Hokkaido University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst Collaborations

The connection between Hokkaido University (HU) and the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) dates back to the time of their respective roots in the 19^th century: Sapporo Agricultural College and Massachusetts Agricultural College, which foundation was cultivated by Dr William Smith Clark the third president of Massachusetts Agricultural College and the vice president of Sapporo Agricultural College.

Since 2015, two universities have started promoting its research collaborations and exchange of academics and graduate students in fields of Agriculture, Information and Computer Science, and Polymer Science through the framework of the Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE), HU, the faculty organisation directly managed by the University President.

• • • • Visits by Leaderships
            – HU’s Presidential Delegation to UMass Amherst in April 2023
            – UMass Amherst’s Delegation to HU in May 2023
               HU / UMass Amherst / Dept. of Polymer Science and Engineering
• University-wide Conferences
  The kick-off conference held on 31 January 2024: HU-UMA Virtual Symposium on Polymer Science and Engineering

• Jointly-appointed Faculties
  

  Area	UMass Amherst	HU Counterparts
  Big Data and IoT	Prof. Shlomo Zilberstein, College of Information and Computer Sciences	Faculty of Information Science and Technology – Collaborative Centre for Big Data and IoT
  	Prof. James Allan, College of Information and Computer Sciences
  	A/Prof. Amir Houmansadr, College of Information and Computer Sciences
  	A/Prof. Subhransu Maji, College of Information and Computer Sciences

• Staff Exchange