARP hardware platform funded by Xilinx and NSF-CRI - A. Sabharwal, J.P. Frantz, B. Aazhang, E. Knightly, J. Cavallaro (ECE)

NSF-ITR & PIRE funded project with Prof. H. Munekata at Tokyo Institute of Technology - J. Kono (ECE)

NSF-PIRE funded project with Prof. M. Inoue at Osaka Institute of Technology - J. Kono (ECE)

Taiwan:
Training workshop on Rice WARP hardware platform at NCTU funded by Xilinx and NSF-CRI - A. Sabharwal, J.P. Frantz, B. Aazhang, E. Knightly, J. Cavallaro (ECE)

CENTRAL AMERICA

El Salvador:
NSF-OISE funded Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute on Mathematical Models of Population Dynamics - J. Rojo (STAT)

CIMAT, Cuatro Cienegas project - J. Rojo (STAT)

Mexico:
Working on contract funded by PEMEX (National Oil Company of Mexico) to collaborate with IMP (Mexico Institute of Petroleum) and US Universities to develop enhanced oil recovery processes for their largest fields - George Hirasaki; Clarence Miller (CHBE).

Collaboration with Cuernavaca, Mexico Federal Public Health Officials on CVD, diabetes, and obesity disease burden on Mexican immigrants - J. Rojo (STAT)

EUROPE

European Research Training Network on Games and Automata for Synthesis and Validation, NSF funded Rice Node - M. Vardi (CS)

NSF funded collaboration on MetaOCaml language with UK, Italy and Russia http://www.metaocaml.org - W. Taha (CS)

Belgium: NSF-ITR funded collaboration with Prof. P. Van Dooren at the Catholic University of Louvain - A. Antoulas (ECE) and D. Sorensen (CAAM)

Cyprus: Creating Cyprus Biomedical Institute in conjunction with the Cyprus Government and Rice University - K. Athanasiou (BIOE)

England: NSF/GCCB/NATO funded collaboration on computational biology and genetics with focus on cancer at University of Liverpool and Cambridge - M. Kimmel (STAT)

Estonia: NSF funded collaboration with V. Vene at Tartu - W. Taha (CS)

Finland:
Funded project from Nokia in Oulu - B. Aazhang, J. Cavallaro, A. Sabharwal (ECE)
Research collaborations with M. Juntti at University of Oulu funded by Finnish Science Academy - B. Aazhang (ECE)

Research collaborations with M. Latva-aho at University of Oulu funded by Elektrobits - J. Cavallaro (ECE)

France:
Funded collaboration with University of Lyon - J. Clark, D. Khoury (ECE)

NATO/NSF funded collaboration with Prof. P. Flandrin of ENS-Lyon - R. Baraniuk (ECE)

NSF funded collaboration with Prof. Albert Cohen of U. Paris VI - R. Baraniuk (ECE)

NSF/INRIA funded with INRIA at Sophia-Antipolis - R. Goldman (CS)

NSF funded collaboration with Drs. G. Rikken and O. Portugall at CNRS Toulouse - J. Kono (ECE)

NSF-CNRS funded collaboration with Prof. C. Charnay at University of Montpellier - N. Halas (ECE)

Collaboration with Philippe Poulin at CNRS Bordeaux on the dynamics of structured phases of carbon nanotubes in fluids - M. Pasquali (CHBE)

Collaborations and visitors from University of Braunschwig to develop flexible TeraHertz mirrors - D. Mittleman (ECE)

NASA funded collaborations on Neural Net Mapping with T. Villmann at University of Leipzig - E. Merényi (ECE)

NASA funded collaborations on Neural Net Mapping with Prof. B. Hammer at University of Osnabruck - E. Merényi (ECE)

Collaborative project with Prof. M. von Ortenberg at Humboldt University in Berlin - J. Kono (ECE)

Greece:
EU funded collaboration with Prof. Andreas Boudouvia at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) - Nikos Mantzaris (CHBE)

Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas (FORTH, Heraklion, Crete): Member of Advisory Committee - K. Zygourakis (CHBE).

Institute for Chemical Engineering and High Temperature Chemical Processes (ICE-HT, Patras): Member of Visiting Committee - K. Zygourakis (CHBE)

Collaboration with Prof. A. Boudouvis at the National Technical University of Athens on Equation-Free Modeling of Population Dynamics - K. Zygourakis (CHBE).

Collaboration with Prof. C. Kyparissides at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on Population Balances - K. Zygourakis (CHBE).

Collaborations with Delft University of Technology on Terahertz near-field microscopy (proposals pending) - D. Mittleman (ECE)

Collaboration with Fred MacKintosh at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam on semiflexible polymers and networks - M. Pasquali (CHBE)

Poland:
NSF/GCCB/NATO funded collaboration on computational biology and genetics focusing on cancer at Silesian Tech, Polish Academy of Sciences, Polish Oncology Center - M. Kimmel (STAT)

Scotland:
NASA funded collaborations on Neural Net Mapping with Prof. C. Fyfe at University of Paisley - E. Merényi (ECE)

Sweden:
NSF IGERT and DOD MURI supported collaborations with Prof. M. Kall at Chalmers Institute of Technology, Gothenburg - N. Halas (ECE)

OCEANIA

Australia:
Collaboration with Prof. J. R. Prakash and T. Sridhar (Monash University, Melbourne) on the extensional behavior of concentrated phases of carbon nanotubes in fluids. Funded by the Australian Research Council - M. Pasquali

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazil:
Collaboration with Prof. Marcio Carvalho (Pontificia Universitade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro) on the flow behavior of thin films of complex fluids - M. Pasquali (CHBE)

Chile:
Collaboration with Prof. Claudia Altamirano. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso in mammalian cell culture - Ramon Gonzalez (CHBE)

Colombia:
Collaboration with P. Restrepo and F. Colmenares on geologic and ecosystem study of the Santa Marta region - E. Merényi (ECE)