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2019 ERC

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Rebecca Keiser

Science and Security Rebecca Keiser Head, OISE March 11, 2019 Overview• NSF and other U.S. Government science agencies are very focused on science and security issues.• Main objective: maintain the research and innovation ecosystem that has been so successful for the U.S.• To achieve this objective, we need to sustain openness, transparency, and a merit-based system.• We need reciprocity by all participants to maintain this system. Challenges Merit review integrity Conflicts of interest/commitment Disclosure of current/planned/pending support Data breaches Reciprocity NSF Actions Biosketch and current/pending support forms JASON study

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2019 ERC

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Kara T Hall

Systems Science Urban Planning Slide source: Sarah Gehlert Challenges in Transdisciplinary Team Science • Conceptual and Scientific Challenges • Lack of clarity about “what TD is” & “how you get there” • TD science “stretches” investigators’ intellectual “capacity” more than UD research • TD research is more complex than UD research • Different Disciplinary Cultures Among Collaborators • Differences in values, language, traditions • Team members want to stay in their “comfort zone” (re: disciplinary culture) • Management Challenges • TD research = more time

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2019 ERC

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Ralph A. Anthenien

Military Deputy COL Thomas Ryan Director Plans & Programs (A) Director Ms. Charneta Samms Dr. Philip Perconti Sergeant Major Director

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2019 ERC

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Patrick Shiflette

economic, technological, and military goals, the Programs Economic Growth ModelChinese government relies on various state-directed plans. Military ModernizationThese plans provide insight into the kinds of knowledge, re-search, intellectual property, and trade secrets the countrytargets and seeks to acquire from foreign sources. At present, Academic Front CollaborationsChina’s government has as many as 100 plans guiding China’s Companiesforeign acquisition, and their scale and influence are impres-sive

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2019 ERC

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Gurdip Singh; Carrie Berger

are 27,372 T/TT engineering frequently range from $500k- faculty, 15,000 Assistant and $1M2 Associate1  Auburn plans to hire 500 TT  University of Idaho reports, faculty, estimated cost the average cost to hire new $100M3 faculty member is $13,000 (search and moving  There are 1,010 T/TT expenses)4 engineering faculty searches on AcademicKeys51HTTPS://WWW.ASEE.ORG/PAPERS-AND-PUBLICATIONS/PUBLICATIONS/COLLEGE-PROFILES2HTTPS://WWW.NCBI.NLM.NIH.GOV/PMC

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2019 ERC

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Dawn Tilbury; Joanne Tornow; Jim Kurose; Anne Kinney

: • May: National Academies report • Summer: Working group 2018: • March: Solicitation for Planning Grants • Sept.: 60 Planning grants awarded • NSF 19-503: Solicitation for Gen-4 ERCs 2019: • January: Pre-proposals due

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2019 ERC

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Patrick Shiflette

CASE EXAMPLE: NON-TRADITIONAL COLLECTORNON-TRADITIONAL COLLECTORS: VULNERABILITIES, INDICATORS, AND MITIGATIONVULNERABILITIESSome circumstances that may render employees more vulnerable to becoming non-traditional collectorthreats include:•Loyalty to a foreign government •Large ego as a result of expertise in a science and tech-•The company’s possession of technology or a product nology field of interest to foreign adversaries listed in China’s Five-Year PlanINDICATORSAn non-traditional collector typically demonstrates one or more of the following indicators:•Is sponsored by foreign country to study in the United •Unnecessarily photocopies or downloads States and then plans to return to his or her

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2019 ERC

Authors

Patrick Shiflette

research opportunities with several state-run insti-tutions in China, including the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) WORTH APPROXIMATELYand an affiliate. Upon joining the CAS affiliate, the Chinese citizen $3.6 MILLIONagreed to provide the director and one of its recruiters with someof the U.S. company’s documents to substantiate his credentials.A month after retirement from the U.S. company, the Chinese citizen traveled to China to begin work for the CAS affiliate.His CAS research plan stated China lacked the ability to process high-performance components, such as airplane wingsand carrier aircraft tail hooks, as a result of its technology embargo. The Chinese citizen claimed by using Western com-panies’ technology, his research