ATARC Federal IT Newscast

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NSF Convergence Accelerator – AI Innovation Oct 14, 2020

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National scale problems require the complete integration of multiple fields on knowledge and joint effort between academia, industry, government, and non-profits to solve them The Convergence Accelerator is a one and half year old program at the National Science Foundation that exists to fund the development of solutions to these problems.

NSF Convergence Accelerator – AI Innovation

The Convergence Accelerators track topics are based on NSF’s Ten Big Ideas and White House’s Industries of the Future. Topics are selected through grass roots efforts, engaging academics and stakeholders from government, industry, and non-profits to define the solutions sets and entities and knowledge domains necessary to address these issues.

Now into its second Cohort, track topics include: Open Knowledge Networks (OKN) (2019), Future of Work (2019), Quantum Technology (2020), and AI Innovation (2020). One of nine projects selected for Phase II of the program from 41 Phase II projects, the Precision Medicine OKN from UCSF will incorporate billions of factual relationships among biomedical concepts, providing a discovery engine that will enable doctors, researchers, the pharmaceutical industry and the citizen scientist to explore biomedicine in its whole might. Dr. Sergio Baranzini, the Principal Investigator for this project, will discuss how they will improve medicine, producing better outcomes for us all.

Cloud Migration: An Important Shift to Strengthen Federal Cloud Infrastructure Oct 12, 2020

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An information sharing event focused on leveraging and accelerating the use of data analytics technologies to navigate the present and post-pandemic future. Subject matter experts explore successfully implemented core data practices as evidenced in specific use cases. Thought leaders imagine the “art of the possible” in expanding on data analytics applications and benefits internal to the federal government and for improved public facing services.

NASA ATARC Digital Transformation Virtual Event Oct 12, 2020

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In order to explore the Moon, Mars, and the universe beyond, an organization must be at the forefront of digital transformation and the adoption of new technologies. Join this event to see how NASA is able to achieve its advancements of new technology through agency wide coordination, and the encouragement of best practices. This event will focus on the digital advancement of NASA’s systems and how they are able to succeed in digital transformation in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), model-based everything (MBx), culture & workforce (C+W), collaboration, data, more!

Applications of Robotic Process Automation Oct 07, 2020

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This panel will explore lesson’s learned, common misconceptions, the value proposition, challenges, and use cases related to the RPA (Robotic Process Automation) journey.

Quantum Risk Management Roundtable for the Board of Directors Oct 07, 2020

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Shareholders have great expectations for boards to take an active role in managing risks. Yet, boards only spend 9% of their time on risks. A quantum-aware board of directors must become the new standard. Consequently, board members should have an understanding of how this technology works to help ensure that the organizations they oversee become quantum resilient. Today, we have assembled an elite group of quantum computing experts to highlight the importance of quantum risk preparedness from a global perspective.

Data Analytics: Challenges and Solutions in the COVID-19 Era Oct 02, 2020

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Open Security Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL) Oct 02, 2020

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The OSCAL/Agile ATO Project Team has been working to increase the speed of the Authority to Operate (ATO) for Cloud while keeping pace with security requirements in the Government. This project team explores OSCAL (Open Security Controls Assessment Language) as a way to capture FedRAMP artifacts in machine-readable format to increase automation and the creation of a Zero Trust test environment to capture data for security testing and the creation of artifacts. This panel will give an overview of their pilot project, as well as answer live audience Q&A.

Modernizing Federal IT through DevSecOps Oct 01, 2020

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New ways of working have emerged, both for citizens and the government agencies serving them. Agencies are reevaluating their technology needs during this pandemic time, and furthering their IT modernization, through DevSecOps. This panel will set out to discuss how advancements in DevSecOps lead to an increased visibility for security and push for further modernization in the Federal IT space. These topic experts will also discuss solutions for successfully implementing DevOps methodology, tools, and techniques within Federal agencies in a time of continuous change and telework.

2020 Election Resiliency: Integrity vs Disruption Oct 01, 2020

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Ensuring the integrity of a free election process is a sacred task in the United States. It involves the Federal, State, and Local Government and a massive amount of volunteers coming together to ensure a fair process. This is a difficult process during normal times considering threats from foreign and domestic adversaries combined with the coordination required to ensure every vote is counted. The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the threat landscape for the 2020 election cycle and our upcoming election processes will be under unprecedented scrutiny to ensure that our democratic institutions are protected from outside influence. This panel of national election security experts will discuss how adversaries may exploit the unique factors of the upcoming elections, from vote-by-mail to disinformation campaigns, to further disrupt the upcoming elections, and offer possible solutions that can be implemented by governments and voters to counter these threats.

Federal Zero Trust Virtual Summit Oct 01, 2020

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This event brings together leaders in the federal cybersecurity ecosystem to discuss the challenges and changes they have faced securing their systems through COVID-19. See how these government thought-leaders are realigning policies and procedures to maintain a secure environment. Learn how traditional identity practices have been affected by the remote workforce, and the obstacles agencies have faced adjusting to new ways of identity management.