1. Dr. Saul Hahn Consultor Microsoft Research Dr. Ignacio Casas LACCIR Executive Director Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Dr. Sergio F. Ochoa LACCIR Board Director Universidad de Chile MSc. Jaime Puente Director External Research Latin America Microsoft Research

2. Creation of LACCIR LACCIR’s Organization LACCIR’s Activities: 2007 - 2008  LACCIR Requests For Proposals (RFPs)  ICT research map preliminary statistics  LACCIR Collaboration infrastructure  Supporting programs for students

3. ICT research & development OAS’s agenda ICT research & development has played an important role in OAS’s agenda: Ministers Meeting Lima 2004 Action Plan Fourth Summit of the Americas, Mar del Plata 2005 declaration Microsoft Research (MSR) For several years Microsoft Research (MSR) has collaborated with LAC research universities and has nurtured a partnership with OAS and IADB Latin American & Caribbean (LAC) research universities C Latin American & Caribbean (LAC) research universities Challenges: Raise the visibility and importance of academic research in the region Strengthen connections to the worldwide research community in-LACcollaboration Leverage in-LAC collaboration, research capacity and impact graduate students pipeline & mobility Increase graduate students pipeline & mobility within LAC

5. Goal: Stimulate Latin American academic collaborative research in ICT as an enabler of economic and social development  Financially supported by Microsoft Research (MSR): a seed grant of US$1.500.000 over four years.  Implemented with PUC Chile / University of Chile and universities throughout Latin America.  Sponsorship from IADB & OAS  Potential partnerships with NSF, FAPESP, IAI, CONICYT, COLCIENCIAS, …. Chile Argentina Uruguay Colombia Future Brazil Costa Rica Mexico MSR IADB OAS FAPESP Other WW Organizations NSF

6. JSCJSC Advisory Board HUBHUB SPOKESSPOKES Associated LAC Universities Technical Committee (OAS, IADB, MSR, Fed. Universities): Oversees, defines goals and objectives Administration of LACCIR Evaluation of research proposals Dissemination of: RFP, Scholarships, video conferencing, ICT Indicators/Metrics Elaboration & execution of collaborative research projects

7. “HUB” Universities managing LACCIR  Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (legal representative)  Universidad de Chile “Spoke” Universities federated to LACCIR:  Uruguay: Universidad de la República  México: Tecnológico de Monterrey & Instituto Politécnico Nacional  Brazil: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro  Argentina: Universidad de Buenos Aires  Costa Rica: Universidad de Costa Rica  Colombia: university to be selected jointly with COLCIENCIAS, Dec. 2008

8. The Federation is working together with the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and the Organization of American States (OAS), to:  Advance the research agenda in Latin America.  Increase research opportunities for faculty and graduate students.  Increase the capacity and visibility of the Latin American research community, both within the region and worldwide.

9. Currently working on the definition of joint activities:  NSF-PIRE: development of innovative models for long-term, international research and education partnerships. Funds for institution-to-institution research conducted by U.S. universities and LACCIR counterparts.  NSF-PASI: short courses in topics of current research activities.  Research Fellowship programs.  Summer Institutes.

10. Web Portal: LAC ICT researchers map, projects map and statistics data collection (publications, thesis, projects, R+D investment). Grants and support for ICT applied research projects within LAC. Seed grant money from MSR & IADB. Support for LAC graduate students mobility: short stays, internships, fellowships in LAC universities and MSR. Collaboration among researchers and educators:  CXP for video-conferencing and e-learning. MS software/servers platform.  Workshops and summer e-learning schools. Repository of papers & thesis.

11. CS Education  PhD programs  Number of students / graduate  Number of professors with PhD degrees Research Funds  Number of international projects (and grants amounts)  Available funds (focus, restrictions, total amount) Publications  Journal and conference papers Researchers & Projects Map

16. First RFP Process (2007): Projects 2008-2009

17. High Quality Research (Indexed publications) and ICT Applications for Sustainable Development. (Education, Healthcare, Biotechnology, Agriculture, Climate Change, Energy, Management of Natural Resources, etc.) Collaboration At least two different LAC Countries and one Spoke. Matching Funds Potential from National Funding Agencies.

18. Addressing Latin America and Caribbean priority Social and Economic Challenges through advancing ICT Research US$ 250.000 MSR grant Call for Papers: September 27, 2007 Deadline for Submission: November 28, 2007 Result Announcement: March 10, 2008 Grant Distribution: June 30, 2008 Received Proposals:….. 23 Winners:……………..…… 5

19. 23 Proposals Submitted 23 Proposals Submitted 105 Researchers Involved 110 Tech. Evaluators 29 Institutions Involved 29 Institutions Involved 11 Countries 11 Countries 5 Winner Proposals: 23 Researchers Involved 12 Institutions Involved 7 Countries 7 Countries 4 ICT Application areas covered: 4 ICT Application areas covered: Education, Productive Chains, Education, Productive Chains, Disaster Management and Disaster Management and Healthcare Healthcare

21. Request for ICT Applied Research Project Proposals Call for ICT Research Project Proposals in regional priority application areas such as: Relevant Dates: Announcement: May 14 th, 2008. First Date for Submission: June 23 rd, 2008. Last Date for Submission: Sept. 22 nd,, 2008. Awards Notification: November 24 th, 2008.  Healthcare  Agribusiness  Education  Biotechnology  Energy  Micro/nano-technology  Transportation  Environment & Global Change  Natural resources management  etc. US$ 300.000 MSR & IADB grant

22. 34 Proposals Submitted 34 Proposals Submitted 163 Researchers Involved 110 Tech. Evaluators 50 Institutions Involved 50 Institutions Involved 16 Countries 16 Countries 6 Winner Proposals: to be announced in November 2008

24. Internet Conference XP Microsoft Software Library LACCIR Web Portal + SharePoint

25. Keynote Speeches Regular Courses Projects Meetings Virtual Communities Thesis Defenses

26. Request for Short Research Stays (SSP) Proposals  Main goal:  Main goal: Supporting the research work of MSc. and PhD students.  Visiting a research center in a different country of her/his university.  LACCIR provides around US$ 5.000 for travel expenses. www.laccir.org  URL: www.laccir.org

27. Request for MSR Fellowships and Internships Proposals  Main goal:  Main goal: Supporting the research work of MSc. and PhD. students.  Fellowships at Local University:  2 years duration  PhD students  Tuition fees  Living expenses  Conferences travel expenses  Internships at MSR: 3 months in MSR at Redmond PhD. and MSc. students Travel and living expenses.  LACCIR  LACCIR announces, disseminates and pre-selects candidates.

28. www.laccir.org hub@laccir.org laccir@laccir.org

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31. Winner Proposals Researchers ResearchersCountries Digital Workbook Tool to Support Asynchronous Collaboration3Chile, Colombia JARDIN: Just an Assistant foR instructional DesIgN11 Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico Low Cost Computer Vision Systems for Quality Evaluation of Food Products in Small and Medium Enterprises 3Chile, Mexico Collaborating in Disaster Relief Efforts4Brazil, Chile Smart Phones and Ambient Displays to Support Collaboration in Hospital Work 5Mexico, Chile

33. MSR has established a related project with FAPESP: (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) -- the largest state scientific funding agency in Brazil, located in the State of São Paulo.  MSR-FAPESP jointly funded academic Research RFP in the State of São Paulo.  The first five projects have been selected.  A new RFP has been announced for the State of São Paulo.  More information at www.agencia.fapesp.br