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Avant Technologies Promotes Danny Rittman to Chief Information Officer

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Thursday, March 14, 2024
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LAS VEGAS, March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Avant Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB: AVAI) ("Avant" or the "Company"), an artificial intelligence technology (AI) company specializing in developing innovative and advanced AI infrastructure solutions, announces the promotion of Danny Rittman to Chief Information Officer (CIO).

Key Points: 
  • LAS VEGAS, March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Avant Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB: AVAI) ("Avant" or the "Company"), an artificial intelligence technology (AI) company specializing in developing innovative and advanced AI infrastructure solutions, announces the promotion of Danny Rittman to Chief Information Officer (CIO).
  • Rittman, who previously served as Avant's Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and later its Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), has successfully leveraged his extensive and diverse background to support the company's growth and evolution in AI development, infrastructure, management, security, and enterprise architecture.
  • Rittman expressed his excitement about his new role, stating, "I am honored to take on the responsibilities of Chief Information Officer at Avant Technologies.
  • "We are extremely pleased to have Danny step into the CIO role here at Avant," said Timothy Lantz, CEO of Avant Technologies.

Thomas M. Krummel, MD Joins Silicon Valley Innovations, Inc. Board of Directors

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
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SILICON VALLEY, Calif., March 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Silicon Valley Innovations (SVI) announced today that Thomas M. Krummel, MD, an internationally acclaimed surgeon, former Chair of the Department of Surgery at Stanford University, and med-tech innovator, has joined the company's Board of Directors.

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  • SILICON VALLEY, Calif., March 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Silicon Valley Innovations (SVI) announced today that Thomas M. Krummel, MD, an internationally acclaimed surgeon, former Chair of the Department of Surgery at Stanford University, and med-tech innovator, has joined the company's Board of Directors.
  • "We're very fortunate to have Dr. Krummel joining us at SVI," says CEO and Founder of SVI, Gail Lebovic, MD.
  • "We share a vision for the future of medicine that includes creating clinically relevant medical technology and placing it into the hands of patients."
  • Dr. Krummel sees major potential clinical benefits and market opportunities for SVI's offerings.

Natalia Gomez-Ospina, MD, PhD is the Recipient of the 2024 Dr. Michael S. Watson Genetic and Genomic Medicine Innovation Award from the ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
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BETHESDA, Md., March 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Natalia Gomez-Ospina, MD, PhD is the recipient of the ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine's 2024 Dr. Michael S. Watson Genetic and Genomic Medicine Innovation Award—the "Watson Award"—named for the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics first and longstanding executive director, Michael S. Watson, MS, PhD, FACMG.

Key Points: 
  • BETHESDA, Md., March 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Natalia Gomez-Ospina, MD, PhD is the recipient of the ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine's 2024 Dr. Michael S. Watson Genetic and Genomic Medicine Innovation Award—the "Watson Award"—named for the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics first and longstanding executive director, Michael S. Watson, MS, PhD, FACMG.
  • "I am honored to receive this award in recognition of my dedication to advancing genetic and genomic medicine and my commitment to making a positive difference in the lives of patients with genetic diseases.
  • This award affirms the need for innovative approaches to treat such diseases and the immense potential that genome editing has in this regard.
  • "Dr. Gomez-Espina is a promising physician-scientist whose work is befitting the Dr. Michael Watson Genetic and Genomic Medicine Innovation Award, an award that honors an individual whose work has had a significant impact on genetic and genomic medicine.

Luminary Cloud Emerges from Stealth, Empowering R&D with Realtime Engineering

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
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SAN MATEO, Calif., March 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Luminary Cloud, a pioneer in realtime engineering, today announced its official launch out of stealth. A computer-aided engineering (CAE) SaaS platform, Luminary empowers smarter and faster design cycles, allowing engineers to develop better products in a fraction of the time. Backed by Sutter Hill Ventures, which led its $115 million funding, Luminary's customers span industries including aerospace and defense, automotive, sporting goods, industrial equipment, and more.

Key Points: 
  • A computer-aided engineering (CAE) SaaS platform, Luminary empowers smarter and faster design cycles, allowing engineers to develop better products in a fraction of the time.
  • "While software engineering has become more agile thanks to advances in cloud technologies, physical engineering hasn't kept pace, despite increasing pressure to deliver advanced products faster and more efficiently," said Jason Lango, co-founder and CEO of Luminary Cloud.
  • With Luminary, engineering teams save months in their R&D schedules, drastically reducing product testing costs and reducing risk in the process.
  • Luminary has launched their realtime engineering platform for enterprise consumption.

Is 2024 the Year of "Climate-Quitting"?

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- High compensation and big-name employers used to define a "successful" career, but values have shifted in recent years. Today's employees place impact over traditional markers of success, says Alt Protein Careers, a career services and recruiting firm.

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  • Today's employees place impact over traditional markers of success, says Alt Protein Careers , a career services and recruiting firm.
  • In response, many no longer regard individual lifestyle changes as sufficient and are seeking professional opportunities where they can affect systemic change.
  • "There wasn't always this level of awareness of how fundamental alternative protein solutions are to solving the climate crisis.
  • The organization will also host job fairs at SF Climate Week, the Future Food Tech Conference, and at universities such as Duke, Harvard, and Stanford.

Technology pioneer Mike Stonebraker raises $8.5M to launch DBOS and radically transform cloud computing

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --  DBOS, Inc., developer of the world's first cloud-native operating system, today announced that it has raised $8.5 million in Seed funding, and released its first product offering. The funding was led by Engine Ventures and Construct Capital, along with Sinewave, and GutBrain Ventures. Engine Ventures general partner, Reed Sturtevant, joins Andy Palmer, Michael Stonebraker, and Peter Kraft on the DBOS board. The company also announced the release of DBOS Cloud, a transactional serverless application development platform powered by DBOS, which makes cloud applications vastly easier to develop, deploy, and secure.

Key Points: 
  • The company also announced the release of DBOS Cloud , a transactional serverless application development platform powered by DBOS, which makes cloud applications vastly easier to develop, deploy, and secure.
  • "The cloud has outgrown 33 year-old Linux, and it's time for a new approach," said Mike Stonebraker.
  • Because it runs on DBOS, DBOS Cloud provides a unique experience that reduces the complexity of development, deployment, and operations, while increasing cybersecurity and cyber-resilience.
  • DBOS Cloud is the only serverless computing platform to provide:
    "The cybersecurity implications of DBOS are truly transformative," said DBOS co-founder and former Head of Cybersecurity Practice at BCG Platinion, Michael Coden.

U.S. 1st Latino Tech Payroll Startup Trez.co, Announces Advisory Board of Industry Giants and C-Suite Executives As It Opens Its Scaling Seed Round

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Monday, March 11, 2024
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --

Key Points: 
  • Trez.co, the first U.S. Latino payroll platform company in the United States, is proud to announce its Board of Advisors.
  • This initiative underscores Trez.co's commitment to driving national economic growth through customer first payroll, benefits, and financial solutions tailored to the unique needs of Latino businesses and employees.
  • "Trez is the successful outcome of conversations initiated from LBAN (latino business action network) at Stanford University.
  • Maria Eugenia brings vast corporate governance experience as she has led several boards as the chairman of the board.

The Inner Circle acknowledges Mark J. Mills, JD, MD as a Life Achiever 2023-2024

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Monday, March 11, 2024
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RALEIGH, N.C., March 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Prominently featured in The Inner Circle, Mark J.

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  • RALEIGH, N.C., March 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Prominently featured in The Inner Circle, Mark J.
  • Mills, JD, MD is acknowledged as a Life Achiever 2023-2024 for his contributions as a Forensic Psychiatrist.
  • Mills, a highly accomplished forensic psychiatrist, is marking an impressive 48 years of dedication and expertise in the field of forensic psychiatry.
  • As a renowned figure in the industry, Dr. Mills has made substantial contributions to academia and has maintained a thriving private firm, Mark J.

Bestselling Author Walter Isaacson, Leaders from ARPA-E, AWS, LanzaTech, Microsoft and Radia Headline Innovation and Technology Programming at CERAWeek by S&P Global 2024

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Monday, March 11, 2024
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HOUSTON, March 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Bestselling author Walter Isaacson, as well as leaders from the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), Amazon Web Services (AWS), LanzaTech, Microsoft, and Radia will be among the technology and innovation speakers at CERAWeek 2024 by S&P Global 2024—the world's preeminent energy conference—to be held in Houston March 18-22.

Key Points: 
  • The 2024 program will also feature expanded Agora Hubs —dedicated areas focused on hydrogen, carbon and climate.
  • Innovation Agora Car Show: A select number of CERAWeek Partners will display and discuss vehicles powered by different fuels and systems—such as EVs, Hybrid, E-Fuels, Biofuels, Hydrogen—that are shaping the automotive future.
  • The 2024 program will also feature the "Clean Energy Commons" fostering connections for the innovation ecosystem as well as the "Clean Tech Corridor" where delegates can meet entrepreneurs building promising companies.
  • Key themes to be explored throughout the Innovation Agora program include:

China’s universities just grabbed 8 of the top 10 spots in one worldwide science ranking – without changing a thing

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
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Rankings influence student matriculation numbers, attract talented faculty and justify donations from wealthy donors.

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  • Rankings influence student matriculation numbers, attract talented faculty and justify donations from wealthy donors.
  • University leaders rail against them, and some schools “withdraw” from them, but rankings are influential.
  • A radical shift in the data underlying rankings is about to upend the rankings world – largely in favor of China’s position.
  • China’s swift progress in science and technology, propelled by investments in research and university strength, has alarmed the United States and other nations.

Broader range of more sources

  • But careful curation makes it the gold standard of academic indexing and one that journals and authors aspire to join.
  • Reliance on curated databases is about to end with the introduction of rankings based on open data like that collected by OpenAlex.
  • OpenAlex claims to include over 100,000 journals – of highly varying quality and editorial practices – compared with SCI’s 9,200.

Reflecting China’s research productivity

  • As China has invested in education and grown its science and engineering capacity, many more people turn out scholarly articles.
  • From a very small number in the 1980s, China had 2.2 million scientists and engineers by 2023, based on UNESCO data.
  • China’s scholarly output of scientific and engineering articles shows a very rapid rise since the 1990s, with growth outpacing all other nations.
  • Open-access publishing services have grown rapidly and offer fast publication times, but there are questions about the quality of their journals.
  • Chinese researchers and their sponsoring institutions put a huge premium on publishing in international journals, even those hosted by questionable publishers.


Caroline Wagner does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.