Envisioning a future of digital twins leads to near limitless possibilities. Researchers predict digital twins will become increasingly personalized, with every individual having access to a digital twin of their own body. Imagine receiving real time updates from your phone to monitor your health conditions and predict health crises before they happen, or athletes receiving instant updates on their training regimens and recommendations for improving. This future is possible, however significant further research is necessary.    In addition, researchers and stakeholders need to be realistic about the current capabilities of these models, as well as informed about the future of development. That is why the Networking and Information Technology Research […]

On Friday of last week, the CCC submitted a response to the Request for Information on Digital Assets Research and Development, which was released in January by the OSTP and NSF’s interagency Fast Track Action Committee (FTAC) on Digital Assets Research and Development. The RFI aims to inform a holistic government approach to understanding and regulating digital assets and distributed ledger technology. The response was written by Hank Korth (Lehigh University), Rajmohan Rajaraman (Northeastern University), Catherine Gill (Computing Community Consortium), and Ann Schwartz (Computing Community Consortium).   The term “digital assets” implies a financial application of the term, but digital assets actually have a much broader meaning. Digital assets refer […]

The National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Resource (NAIRR) Task Force convened its third virtual public meeting to further develop a vision and implementation plan for the NAIRR. Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Council member Ian Foster (Argonne National Laboratory and University of Chicago), was invited to speak about the recently published A National Discovery Cloud: Preparing the US for Global Competitiveness in the New Era of 21st Century Digital Transformation white paper.  In addition, 84 responses from industry, academia, and government stakeholders were recently released regarding the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Science Foundation request for information to develop an implementation roadmap for the NAIRR. […]