Under the initiative of the French General Consulate  ,

Ecole Polytechnique, City University of Hong Kong, and INRIA have created the
 

INRIA INRIA's ambition is to be a world player, a research institute at the heart of the information society. INRIA aims to network skills and talents from the fields of information and computer science and technology from the entire French research system. This network allows scientific excellence to be used for technological progress, for creating employment and wealth and for new uses in response to socio-economic needs.

Ecole Polytechnique Founded in 1794 during the French Revolution, the École Polytechnique, under the supervision of the Ministry of Defence, is the most renowned of a distinc-tive class of French educational institutions called "les Grandes Écoles." It has trained France's scientific and industrial elite and the upper echelons of its civil and military services since its inception, and it continues to do so today. The name itself - Polytechnique - conveys the varied and multifaceted character of its curriculum, whereas the contributions of its graduates to the scientific and technical revolutions of the last two centuries attest at once to the excellence and the comprehensive nature of its program.

City University of Hong Kong City University is one of seven Hong Kong universities funded by the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. Our institution was established in 1984 and has grown and developed at a remarkable pace. Our student population is now close to 13,500 full-time equivalent students. We offer more than 100 academic programmes in a wide range of disciplines. More than 900 full-time academic staff and 350 full-time research staff are devoted to teaching, basic and applied research, consultancy and other scholarly activities. The university is committed to the pursuit of academic excellence and service to the community. We aim to become a leading university in the Asia-Pacific region and to prepare students for the challenges of the third millennium.