Only one of Trump’s seven new PCAST members works in academia. Sreeram, Dow Chemical’s chief technology officer; HP Labs’ chief technology officer Shane Wall; and K. Birgitta Whaley, an expert in quantum information at the University of California at Berkeley. Trump’s PCAST will eventually expand to 16 members, according to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, including additional academic scholars. Trump’s PCAST comes unusually late in his administration. ADDuring the Obama administration, PCAST issued 40 reports on topics such as drinking water safety, forensic science and data privacy.

Source: Washington Post October 22, 2019 18:45 UTC