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White House Launches AI Initiative

A Trump administration AI initiative would prioritize federal R&D investments in machine intelligence as a way boosting U.S. economic and national security. The “American AI Initiative” launched via executive ...Full Article

U.S. Out of Medal Contention in Coding Olympics

China’s impressive standing up of the 93 petaflops Sunway TaihuLight atop the Top500 list in June ruffled more than a few feathers in the west. Here’s yet more fodder for ...Full Article

Are Bachelor’s Degrees All They’re Cracked Up to Be?

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/bachelors.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="50" border="0" />As the U.S. manufacturing sector fights to stay competitive on a global scale, the issue of improving STEM education has been ...Full Article

STEM Talks Take Root at NEF Regional Dialogues

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/thommason.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="119" border="0" />The National Engineering Forum (NEF) has developed a three-pronged approached in keeping the US engineering workforce competitive, for which it hopes ...Full Article

Amid Sweeping Budget Cuts, Obama Stands by STEM

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/ObamaNAS.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" border="0" />At the 150th anniversary of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) this week, President Barack Obama said the nation cannot afford ...Full Article

Snyder Pushes Michigan to Approve Driverless Cars

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/snyder.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="71" />It's easy to laugh at the image of the 21st century that generations past have conjured up: flying cars, robot servants, and ...Full Article

Manufacturing Sees Boost in 2014 Budget

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/piggybank.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="122" />Despite significant spending cuts to Medicare and defense, President Obama's proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2014 had added funding across the board ...Full Article

New Approach Required for Teaching STEM to Students?

Efforts to interest young people in pursuing studies leading to a career in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) have taken many a turn over the years and drawn ...Full Article

OSC’s Ralph Regula School of Computational Science: Five Years Later

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Choose_Ohio.jpg" alt="" width="57" height="57" />The Ralph Regula School of Computational Science at the Ohio Supercomputer Center is a statewide virtual school focused on the exciting new ...Full Article

ASME Issues Positon Paper on Bolstering U.S. Manufacturing

ASME government relations rep notes anemic support on Capitol Hill for various manufacturing revitalization initiatives.Full Article