NITRD MOURNS THE LOSS OF DR. LUCY NOWELL

It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Lucy Nowell on June 14, 2020. Lucy was a key contributor to NITRD, as a former co-chair to the High End Computing Interagency Working Group, an alternate representative for the NITRD Subcommittee, and an active participant to two other IWGs - Big Data and Human Computer Interaction and Information Management.

She made important contributions to the field of computer science during her work at NSF and DOE. She was a Chief/Staff Scientist at the U.S. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and progressed to a Program Director at NSF, where she managed research for supercomputing systems in the Office of Cyberinfrastructure. Following NSF, Lucy continued to work on supercomputing systems at the DOE’s Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research until she retired in 2018. Lucy had a dynamic career path, in that she began in theatre arts, but later in life shifted her focus and completed her Ph.D. in computer science at Virginia Tech. Please take a look at Lucy’s accomplishments, which were noted in her interview on the Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering alumni webpage.

We at NITRD offer our condolences to Lucy's family.

NITRD Newsletter - May 2020

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This revamped newsletter includes many interesting areas for you to explore: Snippets, Topic of the Day, Agency Corner, Agency Corner, Innovation through NITRD, Event Highlights, NITRD Staff, STEM education. We invite you to take a look at this newly revised newsletter to see the transformative innovations that have found an important place in the American life and challenge you to Discover NITRD Innovations for You!

Announcement: Tagging website information related to COVID-19

To increase the online visibility of important COVID-19 information, Federal Chief Information Officers have been directed to incorporate the new Schema.org vocabulary for tagging websites that contain information about COVID-19 prevention measures, disease spread statistics, etc. These new tags are available in Schema.org Version 7.0, released March 17, 2020 (http://blog.schema.org/2020/03/schema-for-coronavirus-special.html)... READ MORE

National Women's History Month: Women of the NITRD National Coordination Office

As National Women's History Month enters its final week, the National Coordination Office (NCO) acknowledges the women of the Perspecta Team whose talent, expertise, and dedication make the success of the Networking and Information R&D (NITRD) program possible. Whether it is facilitating meetings, preparing reports, writing documents, or coordinating with our Federal Agency members or the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, this group of women exemplify the core values that make the NCO a catalyst for the NITRD community... READ MORE

The Interoperability of Medical Devices, Data, and Platforms to Enhance Patient Care

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In February 2019 the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program's Health Information Technology Research and Development Interagency Working Group (HITRD IWG) issued a Request for Information (RFI) to collect input from industry, academia, and nongovernmental organizations on new approaches to solve the interoperability issues between medical devices, data, and platforms. On July 17, 2019, the group followed up with an in-person Listening Session that included 76 representatives from the device, standards, academic, and medical communities, and government. This report is a summary of the February 2019 Request for Information and July 2019 Listening Session.

Federal Health Information Technology Research and Development Strategic Framework

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This strategic R&D Framework was developed to improve medical, functional, and public health outcomes through R&D in the use of data and IT for advanced health IT applications and improved detection of existing health concerns and discovery of emerging issues. It is expected that this Framework will help the United States capitalize on the full potential of health IT to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare and lengthen and improve the quality of American lives...