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John Cocke Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University, Fellow of AAAS/ACM/IEEE/NAI, Inaugural EiC of IEEE TCASAI, PI&Director of NSF AI Institute -Athena
I was recently interviewed by The New York Times to share my thoughts on the recent success of DeepSeek and its connection to AI education in China, particularly in comparison to the U.S. I made my point very clear: “There are many young, energetic, and talented researchers and engineers inside China. I don’t think there’s a big gap in terms of education between China and the U.S. in that perspective, especially in A.I.” If we do not continue investing in AI education in the U.S.—and at an even higher level—we risk falling behind. From this perspective, cutting the budgets of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and other funding agencies is both short-sighted and irresponsible. The full article, titled “What DeepSeek’s Success Says About China’s Ability to Nurture Talent,” can be found at: https://lnkd.in/eAttA98e #AI #NSF #Research National Science Foundation (NSF), Duke University Pratt School of Engineering, Duke ECE, The Athena AI Institute
Jian (Jason) Shi
2 周
Exactly what I was thinking. Cutting NSF and other R&D grants will put the U.S. behind immensely and have a disheartening effect on academic researchers. The U.S. should also adopt a more welcoming approach toward China-born scholars and students who are willing to study and work abroad, attracting them to our side rather than treating them all as potential spies.
Sean (Xiang) Yao
2 周
Approx. half of the AI-related papers I've come across have authors with ethnic Chinese last names.
100% agree, AI competition is talent competition, and we should invest more in NSF funding (than reducing them), promoting STEM majors among our younger generation (in addition to leadership skills), and grow the next generation innovators and researchers in the US. I was supported by NSF funding for my PhD research and I really appreciate that!
Great work Yiran!
Excellent!
Professor at UCSC and consultant UNCORE LLC. Architect focusing on LiveHD, ESESC, OoO cores, RISC-V verification, AI Agents for Chip design.
2 周I agree, any sustain significant cut to NSF will reduce PhD/research numbers in USA giving a death kiss to USA technological leadership. NSF is the Midas chicken that lays trillion dollar companies (golden eggs). Very short sided to hurt this chicken.