DARPA needs De-FUNDING
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New head of DARPA is UK electronics graduate
September 01, 2020 //By Peter Clarke
Victoria Coleman, a graduate in electronic computer systems from the University of Salford, has been appointed to head the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
DARPA funds research into concepts and technologies for the defence of the United States but which frequently have a catalytic effect in broader technology industry and society at large.
Coleman's academic career in the UK and numerous senior technology management positions in the US since 1998 have made her an expert in artificial intelligence. She has been a member and past chair of the microsystems exploratory council within DARPA since May 2017.
Coleman graduated at the University of Salford in 1981 and stayed on to gain an MSc in computer aided logic design in 1983. She transferred to the University of Manchester where she gained her PhD in computer science in 1988. Her academic career subsequently took her to teaching posts at London universities before she joined California-based contract research house SRI International in 1998.
Employment in the US has included spells with Intel, Samsung, Hewlett Packard/Palm, Nokia, Yahoo and Technicolor and she also directs research at the University of California Berkeley through her role as senior advisor to the Director of the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS).
Peter Highnam, who has been acting director of DARPA since January 2020, will step back into his previous role as deputy director.
https://www.eenewseurope.com/news/new-head-darpa-uk-electronics-graduate
Busy little bee isn't she.
https://www.darpa.mil/about-us/budget
The President's FY2020 budget request for DARPA is $3.556 billion. The FY2019 enacted budget was $3.427 billion.
Facts.