DOE Sets Sights on Accelerating AI (and other) Technology Transfer

HPC Wire | October 3, 2019

All the panelists commented on workforce issues. There was general agreement that AI is developed most effectively in multi-discipline environments.

“The cyber industry is about a $126 billion [market]. There are 3,000 products out there. A typical large corporation probably like Exelon has 50 or 60 cyber products and only five or 10 people to operate it. Well, that number, it’s a crushing situation. And while you need engineers, for sure, you also need technicians. They don’t need all need a four-year degree, they need a piece of it,” said Rothrock.