campinas - brazil to kyoto - japan a long and pleasant...
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450Campinas - Brazil to Kyoto - Japan
a long and pleasant journey
Jose C. Geromel
School of Electrical and Computer EngineeringUniversity of Campinas - Brazil
Kyoto University
Kyoto, December 9th, 2015
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Brazil
• The world’s fifth-largest coun-
try, by geographical area and by
population.
• 8,500,000 km2 - expressive part
yet unexplored.
• About 200 million inhabitants -
1.5 million of Japanese origin.
• It is the only country in America
and the largest in the world whose
language is Portuguese.
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Brazil
◮ In the north, we have the Amazon Rainforest.
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Brazil
◮ 60% of the Amazon rainforest is within Brazil.
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Brazil
◮ The Amazon river is the largest by discharge of water.
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Brazil
◮ In the south, we have Iguassu Falls and Itaipu dam.
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Brazil
◮ Iguassu Falls is within a protected ecosystem.
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Brazil
◮ Itaipu hydroelectric unit has 11 GW installed.
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Brazil
◮ In the southeast we have Rio de Janeiro
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Rio de Janeiro
◮ Brazil is a democratic and laic country.
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Brazil
◮ In the southeast we have Sao Paulo
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Sao Paulo
◮ Liberty square - the largest Japanese city outside Japan
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Campinas
◮ Main entrance of University of Campinas - UNICAMP
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Campinas
◮ Aerial view of University of Campinas - UNICAMP
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UNICAMP
◮ University of Campinas - a public university◮ - Faculty: 1,800◮ - Undergraduate students: 19,000◮ - Msc students: 7,000◮ - PhD students: 8,000
◮ School of Electrical and Computer Engineering◮ - Faculty: 80◮ - Undergraduate students: 1,000◮ - Msc students: 350◮ - PhD students: 400
◮ UNICAMP - 78,000 candidates disputing 3,300 places!!!
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Travel from Sao Paulo to Tokyo
9,400 [km]
11h30
9,700 [km]
11h45
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