Cancer HealthCast: This AI Tool Could Predict a Patient's Response to Immunotherapy
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Release Date: 06/24/2024
AWS Summit: The Keys to Flexible Hybrid Multi-Cloud, App Development
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At AWS Summit in Washington DC, Nutanix Senior Director of US Federal Greg O’Connell discussed how agencies can ensure seamless data migration and app mobility, leverage generative AI and incorporate security. He equated today’s rapid growth in modern applications to the impact of the browser, as the “killer app” of the internet era of the 1990s. With projections of 750 million new apps by 2026, he said agencies face challenges to incorporate more cloud and edge computing that would handle increased data processing and to develop more sophisticated security measures. Additionally, he...
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AWS Summit: Inside Air Force’s Hybrid Cloud Environment Driving Supply Chain Insights
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The Air Force Sustainment Center is modernizing supply chain and logistics operations with cloud. Having an efficiently running supply chain and manufacturing operations for supplies and weapons systems is critical to national security. Leaders from the center, John York and Josh Thompson, highlight at AWS Summit some of their priorities around cloud and hybrid cloud. They also detail how developments in the Technology Hosting Environment for NextGen Automation (ATHENA) program is driving cost savings and improving insight into disparate sensors and data hubs for the service.
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TechNet Cyber: Pentagon’s Fulcrum Strategy Strengthens Zero Trust
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Challenges can be opportunities when it comes to software modernization at the Defense Department. The agency is meeting these opportunities with the release of its new Fulcrum strategy and ongoing zero trust efforts, according to DOD Director of Cloud & Software Modernization George Lamb. At AFCEA TechNet Cyber, Lamb discussed progress made on the Pentagon’s 2022 software modernization strategy, how the new Fulcrum strategy ties into software modernization goals and the necessity of zero trust being baked into all DOD operations.
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AWS Summit: A Peek at the ‘One FDA’ Plan to Modernize Tech Procurement
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The Food and Drug Administration recently released a new acquisition strategy that aims to transform how the agency buys technology to impact multiple mission areas. In an interview with FDA Office of Enterprise Portfolio Management Director Joseph Montgomery at AWS Summit, he highlights the importance of this strategy to create a “one FDA” ecosystem that prioritizes advanced technology and keeping pace with IT innovation. Montgomery also highlights how he’s thinking about artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and cloud to impact financial operations (FinOps) and ultimately support...
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Bonus Interview: Automation Offers Federal Agencies New Security Opportunities
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Automation is unlocking new levels of security for federal agencies facing a wide range of new threats and challenges. Red Hat Chief Architect for Law Enforcement & Justice Mike Hardee joined us to outline how federal IT leaders can harness these new automation solutions to provide higher levels of security. Hardee explained how automation can help federal agencies utilize automation to overcome everything from HR challenges to new law enforcement threats. He also said automation and observability arm IT teams with a unique ability to diagnose and solve problems fast.
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AWS Summit: HHS Medical Chief Shares Vision of Equity, Data Standards
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In an interview at the AWS Summit, Department of Health and Human Services Chief Medical Officer Dr. Leith States discussed the significant impact of AI on health care. He also highlighted the critical priorities of ensuring continuity through the upcoming election cycle and managing resources effectively amid unpredictable funding scenarios. Plus, he shared his vision for health equity by design. States stressed the importance of ethical data practices, including patient empowerment, transparency and interoperability, facilitated by generative AI and machine learning. For technology...
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AWS Summit: Army Acquisition Chief Charts New Tech, Cyber Path
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The U.S. Army is prioritizing digital transformation and new software development policies when it historically took the service months, even years, to deploy new technology. At AWS Summit, Army Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Young Bang highlights the Army’s efforts to modernize its acquisition and technology processes to field new tech more quickly. He also discusses the cybersecurity implications of new technology for a priority he said is to reduce the U.S.’s electronic footprint in the battlefield. He also emphasizes how partnerships with...
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TechNet Cyber: There is No Silver Bullet to Secure Systems’ Perimeters
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Officials at Joint Force Headquarters – Department of Defense Information Network (JFHQ-DODIN) need to protect the DOD’s thousands of employees when they use the network. To secure the system, JFHQ-DODIN uses a multi-faceted approach to cybersecurity, including adaptive intelligence, identity management and partnerships. At AFCEA TechNet Cyber, JFHQ-DODIN Director of Operations Col. Michael Reeder discussed data security, the importance of collaboration within the cybersecurity community and DOD’s unified force approach to network operations.
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TechNet Cyber: Cybercom Chief Talks Innovation in National Cyber Defenses
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Every day, thousands of attacks are directed at U.S. military, government and defense industrial base systems. Protecting those systems is increasingly a key part of the national defense mission and keeping pace with adversaries is critical. Gen. Timothy Haugh leads Cyber Command and the National Security Agency in a dual-hat role. According to him, the ability to adapt and build resiliency is key to building cybersecurity. At AFCEA TechNet Cyber, Haugh broke down how threats are evolving, his plans for combatting them and how cybersecurity impacts national security.
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TechNet Cyber: Balancing Speed and Security in Global Defense Operations
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Connectivity is integral to the warfighting force, but connecting the dispersed military and civilian workforce around the world is challenging. It requires a balance of speed and security while also prioritizing the user experience and modernizing infrastructure. At AFCEA TechNet Cyber, Defense Information Systems Agency J6 Global Services Directorate Vice Director Brig. Gen. Michael Cornell discusses cybersecurity efforts and how the department is embracing best practices and innovation while deploying new technology.
info_outlineArtificial Intelligence is impacting two main areas of cancer research: image analysis and managing massive amounts of clinical data. The National Cancer Institute sees AI as a key capability in precision oncology.
Dr. Eytan Ruppin, chief of NCI’s Cancer Data Science Lab, recently published a study about a new AI tool researchers are implementing to foresee how a patient will respond to immunotherapy by providing an in-depth look at the clinical characteristics of the patient as well as the Tumor Mutational Burden (TMB).
Ruppin discusses the NCI/CCR Synthesis Clinical Trial expected to start this fall and shares details about how the research will impact the treatment of aggressive breast cancer.