Purdue inks research agreements with 3 international universities
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Purdue University has signed agreements with two universities in Greece and one in London to deepen existing ties and accelerate research and educational opportunities.
The partnerships with King’s College London and the University of Piraeus and the Technical University of Crete in Greece provide student and faculty exchange and collaboration opportunities. Purdue President Mung Chiang said in a news release that they also raise Purdue’s international visibility and draw business and talent to West Lafayette.
The agreements in Greece deepen other university relationships there to develop joint academic and research programs in technology fields such as semiconductors, microelectronics, artificial intelligence and computer science and strengthen workforce development, the news release said.
“We are excited to build ‘human bridges’ with like-minded countries, and Greece is a critical one,” Dimitrios Peroulis, senior vice president for partnerships and online at Purdue, said in the news release. “Greece is an important gateway to Europe, the Middle East and Africa.”
The agreement with King’s College London will escalate collaborative research related to semiconductors, microchips and artificial intelligence hardware. Last year the United Kingdom announced an effort to expand semiconductor development and international collaboration on research, the news release said.
The agreement also reflects the university’s Purdue Computes initiative, an effort launched last year to advance the university’s commitment to computer sciences, artificial intelligence and microchip research.
Purdue has said it wants to achieve a top 10 national ranking in computer sciences before the end of the decade.