Sec. 9. Workshops and senior steering groups
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Title I of such Act ( 15 U.S.C. 5511 et seq. ) is amended further by adding after section 103, as added by section 8 of this Act, the following new section: In order to address emerging issues, the Director of the National Coordination Office may conduct workshops and other activities on research areas of emerging importance, which may include the grand challenge areas identified under section 103, with participants from institutions of higher education, Federal laboratories, and industry, in order to help guide Program investments and strategic planning in those areas, including areas identified in subsection (b).
In selecting research areas under subsection (a), the Director of the National Coordination Office shall consider the following topics: Data analytics to identify the current and future state of performing inference, prediction, and other forms of analysis of data, and methods for the collection, management, preservation, and use of data. The current and future state of the science, engineering, policy, and social understanding of privacy protection. The current and future state of fundamental research on the systems and science of the interplay of people and computing as well as the coordination and support being undertaken in areas such as social computing, human-robot interaction, privacy, and health-related aspects in human-computer systems.
The participants in the workshops shall, as appropriate— develop options for models for research and development partnerships among institutions of higher education, Federal laboratories, and industry, including mechanisms for the support of research and development carried out under these partnerships; develop options for research and development for the specific issue areas that would be addressed through such partnerships; propose guidelines for assigning intellectual property rights and for the transfer of research results to the private sector; and make recommendations for how Federal agencies participating in the Program can help support research and development partnerships for the specific issue areas.
The Director of the National Coordination Office shall ensure that the participants in the workshops— are individuals with knowledge and expertise in the specific issue areas; and represent a broad mix of relevant stakeholders, including academic and industry researchers and, as appropriate, Federal agencies. As appropriate, the Director of the National Coordination Office shall establish senior steering groups and develop focused strategic plans to coordinate and guide activities under the research areas identified under this section, taking into consideration the findings and recommendations from any workshops carried out on those research topics. .
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