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ROC.ai Co-Founder and Chief Scientist Honored with Distinguished Alumni Award from Michigan State University

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Friday, September 22, 2023
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DENVER, Sept. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Michigan State University (MSU) College of Engineering recently honored eight distinguished graduates with the 2023 Alumni Awards on 6 May at MSU's Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center.

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  • DENVER, Sept. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Michigan State University (MSU) College of Engineering recently honored eight distinguished graduates with the 2023 Alumni Awards on 6 May at MSU's Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center.
  • Dr. Brendan Klare, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at Rank One Computing (ROC.ai), received the Computer Science and Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award.
  • Awards are presented during the annual alumni banquet in East Lansing, Michigan.
  • "The world-class achievements of these alumni exemplify how Spartan Engineers change our communities and world," Kempel said.

Universities Space Research Association Selected as One of Five Organizations to Mitigate Environmental Impact of Aviation

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Thursday, August 31, 2023
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Condensation trails—commonly known as contrails—occur when aircraft exhaust water mixes with cold, surrounding humid air at high altitude.

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  • Condensation trails—commonly known as contrails—occur when aircraft exhaust water mixes with cold, surrounding humid air at high altitude.
  • As part of this project, Universities Space Research Association will develop a real-time aviation contrail prediction and observation system that will improve airspace operations through new atmospheric data services and ensemble modeling approaches.
  • USRA has partnered with the Aeronautics Directorate of NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley and NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virgina, for the project.
  • The other organizations selected to mitigate the environmental impact of aviation include:
    Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Redondo Beach, CA)
    RTX Technologies Research Center (East Hartford, CT)

Advanced Space-led Team Applying Machine Learning to Detect Orbital Debris for IARPA

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023
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Westminster, Colorado, Aug. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Advanced Space LLC., a leading space tech solutions company, is pleased to announce that an Advanced Space-led team has been chosen to apply Machine Learning (ML) capabilities to detect, track and characterize space debris for the IARPA Space Debris Identification and Tracking (SINTRA) program.

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  • Westminster, Colorado, Aug. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Advanced Space LLC., a leading space tech solutions company, is pleased to announce that an Advanced Space-led team has been chosen to apply Machine Learning (ML) capabilities to detect, track and characterize space debris for the IARPA Space Debris Identification and Tracking (SINTRA) program.
  • Advanced Space and its teammates Orion Space Solutions and ExoAnalytic Solutions are applying advanced ML techniques to finding and identifying small debris (0.1-10 cm) under a new Space Debris Identification and Tracking (SINTRA) contract from Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA).
  • Advanced Space CEO Bradley Cheetham said, “Monitoring orbital debris is critical to the sustainable, exploration, development and settlement of space.
  • Advanced Space is dedicated to improving flight dynamics, technology development, and expedited turn-key missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

Ginkgo Bioworks and Google Cloud Partner to Build Next Generation AI Platform for Biological Engineering and Biosecurity

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023
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Ginkgo intends to make Google Cloud its primary cloud services provider, significantly increasing its next-generation cloud computing resources, positioning Ginkgo and its customers well as the need for cloud computing expands.

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  • Ginkgo intends to make Google Cloud its primary cloud services provider, significantly increasing its next-generation cloud computing resources, positioning Ginkgo and its customers well as the need for cloud computing expands.
  • "We believe that by partnering with Google Cloud, Ginkgo can supercharge our mission to make biology easier to engineer," said Jason Kelly, co-founder and CEO of Ginkgo Bioworks.
  • Ginkgo operates as a horizontal biological engineering and biosecurity platform, working to accelerate and de-risk scientific R&D projects for customers across industries.
  • Ginkgo and Google Cloud anticipate fueling a number of new Ginkgo offerings and initiatives through the collaboration, including:
    Large language models for biological engineering: Ginkgo plans to leverage Google Cloud's Vertex AI platform and Ginkgo's expansive Codebase to build and train novel foundation and task-specific models for core biological engineering challenges, supported by Google Cloud Consulting .

Flashpoint National Security Solutions Appoints Andrew Borene as Executive Director of Business Development

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Monday, July 24, 2023
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Flashpoint, the globally trusted leader in risk intelligence, introduced today Andrew Borene as Executive Director for Global Business Development at Flashpoint National Security Solutions (FNSS).

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  • Flashpoint, the globally trusted leader in risk intelligence, introduced today Andrew Borene as Executive Director for Global Business Development at Flashpoint National Security Solutions (FNSS).
  • “I am thrilled to join Flashpoint’s worldwide effort in this strategically pivotal moment,” said Borene.
  • Flashpoint’s National Security Solutions present a path to efficient security burden sharing and synchronizing diverse international security organizations.”
    Borene brings more than 25 years of experience in intelligence, operations, cybersecurity, and investigations that have required leveraging international public-private partnerships.
  • In addition, he has developed syllabi, taught courses, and published books on Trans-Atlantic security, transnational crime, national security, and international human rights law.

Atom Computing and National Renewable Energy Laboratory Exploring Electric Grid Optimization Using Quantum Computing

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Thursday, July 20, 2023
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BOULDER, Colo., July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Atom Computing and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today announced a collaboration to explore how quantum computing can help optimize electric grid operations.

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  • BOULDER, Colo., July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Atom Computing and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today announced a collaboration to explore how quantum computing can help optimize electric grid operations.
  • Rob Hovsapian, a research advisor at NREL, called the new capability an important step toward understanding how quantum computers can better balance energy loads across an electric grid.
  • By incorporating quantum computing into our testing platform, we can begin exploring how this technology could help solve certain problems."
  • Optimization problems such as managing supply chains, devising more efficient transportation routes, and improving electric grid and telecommunications networks are considered "killer applications" for quantum computing.

IARPA Awards B24IC Research Contract to Ginkgo Bioworks to Develop Breakthrough Biointelligence and Biosecurity Innovations

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Thursday, July 13, 2023
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Through this program, Ginkgo aims to develop a biosensor that records time-ordered cellular memory for improved traceability and biosecurity.

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  • Through this program, Ginkgo aims to develop a biosensor that records time-ordered cellular memory for improved traceability and biosecurity.
  • "B24IC could boost our approach to biointelligence and biosecurity far beyond our current understanding—years or decades into the future."
  • This announcement deepens Ginkgo's partnership with IARPA to boost the nation's approach to biointelligence and biosecurity.
  • At Ginkgo, we're excited to develop biosecurity innovations that have the potential to both keep us safe and drive innovation in responsible bioengineering."

Ginkgo Bioworks 2022 Sustainability Report Highlights Progress Towards a More Sustainable and Inclusive Future

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Thursday, June 22, 2023
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BOSTON, June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA), which is building the leading platform for cell programming and biosecurity, today published its 2022 Sustainability Report, Caring at Ginkgo, detailing the company's views and progress towards addressing global challenges, such as climate change and biological threats, as well as outlining the practices supporting the organization's commitment to thoughtfully deploy its platform, build a diverse and inclusive workforce, and continue to foster a culture of employee ownership.

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  • As detailed in the report, Ginkgo's platform helps enable leading pharmaceutical, food, and agriculture companies to develop more sustainable solutions.
  • The report also highlights how Ginkgo is strengthening its organizational processes to support its commitment to care how its platform is developed and used as the company grows.
  • "Ginkgo is made of people and people are the most important element of Ginkgo's platform," said Jeannine Lombardi, Chief People Officer, Ginkgo Bioworks.
  • The report provides updates to Ginkgo's inaugural Sustainability Report , which was released last year.

Officials with ION Storage Systems, University of Maryland (UMD), Department of Energy (DOE) ARPA-E and Rep. Glenn Ivey Celebrate ARPA-E Grant

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Wednesday, April 19, 2023
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BELTSVILLE, Md., April 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ION Storage Systems Inc. (ION), recently hosted a variety of government and academic leaders to celebrate a $4.8 million award to ION and UMD .

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  • BELTSVILLE, Md., April 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ION Storage Systems Inc. (ION), recently hosted a variety of government and academic leaders to celebrate a $4.8 million award to ION and UMD .
  • The award is part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) EVs4ALL program, funded by the DOE.
  • "As the demand for EVs grows so does the need for domestically supplied batteries," said Ricky Hanna, CEO of ION.
  • "It's important that the government and companies like us work together in commercializing solid-state batteries, making EV adoption more likely."

Block MEMS Awarded $2.2 Million Contract to Supply Advanced Spectrometer for the U.S. Navy

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023
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The program will build on Block's recently concluded contract "Standoff Illuminator for Measuring Absorbance and Reflectance Infrared Light Signatures" (SILMARILS) program funded by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity.

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  • The program will build on Block's recently concluded contract "Standoff Illuminator for Measuring Absorbance and Reflectance Infrared Light Signatures" (SILMARILS) program funded by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity.
  • The instrument incorporates the most advanced infrared detectors and lasers to help NSWC IHD accomplish its mission.
  • Dan Cavicchio, Block's CEO, stated that, "We are grateful for the opportunity to partner with NSWC IHD to supply this next generation spectrometer for threat detection.
  • This rugged portable instrument will be much more sensitive and provide improved resolution compared to the state-of-the-art."