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Visible to the public PCAST Report on Advanced Manufacturing

This report, Ensuring American Leadership in Advanced Manufacturing, was prepared by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) and the President's Innovation and Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC). The report provides a strategy and specific recommendations for revitalizing the Nation's leadership in advanced manufacturing. The proposed startegy has two main components: (1) Creation of a fertile environment for innovation so that the United States provides the overall best environment for business.

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Visible to the public JASON Report: The Science of Cyber-Security

JASON was requested by the DoD to examine the theory and practice of cyber-security, and evaluate whether there are underlying fundamental principles that would make it possible to adopt a more scientific approach, identify what is needed in creating a science of cyber-security, and recommend specific ways in which scientific methods can be applied.

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Visible to the public Innovation and research strategy for growth in the U.K. - 2011

The Report describes UK research strategy that builds on the UK's recognised strengths, and sets out how the UK will work
with business and the knowledge base to underpin private sector led growth.

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Visible to the public CPS Challenges in Next Generation Aviation

The report summarizes the discussions of the academic community on the CPS research challenges of creating next generation aviation systems. The effort was led by Prof. Eric Feron, Georgia Tech and Hamsa Balakrishnan, MIT.

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Visible to the public Key Enabling Technologies - EU Report

In 2009, the European Union (EU) identified Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) for their potential impact in strengthening Europe's industrial and innovation capacity. The document is the Final Report of the High Level Group (HLG).

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Visible to the public The Impact of Control Technology

The Report, edited by Tariq Samad and Anuradha Annaswamy provides overview, success stories and research challenges for control technology. The report includes a chapter on Cyber-physical Systems written by R.S. Baheti and Helen Gill. The report was sponsored by the IEEE Control Systems Society, Institute for Advanced Study, Technical University of Munich, CoTeSys, Technical University of Munich, Deutsche Forschungs-Gemeinschaft, and the US National Science Foundation. The report was published in February, 2011.

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Visible to the public Agenda: Cyber Physical Systems, Germany

The document defines the CPS research agenda in Germany. First it describes the rapidly growing research field of CPS. It provides a brief introduction to CPS, describing the capabilities and the many opportunities for application and new business models. The opportunities and challenges for technology, society and the economy associated with the profound change are analysed on the basis of an investigation into the characteristic features and capabilities of CPS. Overcoming these challenges is the aim of the as yet undefined CPS research agenda.

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Visible to the public Realizing the Full Potential of Health Information Technology to Improve Healthcare for Americans: The Path Forward

The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) report, “Realizing the Full Potential of Health Information Technology to Improve Healthcare for Americans: The Path Forward,” examines how health information technology could improve the quality of healthcare and reduce its cost and whether exisiting Federal efforts in health information technology are optimized for these goals.

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Visible to the public Designing a Digital Future: Federally Funded Research and Development In Networking and Information Technology

The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) report, “Designing a Digital Future: Federally Funded Research and Development in Networking and Information Technology,” examines the Nation’s Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program.