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Max Planck Society

Indo-German Max Planck Center

for Computer Science

Felix Kahle

Max Planck Society

Representative in India

Kahle@gv.mpg.de

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Indo-German Max Planck Center for Computer Science

Inaugurated by

Department of Science & Technology

H.E. Horst KöhlerPresident

Federal Republic of Germany

H.E. Prithviraj ChavanMinister of Science & Technology

Republic of India

on 3rd February 2010 at IIT Delhi

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Vision

The Indo Max Planck Center for Computer Science (IMPECS)

performs top-quality basic research in Computer Science (CS) in cooperation between Indian and German computer scientists,

serves as a bridge between the Indian and German CS communities, and enhance scientific cooperation between them, and

acts as a center of excellence in which faculty and students can build careers.

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IMPECS - Programmes

IMPECS

supports research groups built around Indian scientists. Chosen for scientific quality and matching interests with a group at MPI Informatics (MPI-INF) or MPI Software Systems (MPI-SWS).

organizes theme years which would bring together researchers working in the area through workshops, seminars, schools, and short/long term-visits,

offers Max Planck visiting professorships for high-profile researchers,

organizes the exchange of PhD-students, and

provides postdoctoral fellowships to Indian researchers for research stays at MPI-INF and MPI-SWS.

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Potential and Impact

IMPECS brings together leading German and Indian research groups.

can build on existing scientific cooperations. Faculty from many leading Indian institutions have spent extensive research stays in Saarbrücken.

IMPECS aims to take this collaboration to a new level by including broader areas of CS and by turning it into a structured program with the following components.

Joint Research Projects and Research Groups

The Career Path Component

The Community Building Component

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Joint Research Projects and Research Groups

Each research group within IMPECS will collaborate with a corresponding group at MPI-INF or MPI-SWS.

Aim would be to perform top-quality basic research in Computer Science.

groups are supported with 40 K Euro per year.

Conditions as applied to the Max Planck partner groups.

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The Career Path Component

Many faculty at Indian Institutions have spent at least 2 years as a postdoc at MPI-INF.

Most of them received their Ph.D.s from an Indian Institute.

Ties maintained through joint research projects and visits. Some members of IMPECS are supported under the Max-Planck-Partner Group program.

IMPECS will support such a career path – Ph.D. at an Indian institute, postdoc at MPI and faculty position in India in two ways

through the exchange program for PhD students and

through the postdoc program.

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Create a center of excellence which not only engages in top-level research, but also opens up career opportunities

for young scientists in India

Allow outstanding Indian guest scientists at MPI-INF & MPI-SWS to establish themselvesscientifically when they return to India

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Community Building Component

Overall, too few Indian CS researchers have studied in Germany or had long stays in Germany. Also true for German researchers vis-a-vis India.

To broaden cooperation there is a need to bring together a large number of researchers from the two countries.

Indian research in CS spreads out over many institutions.

IMPECS includes Research Groups all over India

Theme year, visiting professorship, student exchange & research groups aspects of the proposal guarantee that the initiative reaches a large fraction of the community in both countries.

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IMPECS has a provision for 10 research groups.

Ten planned, five at IIT Delhi and five elsewhere.

Each group has a budget of € 40 K /year.

Some examples:

Algorithms and Complexity at IITD, IITK and IISc(now TIFR)

Databases at IITB

Graphics and Vision at IITD

Networks at IITM

Call for proposals for more groups just issued.

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Funding 2011-2016

BMBF/MPG/MPI € 2,02 mill.

DST € 1,853 mill.

TOTAL € 3,873 mill.

TCS € 0,5 mill

Infosys, IBM, Accenture, Microsoft Research

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Thank you!

Felix Kahle

Max Planck Society

Representative in India

Kahle@gv.mpg.de