MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
Between
The University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
and
Institute for New Generation Computer Technology, Tokyo
Japan

This Memorandum of Understanding will regulate collaborative research which will be carried out between the University of Bristol (the University) and Institute for New Generation Computer Technology (ICOT). The purpose of the collaborative research will be to advance scientific knowledge and technology in the area of computer science and computer application, through cooperation between the University and ICOT in carrying out research on knowledge information processing technology, parallel processing technology and computer application fields that apply these technologies.

Article 1.

The University and ICOT both recognize that knowledge information processing technology and parallel processing technology are important for the development of computer science, and further that applying these technologies to various computer application areas would contribute to the progress of computer applications. The University and ICOT will cooperate in research on technologies that apply logic programming and parallel processing in the application area that will be decided through consultation between the staff from both parties who are responsible for implementation and who are named in Article 4 below.

Article 2.

ICOT will permit the use, free of charge, of the parallel inference machine set up at ICOT (PIM and other machines) by the researchers of the University and/or the researchers designated by the University who are taking part in this collaborative research.

The University will provide to ICOT bug reports and other evaluation information pertinent to the improvement of the hardware and software on the above-mentioned parallel inference machines made available by ICOT to the University.

Each party will permit researchers of the other side and/or researchers designated by the other side who take part in this collaborative research to use these machines, software and data loaned or provided by the one side. Each party will respect copyrights on material supplied by the other.

Article 3.

Each party agrees that research results obtained through the collaborative research will be made available to the other party free of charge and shall be published in the scientific and engineering literature in order to contribute to the progress of computer science.

Article 4.

To implement this memorandum, the staff from both parties who are responsible for implementation shall consult one another to agree upon proper implementation. The responsible staff of each party may be changed by notifying one another in writing.

(1) Responsible staff for implementation at the University:

Professor David Warren
Department of Computer Science

Dr Steven Gregory
Department of Computer Science

(2) Responsible staff for implementation at ICOT:

Mr Yoshihisa Ogawa
Manager
Research Planning Department

Dr Takashi Chikayama
Manager
First Research Department

Article 5.

Any matter or question arising out of or relating to this Memorandum of Understanding shall be settled in good faith by mutual agreement between the University and ICOT.

Article 6.

Collaborative research based upon this Memorandum of Understanding shall start on the date of the last signature. Either the University or ICOT may terminate this Memorandum of Understanding six months after sending written notification to the other party.

Article 7.

This Memorandum of Understanding may be amended through mutual written agreement of the University and ICOT.