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Submission Deadline (firm): July 8, 20204, AoE Responses to Authors: August 7, 2024 Camera Ready due: August 12, 2024 Call for Papers for the 4th ReWorDS Workshop at eScience 2024 This workshop seeks to explore ideas and experiences on what kinds of infrastructure developments can improve upon the state of the art. Explorations of component packaging via containers and virtual machines, automation scripting, deployment, portability builds, and system support for these and other relevant activities are key infrastructure. Provenance collection, exploration, and tracking are key for a well-documented scientific output. Using existing systems to achieve these goals via experiences is important for developing best practices that span application domains. Data privacy techniques such as multi-party encryption and differential privacy are important as well. Issues with managing large data sets and workflow intermediate data, particularly those intended to manage publicly accessed data for use and reuse are encouraged. New techniques and technologies that address reproducibility requirements are also requested. We seek work on all of these, and related, topics as well as position and experience papers looking to drive the conversation for practitioners and researchers in these spaces. This workshop contributes by sharing experiences and exploring the various technological infrastructure needs to support effective, convenient workflow systems and application composition structures and approaches across a broad spectrum of HPC environments from clusters to supercomputers to cloud systems. Papers should be formatted in IEEE format following eScience formatting rules and can be 6 pages not including references. https://lnkd.in/gHyZeb_g

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology announces 2024 Bose Grants: The grants fund studies of clean hydrogen production, fetal health-sensing fabric, basalt architecture, and shark-based ocean monitoring. 🥂 We are happy to share that Skylar Tibbits, Associate Professor of Design Research, has received the grant for his basalt house study case in Iceland, a project he is co-leading with Associate Professor J. Roc Jih. As published on MIT NEWS, read the full announcement here: https://lnkd.in/dR4xZvKB “In the land of volcanoes, Skylar Tibbits wants to build a case-study home almost entirely from the basalt rock that makes up the Icelandic landscape. Architects are increasingly interested in building using one natural material — creating a monomaterial structure — that can be easily recycled. At the moment, the building industry represents 40 percent of carbon emissions worldwide, and consists of many materials and structures, from metal to plastics to concrete, that can’t be easily disassembled or reused. The proposed basalt house in Iceland, a project co-led by J. Jih, associate professor of the practice in the Department of Architecture, is “an architecture that would be fully composed of the surrounding earth, that melts back into that surrounding earth at the end of its lifespan, and that can be recycled infinitely,” Tibbits explains. Basalt, the most common rock form in the Earth’s crust, can be spun into fibers for insulation and rebar. Basalt fiber performs as well as glass and carbon fibers at a lower cost in some applications, although it is not widely used in architecture. In cast form, it can make corrosion- and heat-resistant plumbing, cladding and flooring. “A monomaterial architecture is both a simple and radical proposal that unfortunately falls outside of traditional funding avenues,” says Tibbits. “The Bose grant is the perfect and perhaps the only option for our research, which we see as a uniquely achievable moonshot with transformative potential for the entire built environment.” Congratulations! 🎉 ⛰ #facultyresearch #monomaterial #basalthouse #iceland

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NSF SBIR/Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I Programs - Rolling Deadline Funder/Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)   Opportunity Number: 24-579   Description: The NSF SBIR/STTR programs provide non-dilutive funds for use-inspired research and development (R&D) of unproven, leading-edge, technology innovations that address societal challenges. By investing federal research and development funds into startups and small businesses, NSF helps build a strong national economy and stimulates the creation of novel products, services, and solutions in the private sector; strengthens the role of small business in meeting federal research and development needs; increases the commercial application of federally-supported research results; and develops and increases the U.S. workforce, especially by fostering and encouraging participation by socially and economically-disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses. NSF seeks unproven, leading-edge technology innovations that demonstrate the following characteristics: The innovations are underpinned and enabled by a new scientific discovery or meaningful engineering innovation. The innovations still require intensive technical research and development to be fully embedded in a reliable product or service. The innovations have not yet been reduced to practice by anyone and it is not guaranteed, at present, that doing so is technically possible. The innovations provide a strong competitive advantage that are not easily replicable by competitors (even technically proficient ones). Once reduced to practice, the innovations are expected to result in a product or service that would either be disruptive to existing markets or create new markets/new market segments.   The NSF SBIR/STTR programs fund broadly across scientific and engineering disciplines and do not solicit specific technologies or procure goods and services from startups and small businesses. The funding provided is non-dilutive. Any invention conceived or reduced to practice with the assistance of SBIR/STTR funding is subject to the Bayh-Dole Act. Eligibility: Proposers must obtain an official invitation to submit a proposal. To receive the invitation, potential proposers must submit a Project Pitch and receive an official response (via email) from the cognizant Program Officer. Firms qualifying as a small business concern are eligible to participate in the NSF SBIR/STTR programs   Award Details: Total Amount Available: $85,000,000   Minimum Award: $305,000   Deadline: Project pitches accepted anytime   https://lnkd.in/enXgKPNM   Grant Management Associates has years of experience with opportunities like this one. Contact us today for a consultation.

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#Technion Professor Dorit Ben-Shachar is now one of 10 senior-level scientists being awarded a $1 million grant from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF), which they will share equally. The Distinguished Investigator Grant is awarded to professors at research institutions from all over the world. Prof. Ben-Shachar’s research aims to target mitochondria with a treatment that can help with biological and behavioral problems in schizophrenia. If successful, Prof. Ben-Shachar’s work can offer a better understanding of the role of mitochondria in schizophrenia and potentially a new way of treating the condition. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dwwRQJtk

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In our current series we are introducing our fellow EOSC Family projects, their mission, consortium, and values. 💡 This installment explores the #SciLake project. SciLake aims to democratize scholarly content by facilitating, managing, and interlinking community-based Science Knowledge Graphs, identify research trends and valuable research objects, assess research reproducibility and more. Read more about the project: scilake.eu/ EOSC Association Athena Research Center #research #openscience #cancerdata

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Episode 13 of “The Quantum Spin by HKA” podcast is now available! Hear Meredith Fore, in conversation with HKA’s Veronica Combs, discussing her work as a science writer with the Chicago Quantum Exchange. She talks about how science can take time to land on a truth and how communicators play an important role in helping the public understand the difference between facts and opinions. And much more! 🎙 Listen to the full episode: https://lnkd.in/gx56S53w Kate Waimey Timmerman    #quantumtechPR #quantumtech #quantumcommunications #podcast

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Excited to announce that on June 13, Dr. David Gray Widder, postdoctoral fellow at the Digital Life Initiative at Cornell Tech, will deliver a talk at TU Delft, titled 'AI Supply Chains: Glued to Big Tech, Disavowing War'. #Responsible #AI guidelines ask #engineers to consider how their systems might harm. However, contemporary artificial intelligence systems are built by composing many pre-existing software modules that pass through many hands before becoming a finished product or service. How does this shape Responsible AI practice? In interviews with 27 artificial intelligence engineers across industry, open source, and academia, Widder will show how engineers rarely see responsible AI to be within their agency, capability, or responsibility to address. In this talk, he will present how fractured and distributed #AI_supply_chains shift responsibility for AI harms: to be always elsewhere, and thus nowhere. He will then present more recent work examining stops along this supply chain: how model cards delegitimize personal experience of AI harm, how the United States Department of Defense funds research into (anything but) "Basic" AI research, and on the incentives that leave #academic #AI #researchers to merely play #Big_Techs' game. For more information and registration: https://lnkd.in/ef8bxw5D #AlgoSoc #bigtech #talk #responsibleAI #AI

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What better way to celebrate Earth Week than to highlight 𝘸𝘩𝘺 we invest in biomanufacturing startups that use biology to protect our planet? In case you missed it, our Principal Nima Ronaghi, Ph.D. wrote about how Harshal Chokhawala and his team at ZymoChem are leading the charge to produce sustainable materials and create real-zero economies. 𝐈𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭, 𝐙𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬: 🔬 𝘈 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴: ZymoChem harnesses engineered microbes to produce bio-based compounds, matching the cost-efficiency and quality of traditional materials while reducing reliance on fossil feedstocks. From producers of textiles to plastics to hygiene products, multibillion-dollar corporations are looking for ZymoChem's solutions. 🤝 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴: Incumbents and startups win in their markets when they combine forces. Partnering with giants like Toyota Ventures and lululemon, ZymoChem is paving the way for industries to join the fight for climate protection. 🏅 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱: Leaders in biomanufacturing need to possess the courage to challenge and transform entire sectors, all while maintaining the humility to collaborate. From day one, CEO and Co-Founder Harshal Chokhawala showed conviction in his vision and determination to accept mentorship. 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦: https://lnkd.in/egkqvpC7 #Biomanufacturing #EcoFriendly #Innovation #RealZero #EarthWeek #SynBio

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We are delighted to announce Dr. Vsevolod Polotsky as one of the recipients of this year’s Technology Maturation Awards at the GW Technology Commercialization Office. Dr. Polotsky's innovative research has led to a promising new treatment for OIRD, a critical concern in the opioid crisis affecting millions globally.   Dr. Polotsky’s approach leverages Setmelanotide, an FDA-approved MC4R agonist known for treating obesity, to address the life-threatening effects of opioids on respiratory function. Unlike traditional treatments that reverse opioid effects and can induce withdrawal symptoms, Setmelanotide maintains analgesia while significantly reducing the risks of respiratory depression.   This innovative application of Setmelanotide offers a dual benefit: it continues to manage pain effectively while safeguarding against the respiratory depressant effects of opioids. This makes it an ideal option for first responders and healthcare providers dealing with emergency situations involving opioid overdoses.   Read More: https://lnkd.in/e8N_JSFm   Congratulations to Dr. Polotsky and his team for this remarkable achievement and their dedication to improving patient safety and care in the midst of the opioid epidemic. We look forward to the continued impact of your research on global health challenges.   #OpioidCrisis #Setmelanotide #OpioidSafety #MedicalInnovation #TechnologyMaturationAwards #HealthcareInnovation #EmergencyMedicine #gwu #gwsmhs #gwsph The George Washington University The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences The George Washington University- Milken Institute School of Public Health

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Publication Impact: Closed human-built environments, such as the ISS, are unique areas that provide an extreme environment subject to microgravity, radiation, and elevated carbon dioxide levels. Any microorganisms introduced to these areas must adapt to thrive. By delving into microbial dynamics in extreme environments, this research opens doors to effective preventative measure for astronaut health. https://lnkd.in/eaEX8vua

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Elevate Quantum CEO Zachary Yerushalmi: "The scale of the mountain west ecosystem is no accident — whereas quantum computing is still some years away from commercial applications, quantum sensing and enabling hardware applications are commercially here and scaling today. As the home to more sensing and enabling hardware breakthroughs than any other — 4 Nobels in 20 years, nearly half of all quantum Nobels during that time — the Mountain West already has THOUSANDS of quantum employees working with commercial ready products for applications like next-gen GPS, timing, clean energy and more. It’s the reason the $1 BILLION in loan capital unlocked by this CO Quantum Bill is so important: large, commercial quantum companies in our region need growth capital to scale. And because these sensing and enabling technologies are critical to quantum computing itself, this commercial scale drives a virtuous circle that means computing breakthroughs also happen here first. That’s why companies like Quantinuum, the largest independent quantum computing company globally, Atom Computing, and Infleqtion are also based in our region and growing so quickly. Quantum isn’t just bigger in the Mountain West. In a place like no other, it is also out in the wild.” #QuantumColorado #elevatequantum #quantumtechnology https://lnkd.in/d4v_pPdR

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SAM AND BIOSPHERE 2 -- TWO TYPES OF OFF-WORLD ANALOGS The University of Arizona Biosphere 2 (#B2) and its #SpaceAnalog for the Moon and Mars (#SAM), in fact, represent two embodiments or types of future human habitats on the #Moon, #Mars and beyond. SAM represents the #typical #analog for a #humanrated Space #Advanced #LifeSupport #System (#SALSS) that is #hermeticallysealed and #airpressurized. B2, meanwhile, -- when operated as hermetically sealed and air-pressurized -- embodies an analog for a future human-rated #Space #HyperAdvanced Life Support System (#SHALSS). What are the principal differences? In addition to physical #scale, the much smaller-sized SALSS – such as SAM as analog – is designed specifically to provide #resilient and #sustained #lifesupport through #physicochemical and #bioregenerative means for a small crew size for long-term or indefinite periods of time. Contrastively, the much #larger SHALSS – such as B2 as analog -- is designed, not only to provide resilient and sustained life support through physicochemical and bioregenerative means for a significantly larger crew size, but also to establish #climatecontrolled #replications (or approximations) of select #Earth #ecological #biomes (such as #rainforest, #savannah, #mangroveforest, “#ocean” or #aquatic biome, etc.) -- and to achieve target optimal #physicochemical-#biological #equilibrium within each biome. SHALSS is intended for #permanent #extraterrestrial #human #habitation on the Moon, Mars and beyond. Kai Staats, John Adams, Joaquin Ruiz Sean Gellenbeck, Gisela Detrell, Lina Salman, Sergio Santaeufemia Sánchez NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration ASABE - American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Technical University of Munich Association for Vertical Farming

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Great analysis by Scientific American authors Aneli Bongers and Jose Torres of our current "space junk" problem... "...space activities are not subject to any centralized regulation or property rights scheme. In outer space “first come, first serve” instead applies. Like other global economic failures on Earth (such as fisheries in international waters, high seas sailing and climate change) that international cooperation has failed to solve or left only partly solved, overuse and depletion are direct consequences of such a “tragedy of the commons.” In all these cases, including orbital debris, pollution exerts a cost on society where market prices do not capture the impact. Such “externalities” are market failures that, in most cases, require intervention from a government or other central authority. Simply put, rocket launch prices don’t reflect their real costs, which include clean-up expenses. We must reverse this situation before the cost becomes too high." We cannot rely on voluntary, non-binding international guidelines for problems like debris and space traffic management--the social science shows that reliance on voluntariness alone results in a race to the bottom. We need an amendment to the Outer Space Treaty, or similar international agreement, to develop an effective and robust space governance regime. https://lnkd.in/eZSvikMJ

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U.S. scientists develop air-bridge thermophotovoltaic cells with 44% efficiency: U.S. scientists have developed a thermophovoltaic cell that could be paired with inexpensive thermal storage to provide power on demand. The indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) thermophovoltaic cell absorbs most of the in-band radiation to generate electricity, while serving as a nearly perfect mirror. #DistributedStorage #EnergyStorage #ModulesUpstreamManufacturing

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https://lnkd.in/gKEZn_vC While we are disappointed to not have been selected as part of the Earth System Explorers AO, we are very excited for Carbon-I, led by PI Christian Frankenberg, to have been selected to lead measure GHGs in the tropics! Tropical ecosystems like wetlands and forests are notoriously difficult to measure from space due to entrenched cloudiness but are critical to measure given their strong linkage between carbon cycling and climate change. Learn more about Carbon-I here: https://lnkd.in/gB7gjBVu

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We are delighted to announce that Ratna Saripalli, PhD, MBA, Chief Data Officer at the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, DOE Office of Science User Facility at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will join the panel on "Cloud Solutions for Scalability, Security, and Cost-Efficiency" at the Global CxO Institute on June 20th at Stanford University! Dr. Saripalli will bring her extensive expertise to discuss: Actionable Strategies: Recommendations for organizations looking to harness the transformative potential of cloud solutions. Overcoming Challenges: Common challenges faced during the transition to cloud solutions and how to mitigate them. Future Outlook: Insights into the future of cloud computing in terms of scalability, security, and cost-efficiency. Dr. Saripalli is a biotech and healthcare technology industry leader with over 20 years of experience leading AI & ML, Data Science, and Engineering teams. She has a proven track record of shipping enterprise products and driving business development. Known for her strong analytical and technical problem-solving skills, Dr. Saripalli has productized and shipped more than 20 FDA-approved AI/ML deep learning models to improve clinical workflows and outcomes. Join us to gain valuable insights from Dr. Saripalli and other industry leaders. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the latest trends and strategies in cloud computing! https://lnkd.in/eehwFGnR #CloudComputing #Scalability #Security

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In August, Amazon scientists will be hosting a workshop on Evaluation and Trustworthiness of Generative AI Models at #KDD2024, and have issued a call for papers. Learn more about the workshop topics, organizers, and submission guidelines for the June 10th deadline: https://amzn.to/4d4VES8 #AmazonScience #GenerativeAI #LLMs

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