Universities join forces to forge new scientific alliance

The University of Sydney and Fudan University on May 25 signed a memorandum of understanding to form the Brain and Intelligence Science Alliance aimed at fostering greater levels of cooperation in data science, neuroscience and artificial intelligence.

Academic panels from the two universities would also evaluate joint research and education projects before allocating funding to them.

"We need to work across disciplines and across oceans if our research is going to improve lives," says Michael Spence, the vice-chancellor of the University of Sydney.