The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health has awarded nonprofit Every Cure a grant amounting to up to $48 million to work on the ML/AI-Aided Therapeutic Repurposing In eXtended uses project. Renee Wegrzyn, ARPA-H director, said that the MATRIX project is expected to deliver an artificial intelligence solution capable of going through existing medications proven […]
The National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy have created a research coordination network focused on advancing privacy research and the development, deployment and scaling of privacy-enhancing technologies. Led by the Future of Privacy Forum Education and Innovation Foundation, the network is expected to produce technologies that will enable data analysis while safeguarding individual […]
The Department of Energy has announced that it will invest $45 million in 16 private and academic sector cybersecurity initiatives across six states. Managed by the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response, the funding will catalyze the development of new capabilities to strengthen the cyber resilience of the power grid, electric utilities and […]
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board has secured the cybersecurity services of Herndon, Virginia-based company ShorePoint under a $50.8 million contract. The cybersecurity requirements that ShorePoint will deliver include strategic guidance on modernizing the FRTIB’s cybersecurity, risk and compliance program. ShorePoint’s task deliverables will cover security architecture and engineering, risk and vulnerability assessment and penetration […]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed a human-artificial intelligence collaboration recommender system to improve how machine learning algorithms use data during experiments. The system uses a human-in-the-loop approach in identifying significant data sets for research and development. With the technology, researchers will be provided with data set suggestions based on their activities and the capability […]
Seth Center, deputy envoy for critical and emerging technology at the Department of State, said that the international community needs to sit down and have a conversation about the risks and opportunities associated with artificial intelligence. Speaking at a Foreign Policy event on Thursday, Center said that the State Department is taking a methodical approach […]
The Office of Personnel Management has issued the Workforce of the Future Playbook to synchronize the Biden administration’s workforce policies, enabling federal agencies’ revitalization of recruitment processes and retention of talented government employees. The new guidelines expand on the agency’s Strategic Plan defining President Joe Biden’s vision for the federal government’s workforce. The guidebook revolves […]
Arizona State University has received a $13.8 million cooperative agreement from the Department of State’s Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs to improve semiconductor assembly, testing and packaging capabilities in partner countries in the Americas and the Indo-Pacific regions. Awarded under the International Technology Security and Innovation Fund, the educational institution will lead efforts to […]
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory is scheduled to start in early 2024 a research project on the use of atomic layer deposition for manufacturing microchips using a process that consumes 50 times less energy than current chips. According to Argonne, the research, which is set for two and a half years, has […]
The Department of Justice has appointed Jonathan Mayer, an assistant professor at Princeton University’s Department of Computer Science and School of Public and International Affairs, as the agency’s first chief science and technology adviser and chief artificial intelligence officer. In his dual leadership role, Mayer will advise the attorney general and the DOJ’s leadership on […]
