The News-Gazette.com, 12 Nov 2008, Christine Des Garennes
The University of Illinois is expected to finalize an agreement that would help the university expand its presence on the other side of the world.
The UI Board of Trustees on Thursday will be asked to approve the creation of the UI Singapore Research Limited Liability Company, a university entity that would be able to enter into agreements with the Singapore government. The UI plans to open a research center in Fusionopolis, Singapore's new science and technology complex.
The Advanced Digital Sciences Center, which will be managed by the UI College of Engineering's Information Trust Institute and Coordinated Science Lab, will be located in Fusionopolis. A*STAR, Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research, will fund $50 million for the center over five years, plus several more million to fund Ph.D. students, said Bill Sanders, director of the Information Trust Institute and acting director of the Coordinated Science Lab.
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