President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Visits Cuba

Eldonita de Pavel Jacomino
2018-02-02 16:31:30

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Havana, February 2 (RHC-ACN)-- The President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, PhD in Physics Anton Zeilinger, is visiting Cuba, where among other activities he has toured the headquarters of the Cybernetics, Math and Physics Institute (ICIMAF).

After meeting with the ICIMAF Director Roberto Rodriguez Morales, Zeilinger expressed his interest in carrying out research projects of common interests and strengthening the cooperation ties between similar institutions from both countries. 

The Director of the Application Technologies and Nuclear Development Center (CEADEN), Angelina Diaz Garcia was also present at the meeting.

They exchanged on possible international cooperation projects between the ICIMAF and the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna.

Zeilinger is a physicist known for his contributions in science and his center promotes research related with humanities in several areas.

The center's creation is included in the Imperial Patent of May 14th, 1847 and since 1960 is considered the main institution in the field of basic non university research.

The ICIMAF has results in research and scientific and technology services in cybernetics, math and physics in addition to management and execution of research, development and innovation projects.

Vienna is the site of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), with which Cuba has five cooperation projects tied to key issues for the country's socio-economic development.

One of them is the training of human resources to assimilate new technologies of diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other chronic non-communicable diseases.

They work in the creation of installations for the modernization and reparation of imagery machinery like the Gamma Chambers that will allow a determined level of recovery without the need of looking for the provider.

In case of the industry, the recovery of the irradiation technology in laboratory scales, experimental and industrial research have continued with the objective of applying for the sterilization of products and medical supplies and in agriculture to extend the period of food conservation.



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