Good afternoon INFORMS members,
Earlier today, Michael Kratsios, who serves as Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), released a new report to the President entitled Science: A New Golden Age. The report represents the first comprehensive reexamination of the U.S. science and technology enterprise since Vannevar Bush's landmark 1945 report, Science: The Endless Frontier, and outlines a vision for strengthening the nation's research and development ecosystem in the years ahead.
The report addresses a wide range of issues that will be of interest to many in the INFORMS community, including:
- The future of federal research and development policy
- Artificial intelligence and its role in scientific discovery
- Research funding and incentive structures
- Reducing administrative burdens on researchers
- Strengthening U.S. competitiveness in science and technology
- Mission-driven research and public-private collaboration
Whether or not one agrees with all of the report's recommendations, it is likely to influence discussions surrounding federal science policy and research priorities in the months and years ahead. Given the breadth of the topics covered and their potential implications for the operations research, analytics, AI, and broader scientific communities, I thought many of you would find it worth reading.
The report, including an executive summary, is available here:
Science: A New Golden Age
Best regards,
Jeff
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Jeffrey M. Cohen, MBA | PhD Candidate
Chief External Affairs Officer
INFORMS
jcohen@informs.orglinkedin.com/in/jmcsc
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