Trump Provides Science Policy Views
“Though there are increasing demands to curtail spending and to balance the federal budget, we must make the commitment to invest in science….” -Trump
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AAU Announces New Tool to Highlight Cybersecurity Research at Universities
/In: Cybersecurity R&D Highlights, R&D in the Press, Research /by Brian MosleyThe Association of American Universities (AAU) announced a new tool for highlighting cybersecurity research and breakthroughs occurring at their member institutions.
500+ Organizations Urge Congressional Leaders to Make Strong Investments in Research
/In: Funding, R&D in the Press /by Brian MosleyThirteen different coalitions, representing over 500 individual organizations, who are concerned with the federal investment in research and development, have signed a letter to the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, urging them, “to make strong investments in America’s innovation ecosystem one of your highest priorities by increasing federal research funding by at least 5.2 percent above FY 2015 levels—the same level of increase to discretionary spending.”
Computing Community Weighs in on “Truthy” Controversy
/In: CRA, R&D in the Press, Research, Statements /by Peter HarshaFive leading computing societies and associations today released a letter they’ve jointly sent to House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) and committee Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) expressing their concern over mischaracterizations of research on information diffusion in online social networks at Indiana University. The work has come under fire […]
The Closing of MSR Silicon Valley and MSR’s Letter to the Academic Community
/In: People, R&D in the Press, Research /by Peter HarshaBy now, most in the computing community are no doubt aware that Microsoft in September announced the closing of Microsoft Research Silicon Valley, one of 12 research labs (now 11) the company runs around the globe. The lab’s primary focus was on distributed computing and included research on privacy, security, protocols, fault-tolerance, large-scale systems, concurrency, computer architecture, […]
About that WashPost Column on the Value of a CS Degree…
/In: Computing Education, Misc., People, R&D in the Press, STEM /by Peter HarshaIf your Facebook and Twitter feeds are anything like mine, you’re no doubt already aware of the rather unfortunate August 27th column in the Washington Post penned by small-business owner Casey Ark headlined “I studied computer science, not English. I still can’t find a job.” In it, Ark laments that the degree he received at […]
Golden Goose Award Video
/In: General, Policy, R&D in the Press /by Peter HarshaThe folks behind the 2013 Golden Goose Awards have put together a really nice video highlighting this year’s winners. You may recall that the Golden Goose Awards were the brainchild of Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) who had grown frustrated with the occasional targeting by his colleagues in Congress of so-called “silly-sounding science” — shrimp on […]
Award Recipient’s Research on Gila Monster Led to Diabetic Drug
/In: R&D in the Press /by Peter HarshaIt has just been announced that Dr. John Eng will receive the next Golden Goose Award. Dr. Eng’s research on the Gila Monster’s poisonous venom at the Department of Veterans Affairs led to a drug that protects millions of diabetics from such complications as blindness, kidney failure, and nerve damage. In 1992, Dr. Eng discovered a compound that […]
Microsoft Research Faculty Summit, July 15th-16th 2013
/In: Computing Education, People, Policy, R&D in the Press, Research /by Peter HarshaThe Microsoft Research Faculty Summit kicked off this morning. The Faculty Summit is an annual gathering of more than 400 academic researchers from 200 institutions and 29 countries who will join Microsoft Research to assess and explore today’s computing opportunities. Tony Hey, Vice President of Research Connections at Microsoft, opened up the summit with a […]
IBM Hosts “Cognitive Computing” Panel to Discuss Power of Supercomputers
/In: Policy, R&D in the Press, Research, Security /by Peter HarshaOn Tuesday, June 18th, IBM Research hosted a presentation and panel discussion on the Hill with House Representatives on cognitive computing. According to IBM Research, cognitive computing systems include “systems that learn and interact naturally with people to extend what either man or machine could do on their own.” Essentially, these systems help human experts […]
