By providing INDUS with domain-specific vocabulary, the IMPACT-IBM team achieved superior performance over open, non-domain specific LLMs on a benchmark for biomedical tasks, a scientific question-answering benchmark, and Earth science entity recognition tests. By designing for diverse linguistic tasks and retrieval augmented generation, INDUS is able to process...
Joint effort to enhance information sharing and cyber exercises participation – fortifying resilience in the financial services sector
A few years ago, meteorologists Steve MacLaughlin and Ariel Rodriguez were discouraged from talking about climate change on the air. But that’s changed now, as their current work at NBC/Telemundo Miami focuses heavily on it. And they’re not just covering the problems — they’re exploring solutions with deeper reporting and even collaboration. MacLaughlin and...
Patrick Duran and Anita LeRoy (ST11) met with Samir Belabbes from the United Nations Institute for Training and Research to investigate ways for SPoRT to provide NASA remote sensing products to the UN Satellite Centre. The new collaboration springs from a presentation given by Belabbes at last year’s Joint Applications Workshop of NASA’s CYGNSS and TROPICS missions...
The New Format Allows for Long-term Partnerships & New #RubyFriends Ruby Central, Inc. announced a completely reimagined format for RubyConf 2023. The 23rd annual Ruby Conference, taking place in San Diego, California, will kick off with Community Day, which is replacing one day of talks. Instead, registrants will attend workshops, collaborate with one another...
The National Academy of Public Administration Announces The Center for Intergovernmental Partnerships: New Initiative Will Facilitate Collaboration Across All Levels of Government Post Date: September 07, 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Academy of Public Administration today announced it has established the Center for Intergovernmental Partnerships (CIP) to...
Against the backdrop of Russian-based hacktivists declaring war on Europe’s financial system, the passing of the EU’s Digital Operational Resiliency Act (Dora), and the potential threats posed by new technologies such as generative AI, FS-ISAC, the banking industry’s cyber risk information-sharing network, has established a European board of directors. FS-ISAC, which...
On November 2, 2023, Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced his Foreign Pollution Fee Act with support from Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC). This long-awaited proposal will leverage the U.S. carbon advantage, reward domestic industry, and challenge authoritarian regimes like China and Russia by holding them accountable for high emissions intensity products. The Cassidy...