o Applied Sciences

"Fundamental properties of diamond relevant to its use in advanced space plasma propulsion"

Collaboration between:

. Mark A. Cappelli, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University

. Michel Dudeck, CNRS, Orléans

France-Stanford Center Support: $10,000

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"High dimensional covariance estimation & mathematical analysis of mesoscopic models of polymer solutions"

Collaboration between:

. Bala Rajaratnam, Statistics, Stanford University

. Dario Vincenzi, CNRS, Sophia Antipolis, Nice

France-Stanford Center Support: $14,220

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o Engineering

"Study trip to Stanford and research collaboration projects"

Collaboration between:

. Larry Leifer, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University

. Jean-Claude Charlet, ESSEC, Paris

France-Stanford Center Support: $15,000

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o Humanities & Social Sciences

"Together or separate: a comparative analysis of segregation and diversity in the United States, Great Britain and France"

Collaboration between:

. Sean F. Reardon, Education, Stanford University

. Frédérick Douzet, Institut Français de Géopolitique, Paris

France-Stanford Center Support: $15,000

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"Democracy and knowledge: Athenian deliberative experience and its application to contemporary democratic practice"

Collaboration between:

. Josiah Ober, Political Sciences & Classics, Stanford University

. Arnaud Macé, Université de Franche Comté

France-Stanford Center Support: $14,940

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"Biblioteca Universalis Antiquaria"

Collaboration between:

. Michael Shanks, Classics, Stanford University

. Giovanna Ceserani, Classics, Stanford University

. Alain Schnapp, Université Paris I Sorbonne, Paris

France-Stanford Center Support: $15,000

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"Online encyclopedia of mass violence"

Collaboration between:

. Norman Naimark, History, Stanford University

. Jacques Semelin, CERI, Sciences Po, Paris

France-Stanford Center Support: $8,000

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o Humanities & Social Sciences / School of Medicine

"Determinants of new cancer drugs' use and drug budget regulation in France and the United States: past and future trends"

Collaboration between:

. Alan Garber, Freeman Spogli Institute, Stanford University

. Michael Schwarzinger, INSERM, Paris

France-Stanford Center Support: $14,873

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o School of Medicine

"MRI BioMarkers of inflammation in atherosclerosis"

Collaboration between:

. Kim Butts Pauly, Radiology, Stanford University

. Emmanuelle Canet-Soulas, CNRS, Lyon

France-Stanford Center Support: $15,000

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"Human Y chromosome genetic studies in modern populations: contributions to the understanding of the French cardial neolithic"

Collaboration between:

. Roy King, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University

. Gilles Boetsch, CNRS, Marseille

France-Stanford Center Support: $12,720

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"Spinal plasticity after central nervous system lesions"

Collaboration between:

. Jean-Charles Lamy, Neurosurgery, Stanford University

. Véronique Marchand-Pauvert, INSERM, Paris

France-Stanford Center Support: $14,500

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o Computational Topology/Geometry

"Effective methods for topological and geometric data analysis"

Collaboration between:

. Leonidas Guibas, Computer Science, Stanford University

. Steve Oudot, INRIA, Saclay

France-Stanford Center Support: $9,000
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o Other

"Study of pulsar wind nebulae w/the Gamma-ray large area space telescope (GLAST)"

Collaboration between:

. Roger Romani, Physics, Stanford University

. Marianne Lemoine-Goumard, CNRS, Bordeaux

France-Stanford Center Support: $14,400