Investments in science and technology are critical for job and wealth creation as well as broader economic growth across all regions of the United States. The biennial State Technology and Science Index (STSI) developed by the Miliken Institute provides a benchmark for evaluating the knowledge economies of all 50 US states. The index compares each state’s capacity for achieving prosperity through scientific discovery and technological innovation.
The index uses 105 metrics in five areas (research and development inputs, risk capital and entrepreneurial infrastructure, human capital investment, technology and science workforce, and technology concentration and dynamism) to evaluate states.
Massachusetts, Colorado, California, Maryland, Washington and Utah top the list.
The Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable will hold a free webinar on Oct 27 at 1pm ET to discuss NSF’s Convergence Accelerator, which designed to transition leading-edge research toward high-impact, real-world solutions using a convergence approach.
The Air Force Research Laboratory is teaming up with academia, industry and government agencies to ensure the trustworthiness of future Artificial Intelligence.
The series is designed to cultivate, define and fund creative solutions to a set of challenge problems in trustworthy AI and will focus on dynamic, autonomous systems that learn and adapt behaviors. The series will kick off Oct. 14, 2020 with a half-day webinar at 12 Noon EDT. Click here to register.
On October 15, 2020, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) will host a webinar to provide university researchers with an opportunity to learn about the funding and partnership opportunities with AFRL. The focus of the upcoming webinar will be international research opportunities through the Air Force Office of Scientific Research International Office.
Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 for their discovery of a method of editing genetic code known as CRISPR/Cas9.
In just eight short years, this discovery has had a profound impact on science and on humanity. Using CRISPR, researchers can change the DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms with extremely high precision. This technology has revolutionized the life sciences, is contributing to new cancer therapies and may make the dream of curing inherited diseases come true.
The DoD STTR Program objectives include stimulating technological innovation, strengthening small businesses’ role in meeting DoD R&D needs, fostering and encouraging minority and disadvantaged persons’ participation in technological innovation, and increasing commercial application of DoD-supported R/R&D results.
The Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR) will host a webinar to discuss the emerging challenges and opportunities of human-centered artificial intelligence. Fei-Fei Li, the Co-Director of Stanford’s Human-Centered AI Institute, and Timothy Persons, the Chief Scientist of the U.S. Government Accountability Office will present and take questions from the audience.
The IC leads in developing and using technology crucial to our national security mission, and we cannot do so without recognizing and acting on its ethical implications,” said DNI John Ratcliffe. “These principles and their accompanying framework will help guide our mission leads and data scientists as they implement technology to solve intelligence problems.”
According to a recent statement by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Principles represent the IC’s commitment to ensuring its use and implementation of AI respect the law, protect privacy and civil liberties, are transparent and accountable, remain objective and equitable, appropriately incorporate human judgment, are secure and resilient by design, and incorporate the best practices of the science and technology communities.
IC data scientists, privacy and civil liberties officers and other key stakeholders collaboratively developed the AI Ethics Framework to ensure the IC incorporates the Principles of AI Ethics into both the design and use of the technology. The Framework provides public insight into the factors the IC considers when deciding whether and how to use this technology to counter national security threats.
Technology transfer of federally funded research is key focus for Arch Street. As a result we are a regular participant in the Technology Transfer Society to better understand the latest innovations in the commercialization space. The DC Chapter will be holding a presentation on the seminal tech transfer legislation: the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980. This law has played a transformational role in promoting the commercialization of federally funded research. The event will be held on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 12 PM. To register see: The Bayh-Dole Act’s Catalytic Contributions to America’s Innovation System
