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The United States needs to ramp up its investments in critical and emerging technologies – such as semiconductors and AI – in order to keep pace in the global race for technological leadership, according to a new report from the National Science Foundation (NSF). […]

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In response to President Biden’s AI executive order (EO), the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Energy (DoE) have officially established a Research Coordination Network (RCN) dedicated to advancing privacy research. […]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is looking for industry insight on spectrum research and development (R&D) to help the White House create a new Federal plan on the technology, according to a recent request for information (RFI). […]

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) launched its National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot on Jan. 24, and already lawmakers and Feds are optimistic about the program’s ability to serve as a shared national infrastructure to support the AI research community and power responsible AI use. […]

Dorthy Aronson, NSF

Top Federal and industry IT experts said today that operationalizing AI at scale across the government requires leveraging existing governance frameworks, including President Biden’s recent AI executive order, to overcome hurdles with the emerging technology – like bias and transparency. […]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) officially launched the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot today to serve as a shared national infrastructure to support the AI research community and power responsible AI use. […]

The National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) today released a report, as mandated by Congress, that offers recommendations to ensure the long-term success of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) new Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP). […]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) this week launched a new $16 million program that seeks to ensure ethical, legal, community, and societal considerations are embedded in the lifecycle of technology’s creation and use. […]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced today that it has tapped Terry Carpenter to serve as the agency’s new chief information officer (CIO) and chief technology officer (CTO), as part of a broader IT reorganization marked by the establishment of an independent Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO). […]

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NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is taking swift action to meet the requirements set forth by President Biden’s recent artificial intelligence executive order (EO), including by establishing four additional National AI Research Institutes and launching a pilot program to implement the National AI Research Resource (NAIRR). […]

Dorothy Aronson

Dorothy Aronson, the National Science Foundation’s current chief data officer (CDO) and former chief information officer (CIO), will also serve as the agency’s chief AI officer (CAIO), an NSF spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk today.   […]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced the first-ever Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity (EPIIC) investment of $19.6 million to nearly 50 teams at U.S. institutions of higher education. […]

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee’s Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Subcommittee held a hearing Thursday probing into Federal agency telework and productivity rates, and heard mostly upbeat stories from agency leaders on how pandemic-era telework policies benefited their operations. […]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is looking to fund up to five new National AI Research Institutes that will specialize in AI for astronomical sciences, AI for discovery in materials research, and strengthening AI technologies, NSF wrote in a recent solicitation. […]

It’s been one year since President Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law, and the National Science Foundation (NSF) has been busy implementing initiatives to safeguard the nation’s research ecosystem and to comply with the law’s research security provisions. […]

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is providing $38 million in new funding to 22 higher education institutions to bolster research into quantum information science and engineering (QISE) aimed at outcome including the creation of sustainable energy and improving cybersecurity. […]

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program has renewed funding for seven academic institutions, providing more than $24 million over the next four years to support the development of a robust and resilient cybersecurity workforce. […]

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) launched a $30 million program to assess gains from research and development (R&D) related investments, and to predict how the U.S. could strategically fund future research in emerging technologies. […]

Dorothy Aronson

What’s it like to be the chief information officer (CIO) and chief data officer (CDO) at an agency whose core mission is supporting the advancement of science and engineering in just about every way possible that serves the national interest, and supporting a workforce that is among the most technologically sophisticated and curious imaginable in the public sector? […]

The National Science Foundation’s $140 million of fresh funding announced today for seven new National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes will put top scientific and research focus on a diverse set of uses for artificial intelligence (AI) technology ranging from education, climate science, and cybersecurity. […]

Lawmakers of the House Science Committee introduced two pieces of legislation last week that would codify the Department of Energy’s (DoE) existing research partnerships with NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) to better address critical science and technology challenges. […]

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is looking for Federal government agencies and U.S.-based industry partners to help create one or more public-private partnerships to help develop some new advances in advanced networking systems. […]

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The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and five other Federal government agencies have announcedcreation of a prototype version of an integrated data and knowledge infrastructure program that they say will form the basis of a far-reaching “open knowledge network.” […]

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