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Ketryx raises $14M in Series A funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners

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Tuesday, December 5, 2023

BOSTON, Dec. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ketryx, provider of the first and only connected application lifecycle management software for the life sciences industry, today announced that it has raised $14 Million in Series A funding. The round was led by investor Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors including MIT's E14 Fund and Ubiquity Ventures, bringing the total funding raised to date to over $18 Million. Lightspeed partner Guru Chahal will join the board. The new funds will be used to accelerate product development and commercial expansion. 

Key Points: 
  • The round was led by investor Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors including MIT's E14 Fund and Ubiquity Ventures, bringing the total funding raised to date to over $18 Million.
  • The healthcare industry is embracing software and its promise to improve patient outcomes, including the power of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML).
  • Quality assurance is becoming more complex as software and AI rapidly permeate the healthcare industry," said Ketryx founder and CEO Erez Kaminski.
  • Ketryx uses its own software to build and release FDA-compliant cloud-based validated software regularly—the promise that has attracted so many early customers.

'WE ARE NOW AT THE DAWN OF A NEW AGE FOR INTELLIGENCE,' SAYS GLOBAL AI EXPERT AT QATAR FOUNDATION'S 2023 WISE SUMMIT

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

DOHA, Qatar, Nov. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The world is at a tipping point for human evolution because machines are about to profoundly change the way we live, the way we work, and even experience what it means to be human, said Nina Schick, one of the first Generative AI experts and Founder of Tamang Ventures Limited, at WISE 11, the 11th edition of Qatar Foundation's WISE Summit, that concluded today.

Key Points: 
  • The panel 'AI for Common Good,' explored the collective impact of AI applications in the fields of research, education, policy, philanthropy, and media on cultivating the next generation of leaders and problem-solvers.
  • Her Excellency the Minister commented: "Qatar is one of the early adopters of a national K-12 AI curriculum.
  • It aims at preparing students for a workforce that increasingly involves AI technologies and skills."
  • Co-founder and CEO of The Wolfram Group, Conrad Wolfram, delivered a keynote speech during the closing ceremony on the critical importance of computational thinking in the age of AI.

'WE ARE NOW AT THE DAWN OF A NEW AGE FOR INTELLIGENCE,' SAYS GLOBAL AI EXPERT AT QATAR FOUNDATION'S 2023 WISE SUMMIT

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

DOHA, Qatar, Nov. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The world is at a tipping point for human evolution because machines are about to profoundly change the way we live, the way we work, and even experience what it means to be human, said Nina Schick, one of the first Generative AI experts and Founder of Tamang Ventures Limited, at WISE 11, the 11th edition of Qatar Foundation's WISE Summit, that concluded today.

Key Points: 
  • The panel 'AI for Common Good,' explored the collective impact of AI applications in the fields of research, education, policy, philanthropy, and media on cultivating the next generation of leaders and problem-solvers.
  • Her Excellency the Minister commented: "Qatar is one of the early adopters of a national K-12 AI curriculum.
  • It aims at preparing students for a workforce that increasingly involves AI technologies and skills."
  • Co-founder and CEO of The Wolfram Group, Conrad Wolfram, delivered a keynote speech during the closing ceremony on the critical importance of computational thinking in the age of AI.

Society for Science Announces Top 300 Middle School Innovators in Nation's premier STEM Competition

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Society for Science today announced the Top 300 Junior Innovators in the inaugural Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge (Thermo Fisher JIC) — the nation's premier science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competition for middle school students. The Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge, a program of Society for Science, seeks to inspire young scientists, engineers and innovators to solve the grand challenges of the 21st century.

Key Points: 
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge Top 300 Selected from Nearly 2,000 Competitors; projects tackle topics from renewable energy to blood clots to gender stereotyping
    WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Society for Science today announced the Top 300 Junior Innovators in the inaugural Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge (Thermo Fisher JIC) — the nation's premier science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competition for middle school students.
  • The Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge, a program of Society for Science, seeks to inspire young scientists, engineers and innovators to solve the grand challenges of the 21st century.
  • Students who are named in the top 10% of their local science fair are eligible to enter the Thermo Fisher JIC, the only middle school STEM competition that leverages Society-affiliated science fairs as a critical component of the STEM talent pipeline.
  • "Middle school is a pivotal time in the lives of young people – when many make decisions about engaging in STEM fields.

Emerald Cloud Lab Establishes AI Scientific Advisory Board

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Thursday, April 27, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Emerald Cloud Lab (ECL), the first highly automated cloud research laboratory, today announced the creation of the first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence (AI) scientific advisory board (AISAB). The newly established board brings together select expert researchers from various fields who will work together to develop policies, processes, and procedures, in addition to reviewing the ethics of applying AI to scientific research within ECL's cloud lab environment. The formation of the AISAB is an important milestone given the future AI applications capable of designing experiments on the Emerald Cloud Lab.

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Emerald Cloud Lab (ECL), the first highly automated cloud research laboratory, today announced the creation of the first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence (AI) scientific advisory board (AISAB).
  • The formation of the AISAB is an important milestone given the future AI applications capable of designing experiments on the Emerald Cloud Lab.
  • ECL's AI Scientific Advisory Board is comprised of the following experts in their respective fields:
    Erika Alden DeBenedictis, Ph.D.
  • I'm confident their collective expertise and insights will be invaluable in developing the best path forward in utilizing AI in scientific research," said Brian Frezza, Co-founder of Emerald Cloud Lab.

Emerald Cloud Lab Establishes AI Scientific Advisory Board

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Thursday, April 27, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Emerald Cloud Lab (ECL), the first highly automated cloud research laboratory, today announced the creation of the first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence (AI) scientific advisory board (AISAB). The newly established board brings together select expert researchers from various fields who will work together to develop policies, processes, and procedures, in addition to reviewing the ethics of applying AI to scientific research within ECL's cloud lab environment. The formation of the AISAB is an important milestone given the future AI applications capable of designing experiments on the Emerald Cloud Lab.

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Emerald Cloud Lab (ECL), the first highly automated cloud research laboratory, today announced the creation of the first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence (AI) scientific advisory board (AISAB).
  • The formation of the AISAB is an important milestone given the future AI applications capable of designing experiments on the Emerald Cloud Lab.
  • ECL's AI Scientific Advisory Board is comprised of the following experts in their respective fields:
    Erika Alden DeBenedictis, Ph.D.
  • I'm confident their collective expertise and insights will be invaluable in developing the best path forward in utilizing AI in scientific research," said Brian Frezza, Co-founder of Emerald Cloud Lab.

Wolfram Research Launches the Wolfram Institute: A New Institutional Model for Doing Science

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Monday, October 24, 2022

BOSTON, Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Launched today and founded by Stephen Wolfram and James Douglas Boyd, the Wolfram Institute is a nonprofit research organization created to accelerate the development of breakthrough methods in the study of pure computation and its modeling applications.

Key Points: 
  • The Wolfram Institute will be the new home of the Wolfram Physics Project as well as a number of new basic science research projects.
  • Fellows and affiliated researchers of the Wolfram Institute will be practicing open science, livestreaming research meetings and sharing results with working code as it's being created.
  • Stephen Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha and Wolfram Language; the author of A New Kind of Science; the originator of the Wolfram Physics Project; and the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research.
  • Founded by Stephen Wolfram in 1987, Wolfram Research is one of the world's most respected computer, web and cloud software companies, as well as a powerhouse of scientific and technical innovation.

NRL researcher receives ASME Lifetime Achievement Award

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Friday, September 9, 2022

Naval Research Laboratorys (NRL) Computational Multiphysics Systems Laboratory head, received the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) Lifetime Achievement Award.

Key Points: 
  • Naval Research Laboratorys (NRL) Computational Multiphysics Systems Laboratory head, received the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) Lifetime Achievement Award.
  • The award was presented Aug. 15, during a ceremony at the International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and CIE Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, and is the highest award bestowed by the ASME CIE division.
  • The awards commendation is, In recognition of outstanding lifetime achievements in advancing the discipline of computers and information in engineering.
  • At NRL ongoing extensions of this technology enable studying multiaxial and multiphysics fatigue of materials.

Broadcom MASTERS Announces the Top 300 Middle School Innovators in National STEM Competition

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Wednesday, September 7, 2022

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Broadcom Foundation and Society for Science today announced the Top 300 MASTERS in the 2022 Broadcom MASTERS® — the nation's premier science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competition for middle school students. Broadcom MASTERS, a program of Society for Science, seeks to inspire young scientists, engineers and innovators to solve the grand challenges of the 21st century.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Broadcom Foundation and Society for Science today announced the Top 300 MASTERS in the 2022 Broadcom MASTERS the nation's premier science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competition for middle school students.
  • Broadcom MASTERS Top 300 fast facts:
    The top 300 hail from 35 states, Guam and Puerto Rico
    Most students, 62%, go to public school, with 28% in private schools
    On September 21, 30 of the Top 300 Broadcom MASTERS will be named finalists.
  • "Congratulations to the Top 300 Broadcom MASTERS," said Maya Ajmera, President and CEO of Society for Science and Publisher of Science News.
  • The Top 300 Broadcom MASTERS' independent STEM research projects tackle a broad range of subjects, such as:
    "Congratulations to the Top 300 2022 Broadcom MASTERS," said Paula Golden, President of the Broadcom Foundation.

EdHeroes Global Movement Is Expanding to Indonesia and Asia, Aiming At Creating The New Paradigm of the World of Education

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Wednesday, October 13, 2021

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Oct. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The COVID-19 pandemic has brought drastic changes in all areas of our daily life, including the world of education.

Key Points: 
  • JAKARTA, Indonesia, Oct. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The COVID-19 pandemic has brought drastic changes in all areas of our daily life, including the world of education.
  • Schools, universities and educational institutions are urged to make adjustments in carrying out teaching methods and learning activities.
  • In addition, the development of the digital world and the rapid flow of information add to the rapid pace of disruption in the world of education, which gradually makes the world become more and more borderless.
  • EdHeroes Movement will support ensure continuous action to promote access to all opportunities that can help young children thrive.