Research NewsletterIssue: ORN-2023-47

Recent NJIT Patents (Issued) and Non-Provisional Patent Applications (Submitted)

Non-Provisional Application(s)

Patent Application Title: System and Method of High-Speed Wireless Communications Using Reflected Laser Light on a Drone

Ref. No.: 23-007

Application No.: 18/383,244

Inventor(s): Rojas-Cessa, Roberto / Esubonteng, Paa Kwesi

Patent Application Status: Filed Non-Provisional Patent Application 

Non-Provisional Patent Application Filing Date: 10/24/23 

Technology Licensing Status: Available

Patent Application Title: Addressable Microfluidics Systems and Methods for In Vivo Applications

Ref. No.: 23-005

Application No.: 18/503,563

Inventor(s): Voronov, Roman / Tong, Anh

Patent Application Status: Filed Non-Provisional Patent Application 

Non-Provisional Patent Application Filing Date: 11/14/23 

Issued Patent(s)

Patent Title: Additive Manufacturing Of Cell-Laden Functional Hydrogel And Live Cell Constructs

Ref. No.: NJIT Ref. No. 18-038

Patent Number: 11,806,444

Inventor(s):  Guvendiren, Murat / Ji, Shen / Abaci, Alperen

Patent Status: Issued Patent 

Patent Issue Date: 11/7/23 

Technology Licensing Status: Available

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ARPA-H Customer Experience Hub

https://www.customerexperiencehub.org/

As part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health’s (ARPA-H) nationwide health innovation network, ARPANET-H, the Customer Experience Hub will target prevention, treatment, and diagnosis needs through a proactive approach to diversify clinical trials, reach representative patient populations, and instill patient-centric approaches to yield better health outcomes for all Americans.

ACCELERATE innovation in health and medicine through breakthrough capabilities, technologies, systems, platforms, and a human-centered approach to design products and services.

COLLABORATE via a hub and spoke network, creating a diverse health innovation network representative of all Americans from across the health care ecosystem.

ASSESS the customer experience and drive user testing, adoption, and end-user access for ARPA-H projects.

The Customer Experience Hub (CX Hub) and ARPA-H are excited to offer an additional opportunity to collaborate and learn more about the Advancing Clinical Trial Readiness (ACTR) Network Activation Call. Below you will find a registration link for the webinar taking place on Tuesday, November 21, at 3:00 PM EST. Registration for the webinar is required here: https://ati.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_kCvFpD1PRNKAfea_M13rsA#/registration.

NSF: Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI-2024/25); Incorporating Human Behavior in Epidemiological Models (IHBEM); International Research Experiences for Students (IRES); Designing Synthetic Cells Beyond the Bounds of Evolution (Designer Cells)

NIH: Graduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (G-RISE) (T32); BRAIN Initiative Connectivity across Scales Data Coordinating Center (BRAIN CONNECTS DCC) (U24)

Department of Defense/US Army/DARPA/ONR: Young Faculty Award (YFA) 2024; The Department of Defense (DOD) Fiscal Year 2025 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP); Strategic Technology Office (STO) Office-wide; Information Innovation Office (I2O) Office-wide

Department of Energy: Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO) Fiscal Year 2024 Cross-Sector Technologies FOA; Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL); Grid Resilience and Innovative Partnerships (GRIP); Environmental System Science (ESS); Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers and Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT)

Private Foundations: Google Institutional Research Program (IRP)

New purpose-designed chips poised to boost generative AI development: No advancement in recent years has raised as much interest from both government and the private sector as generative AI. The newest generative AI platforms like ChatGPT-4 and others can not only examine existing information in order to solve problems or provide analysis, but are also able to generate new information, very much like a human brain. 

But there are a few potential roadblocks along the way, especially for getting generative AI into government service. The top two concerns are being able to use the new technology in an ethical way, and the massive amount of computing power required to support generative AI development, or to sustain a program once deployed. On the ethical side, governments around the world are now attempting to regulate the technology or provide ethical guardrails for its use. Concerns about generative AI even led the White House to release an executive order outlining how agencies should — and shouldn’t — employ the new technology. More information is posted on the NextGov website.

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Pentagon releases responsible AI toolkit: The Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office — or CDAO — publicly released a toolkit this week on the responsible use of artificial intelligence technologies, marking the department’s latest effort to demonstrate its commitment to using the emerging tools in an ethical manner.  Tuesday’s release of the Responsible AI Toolkit comes after the department previously issued a set of ethical principles for the use of the technology in 2020. 

DOD said in a press release that the toolkit “provides users a voluntary process that identifies, tracks and improves alignment of AI projects to [responsible AI] best practices and the department's AI ethical principles, while capitalizing on opportunities for innovation.” In a blog post, CDAO called the toolkit “a key deliverable” of DOD’s Responsible AI Strategy and Implementation Pathway that was adopted in June 2022, which outlined “more than 60 lines of effort across the Department of Defense for operationalizing the DOD AI ethical principles.” The toolkit was developed with five specific principles in mind, which included making it tailorable for DOD users; aligning it with an internal responsibility matrix; providing a “holistic” framework for evaluating AI systems; incorporating the tenets of DOD’s ethical AI principles; and offering a list of tools to mitigate risks to new systems. More information is posted on the NextGov website.

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NIST releases revised cyber requirements for controlled unclassified information: The National Institute of Standards and Technology on Thursday released draft guidance for protecting sensitive unclassified information, outlining revised cybersecurity steps for federal agencies and government contractors to take when it comes to safeguarding government data. The proposed guidelines are the third iteration of NIST’s standards and practices for protecting controlled unclassified information — or CUI — which refers to government-owned or created data that is not classified but still requires security controls.  The updates to NIST special publication 800-171 that were released on Thursday include drafts of both the security requirements and assessment procedures for evaluating threats to CUI. A public comment period for both draft publications will be open until Jan. 12, 2024, and the agency is planning to publish its final rule some time in early 2024. More information is posted on the NextGov website.