Global communications newsletter

Many university groups are actively working to apply their scientific results in business, but to be efficient and grounded they need industrial input on up-to-date trends and demands. FRUCT, a Finnish-Russian Association which has become a Sister Society of IEEE ComSoc, was designed as an open innovation framework targeted in developing partnership between industrial and academic research, help to find research partners and incubate new competences. FRUCT involves students and postgraduates in the research process and forms research work groups for solving high-tech problems in ICT. Also FRUCT enhances interest to science and builds convenient infrastructure for collaborative and effective execution of distributed research projects.