Input Needed: ADSA/US-RSE Response to the Genesis Project RFI

ADSA and US-RSE are soliciting member input and feedback on the Department of Energy’s recent Request for Information for its Genesis Mission, a national initiative to accelerate scientific discovery through an integrated data, compute, and artificial intelligence ecosystem. As part of this mission, DOE estimates that a workforce of 100,000 scientists and engineers will need to be trained over the next decade for future careers in academia, national laboratories, government, and industry. This RFI seeks input from academic stakeholders (both four-year institutions and community colleges) across undergraduate, masters, doctoral, and postdoctoral training, specifically regarding:

Catalyzing research collaborations between DOE National Laboratories, universities, and industry to build and utilize such an AI-powered ecosystem
Creating and implementing dual-competency degree programs combining AI and other scientific/engineering disciplines
Innovating traditional scientific curricula to cultivate AI mastery
Fostering additional university support for the Mission outside of traditional classroom and laboratory settings (e.g., provision of data and compute resources)

We are looking for feedback on the RFI that touches on both the promise of what the Genesis Mission can deliver for academia, workforce development, and the research enterprise and the perils of diminishing academic resources to achieving the Mission’s stated goals.

Please submit your feedback to the ADSA/US-RSE team using this feedback form. Feedback received by Friday February 20 will be incorporated into ADSA's official response. A draft of the response will be circulated for comment within the community by Wednesday February 25, with final comments due back by Monday March 2 for inclusion in the March 4 submission deadline.

Do you have any overarching feedback on the Genesis RFI that could be helpful in crafting ADSA and US-RSE's response?

Below are the prompts from the RFI - please respond to as many of the prompts as you are able.

How can DOE catalyze research collaborations between DOE National Laboratories, universities, and industry to meet the goals of the Genesis program?

How can DOE incentivize partnerships between universities, DOE National Laboratories, industry, and philanthropic organizations to 1) establish new training paths for bachelor’s and master’s degrees focused on dual competencies in AI and scientific/engineering disciplines and 2) provide innovative experiences to prepare doctoral students and post-doctoral associates for careers in AI for science?

What attributes might attract undergraduates to programs that offer dual competency degrees?

Beyond funding, what other opportunities could DOE, including its National Laboratories and user facilities, bring to these partnerships?

In addition to classroom and research training, what other contributions could universities make to support these partnerships?

Beyond funding, what types of contributions could industry and philanthropic organizations make to enhance these partnerships and enrich the experiences of the students?

In addition to AI, which scientific and engineering disciplines are well-suited for this dual competency training approach?

What components are needed for an effective dual competency degree program to best prepare students for successful careers at the bachelor’s level? At the master’s level?

What components are needed to prepare graduate students and post-doctoral students for successful careers at the nexus of AI and science?

How could partnerships between DOE, universities, and industry provide new training opportunities for students to best prepare them for private and public sector jobs?

What type of experiential opportunities are needed to complement classroom instruction to best prepare students for future jobs?

How many American bachelor’s and master’s degree students could be trained in a steady state program at your institution? How could the program be scaled across the nation?

How could community colleges and other educational institutions contribute and be included in this pipeline?

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