Collaboration type: training collaboration
About UPMC: The Sorbonne University, formerly known as UPMC (Pierre and Marie Curie University - Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie) or Paris VI, is a public research university in Paris, France. The university is located on the Jussieu Campus in the Latin Quarter of the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. UPMC is the largest scientific and medical complex in France, active in many fields of research with scope and achievements at the highest level, as demonstrated by the many awards regularly won by UPMC researchers, and the many international partnerships it maintains across all five continents. Several university rankings have regularly put UPMC at the 1st place in France, and it has been ranked as one of the top universities in the world. It has more than 125 laboratories, most of them in association with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS).
Short description of the collaboration & main achievements in the period: In November 2015, UPMC hosted a hands-on lecture about techniques for biodiversity conservation based on the Cloud computing, modelling and data sharing facilities provided by a dedicated BlueBRIDGE VRE. The course targeted master students in Oceanography. It is worth highlighting that this course was held when France was in a state of war and it was also symbolic for the University to demonstrate that they continued to be open to collaborations with other EU institutes although the tragic events of the 13th of November (very few days before the course).
Plans for the future: UPMC will continue to host and fund courses using the BlueBRIDGE infrastructure.