About this episode

The episode discusses the appointment of Arvind Raman as the new leader of NIST and his background.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has a new leader. Arvind Raman was sworn is as the fifth undersecretary of commerce for standards and technology on June 30th. He was confirmed by the Senate in May. Raman was previously the dean of engineering at Purdue University. His background is in atomic force microscopy, human biomechanics and electronics manufacturing. As the head of NIST, he’ll be charged with overseeing an array of high-profile work in areas like artificial intelligence, quantum science, and biotechnology. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Topics covered

• leadership
• NIST
• standards and technology
• artificial intelligence
• quantum science
• biotechnology

Keywords

• NIST
• Arvind Raman
• leadership
• standards
• technology
• biotechnology
• quantum science
• artificial intelligence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Purdue University

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