X-CGP-ClamAV-Result: CLEAN X-VirusScanner: Niversoft's CGPClamav Helper v1.23.2 (ClamAV engine v0.103.2) From: "Cliff Lynch cliff@cni.org" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2021 23:00:15 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [73.193.181.76] (account clifford@cni.org HELO [192.168.1.19]) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.2.7) with ESMTPSA id 38508125 for cni-announce@cni.org; Tue, 05 Oct 2021 22:23:21 -0400 X-Original-Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2021 22:23:21 -0400 X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org X-Original-Message-ID: <20211005222321456611.f8995ecc@cni.org> Subject: Interesting Reading: PCAST, European University Association, HPC Strategic Reserve and more MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: GyazMail version 1.6.5 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