“The Department of Energy’s year-old artificial intelligence technology office is looking for collaborative projects with industry and other agencies that will have dramatic, real world impact, according to its director.”
“The DOE’s Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office (AITO), said its Director Cheryl Ingstad, is looking for partnerships that can ‘save lives’ by leveraging the agency’s vast and varied AI resources.”
“Rick Perry stood up AITO in Sept, 2019 when he led the department, as part of President Donald Trump’s call for a national AI strategy. AITO is the coordinating hub for AI work being done across the agency’s considerable enterprise, including its national laboratories.”
“DOE’s most recent announcements that team with Microsoft for emergency responder apps, as well as a collaboration with Health and Human Services and the Department of Veterans Affairs to share health data, are both examples of how the agency can bring the technology to bear in critical ways.”
“In July, DOE announced the COVID-19 Insights Partnership with HHS and the VA. The project shows “unprecedented data sharing” among agencies for a shared goal of using data and technology to fight the virus, said Ingstad during an ATARC webcast on Aug. 20…” Read the full article here.
Source: Energy Dept. looks for AI impact – By Mark Rockwell, August 20, 2020. FCW.
