Research NewsletterIssue: ORN-2022-38

NAI-NJIT Chapter Workshop

Sustainable Societies: Data Revolution

Innovations to Global Solutions for and Next Generation Cyber-infrastructure

October 27, 2022; 8.30 AM – 2.00 PM; Ballroom A/B and Gallery, Campus Center, NJIT

Please RSVP by October 10, 2022 at the Goggle Response Form at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdoSNaSFQwEJ2ihskHqeArUmHGyZsX6E972n4-HfyZBpKe24A/viewform

Please join us and encourage your students to attend!

Abstract: This National Academies of Inventors-NJIT Workshop on Sustainable Societies, the third in a series launched last year, will provide an open forum for researchers, policymakers, government regulators and business and nonprofit leaders to share their different perspectives and niche expertise on the data revolution. Among other topics, we will hear about the state of advances in data analytics, informatics infrastructure, data-fueled approaches in healthcare including cancer management along with the experiences of a serial technology entrepreneur. The Open forum will also focus on current and future trends in using data analytics, machine learning and AI in addressing complex societal and technology needs but also learn how to evolve with the trustworthy dependence on their use in our lives. 

Draft Program Agenda

8.30 AM – 9.00 AM:       Breakfast, Registration and Electronic PPT Poster Set-up

9.00 AM – 9.10 AM:       Welcome Remarks:

                                       Atam Dhawan, Interim Provost and Senior Executive VP, NJIT

                                      Teik Lim, President, NJIT

9.10 AM – 9.40 AM:     Distinguished Keynote Remarks: Innovation and Patents

                                       Elizabeth L. Dougherty, Eastern Regional Outreach Director, Office of the Under Secretary and Director, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

9.40 AM – 9.50 AM:     NAI-NJIT Workshop Series on Sustainable Societies: Data Revolution;

                                    Introduction to Distinguished Keynote Speaker

                                    Atam Dhawan, Interim Provost and Senior Executive VP, NJIT

9.50 AM – 10.20 AM:   Distinguished Keynote Talk

                                    Michael Doyle, PhD, Entrepreneur and Former Director for the Center for Knowledge Management at the University of California, San Francisco

10.20 AM – 11.20 PM:  Panel Discussion

                                     Kamalika Sandell (Chair)

                                     David Bader, PhD, Distinguished Professor, Director Institute of Data Science, NJIT

                                     Kunal Shah, Global Head of Enterprise Architecture at Newmark

                                    Akshay Dhawan, Senior Director, Data Straggles, Informa

11.20 AM -11.25 PM      Introduction to Distinguished Keynote Speaker

                                       Atam Dhawan

11.25 PM – 12.55 PM:  Distinguished Keynote Talk

                                     Benjamin Shneiderman, PhD, Distinguished University Professor, Computer Science, and Founding Director:, Human Computer Interaction Lab University of Maryland; NAI Fellow, NAE Member

11.55 PM – 12.00 PM:  Closing Remarks

                                       Atam Dhawan

12.00 PM – 1.00 PM:    Lunch and Networking

1.00 PM – 2.00 PM:       Data Science, AI and Research Computing Showcase

NSF: Racial Equity in STEM Education (EHR Racial Equity); Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI); Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Core Programs Quantum Sensing Challenges for Transformational Advances in Quantum Systems (QuSeC-TAQS); Research Coordination Networks for Semiconductors (RCN-SC)

NIH: Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) Phase 1 (P20);

Department of Defense/US Army/DARPA/ONR: Environment-driven Conceptual Learning (ECOLE); Minerva Research Initiative; Defense Sciences Office (DSO) Office-wide BAA

Bipartisan Senate Bill Aims to Safeguard Open Source Software: The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Homeland Security Committee have introduced new legislation aiming to protect open-source software from cyberattacks while evaluating how federal agencies throughout the government are using open source code.  The Securing Open Source Software Act would provide a series of new directives for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to hire open-source experts and develop a framework to assess open-source code risks within one year.  The nation's cyber defense agency would also be tasked with conducting annual government-wide monitoring of open-source code components, and studying whether its new open-source risk framework could be applicable to the private sector and critical infrastructure industries within two years of the framework's publication.  The legislation is a response to the havoc wreaked by the Log4Shell security flaw – a vulnerability discovered last year in the popular Log4J open source logging service. The flaw affected millions of computers and still poses serious risks to unpatched networks. More information is posted on the NextGov website.

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ARPA-H: High-risk, High-reward Health Research is the Mandate of New, Billion-dollar US Agency: A new multibillion-dollar federal agency was created with a goal of supporting “the next generation of moonshots for health” in science, logistics, diversity and equality. And the agency now has it’s first leader, as President Joe Biden announced Renee Wegrzyn as director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H, on Sept. 12, 2022. Since the announcement of the intention to establish ARPA-H two years ago, this new agency has sparked interest and questions within both academia and industry. I have been a director of innovation-driven health institutes for decades and have worked with many of the government agencies that fund science. I and many of my colleagues hope ARPA-H will become an agency that can quickly turn scientific discoveries into real-world advances to detect, prevent and treat diseases like cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer’s. But questions still remain surrounding how it will work and what makes it different from other government-funded agencies such as the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. More information is posted on the NextGov website.

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White House Announces $1B in Cyber Funding for State and Local Governments: The Biden administration on Friday announced the launch of a $1 billion cybersecurity grant program to help state, local and territorial governments better defend against cyber threats and strengthen the security of their critical infrastructure. The state and local cybersecurity grant program, which was included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed into law by President Joe Biden last November, will be administered by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Department of Homeland Security’s notice of funding opportunity for the program asks for states to submit their applications for funding by Nov. 15. Approximately $185 million of the grant’s total funding pool will be available for states in the first year of the program, which is set to last for a four-year period beginning in fiscal year 2022. Local governments are eligible to receive grant funding as sub-recipients of their states and territories.  During a briefing with reporters on Thursday, White House senior advisor and infrastructure coordinator Mitch Landrieu said that every state is eligible to receive a minimum of $2 million to “develop a statewide cybersecurity plan, conduct evaluations and begin their projects to strengthen their cyber resilience.” States that receive funding through the program are required to allocate at least 80% of the grant money to local and rural communities, and at least 3% to tribal governments. More information is posted on the NextGov website.

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