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Appendix C: Federal Computing Research Programs Related to Ethical and Societal Impact Concerns
Pages 145-152

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... Directorate and the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development National Coordination Office (NITRD NCO) were asked to provide examples of federal computing research programs announced or continued in fiscal year 2021 that include a call for research aimed at identifying and confronting ethical and societal concerns related to the computing research being proposed and factors to be considered in addressing them, including multidisciplinary research aimed at identifying ethical and societal concerns related to computing research.
From page 146...
... . The FMitF program aims to bring togeth er researchers in formal methods with researchers in other areas of computer and information science and engineering to jointly develop rigorous and reproducible methodologies for designing and implementing correct-by-con struction systems and applications with provable guarantees.
From page 147...
... . The SCH program supports research with the promise of disruptive transformations in biomedical research drawing from multiple domains of computer and information science; engineering; mathematical sciences; and the biomedical, social, behavioral, and economic sciences.
From page 148...
... Department of Defense Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency • In Section 7.2.3, "Existing DARPA Efforts to Manage ELSI Concerns," the National Academies report Emerging and Readily Available Technologies and National Security: A Framework for Addressing Ethical, Legal, and Societal Issues1 discusses the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA's) un derstanding of the "issues surrounding the ethical, legal, and societal frame work" of research.
From page 149...
... • DARPA's FY 2022 budget request includes the Computers and Humans Explor ing Software Security program, to "enable computers and humans to reason collaboratively over software artifacts … with the goal of finding vulnerabilities more rapidly and accurately than unaided human operators." National Security Agency • The National Security Agency's (NSA's) Civil Liberties, Privacy and Transpar ency (CLPT)
From page 150...
... mprove the education of students on NIH training grants by enriching content in Responsible Conduct of Research requirements with information about secure and ethical data use." The AIM-AHEAD Coordinating Center is designed to "increase the participation and representation of researchers and communities currently underrepresented in the development of AI/ML models." The Office of Data Science Strategy announced that NIH is funding a new consor tium to lead the AIM-AHEAD coordinating center, bringing "together experts in commu nity engagement, AI/machine learning (ML) , health equity research, data science train ing, and data infrastructure." NIH issued an RFI on "current challenges and opportunities of using cloud com puting at universities and colleges" to increase cloud computing access in "diverse biomedical research institutions." The RFI asks for responses to topics such as "barriers to adopt cloud computing including, but not limited to, training and infrastructure gaps, technical barriers, social challenges, perceived risks, and costs." It also requests infor mation on "opportunities and potential impact on biomedical, clinical, behavioral and social science research from greater use of cloud computing." Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate • According to Kathryn Coulter Mitchell, science advisor to the Homeland Security Secretary, the Department of Homeland Security is forming a part nership with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute Center of Excellence, and industry innova tors to provide retraining and reskilling in cyber security, as well as "drive new investments in diversity, social sciences, and research, development, and innovation, which are needed to build the next generation workforce." 150 FOSTERING RESPONSIBLE COMPUTING RESEARCH
From page 151...
... Department of State • The Department of State Office of S&T Cooperation facilitates American sci ence collaboration and lays its ground rules, providing "valuable access for American scientists to foreign scientific capabilities, facilities, and expertise while also exposing other countries to American science procedures, norms, and values." Appendix C 151


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