新冠疫情期间中国中车和UIUC研究人员通过在线会议保持紧密合作

The global outbreak of COVID-19 has not only posed significant threats to public health and disturbed the normal life of the population, but also hindered the business and productivity of numerous industries. Inexorably, it also imposes unexpected challenges on the ongoing collaboration between CRRC and UIUC. To ensure the smooth progression of our collaborative projects amid this difficult time, the Chinese-American Railway Transportation Joint Research Center (CART-JRC) coordinated two video conference meetings on May 20th and 27th, 2020, to provide updates and facilitate communications between researchers from both sides.

新冠肺炎疫情的全球爆发不仅给公众卫生安全带来了巨大威胁、扰乱了人民正常生活，还阻碍了众多行业的经营与生产活动。同时，疫情也不可避免地给中车与UIUC正在进行的合作带来了难以预料的挑战。为确保众多合作项目在这一困难时期能够顺利开展，中美铁路运输联合研究中心于2020年5月20日、27日协调组织了两次在线视频会议，以更新项目进展并促进双方研究人员之间的沟通与交流。

During these meetings, the researchers from UIUC provided the most recent updates of the collaborative projects to the CRRC attendees, who were from the CRRC Academy, CRRC Yongji Electric CO., LTD., and CRRC Dalian CO., LTD., respectively. Then, attendees from both sides actively deliberated over research tasks, project expectations, challenges, methodologies, project timeline and key deliverables, as well as communication interfaces between both parties. The productive and in-depth discussions helped resolve several pending issues, including those caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the meetings, researchers from both sides showed full understanding and willingness to cooperate against challenges. Such a format of communications paves a road for further advancing our collaborative projects in the future.

会议期间，UIUC研究人员分别向来自中车永济电机有限公司、中车大连机车车辆有限公司以及中车研究院的与会人员介绍了相关项目的最新情况和进展。随后，双方与会人员积极商讨了研究任务、期望和需求、面临的挑战、解决方法、项目时间表及关键成果、双方沟通方式等细节问题。双方深入且富有成效的讨论使得一系列亟待解决的关键问题得以妥善处置，其中包括由新冠疫情爆发带来的挑战。在会议中，双方研究人员以视频会议的方式充分沟通、积极合作、应对挑战。这样的沟通方式无疑为今后进一步推进合作项目进展铺平了道路。

The leaders and participants of collaborative projects from both sides attended these meetings. Director Jin Cao from CRRC Academy, the director of CART-JRC, Prof. Yanfeng Ouyang, and the coordinator, Dr. Chao Lei, attended and moderated both meetings.

相关合作项目的双方负责人及项目参与者出席了上述视频会议。中车研究院曹金部长、中美铁路运输联合研究中心主任欧阳彦峰教授以及项目协调人雷超博士参加并主持了以上两个会议。