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Interesting Reading: PCAST, European University Association, HPC Strategic Reserve and more

Home / CNI News / Interesting Reading: PCAST, European University Association, HPC Strategic Reserve and more

October 6, 2021

A collection of interesting reading (and viewing) for your consideration.

The Biden administration has reconstituted the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (with a stellar series of appointments); the Council held its first meeting on September 28-29, 2021. Video and summaries are available here, along with information on their planned second meeting on October 18-19. See

https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2021/10/01/readout-of-the-first-meeting-of-the-presidents-council-of-advisors-on-science-and-technology-pcast/

Today (October 5, 2021) the US House of Representatives held a hearing on balancing open science and national security in the research enterprise, which is closely related to the “science nationalism” themes that we have been following. Statements and video can be found here:

https://science.house.gov/hearings/balancing-open-science-and-security-in-the-us-research-enterprise

My colleague Gary Price (a national treasure, and indispensable!) shared a link to a fascinating report that has recently been released on the concept of a national strategic computing reserve.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/National-Strategic-Computing-Reserve-Blueprint-Oct2021.pdf

You can find some background on the National Science and Technology Council, which issued the report, here

https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/nstc/

Finally, a fascinating report from the European University Association looking at implications for (mostly European) higher education in the context of various geopolitical, social and technological shifts. See

https://eua.eu/downloads/publications/pathways%20to%20the%20future%20report.pdf

There’s also a short piece in the Times Higher Education periodical that offers a quick summary

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/how-would-universities-fare-new-cold-war

Happy reading and viewing.

Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI

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Last updated:  Wednesday, October 6th, 2021

 

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