My Career: Science, Research, Policy, and Ethics
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In 1984 I founded and was the first president of YMUG (later known as YaleMUG, the Yale Macintosh Users Group) and the publisher of The Desktop Journal. Other co-founders and early members include Tony Cecala, Eric Celeste, Richard Crane, Ward J. McFarland, Jr., David Pogue, Michael D. Rabin, Tom Rielly, Elliot Schlessel, Ed Seidel, and Sharon Steuer.
With Elliot Saltzman, I was the co-founder of the IS Group (“Interesting Stuff”), an informal, collaborative group founded in the 1980s of scientists and technologists from around the country exploring cutting-edge issues such as dynamical systems, evolution, artificial intelligence, linguistics, robotics, network science, neuroscience, and other topics.
I am a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Challenges for International Scientific Partnerships (CISP) Large-Scale Science Working Group and also a member of the American Academy's Commission on Language Learning, created to examine the current state of language education in response to a bipartisan request from members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives.
I am a member of the Beyond Conflict Scientific Advisory Committee. This organization assists leaders in divided societies who are struggling with conflict, reconciliation, and societal change. The initiative explores how insights from cognitive science and neuroscience can inform the practice of conflict resolution and diplomacy.
In May 2015, I served as a judge for the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Robots4Us Student Video Contest and was an invited participant in the activities at the DRC Finals in June 2015.
On May 26–27, 2016, I participated in the first ever White House Foster Care and Technology Hackathon.
From 2016 through 2019, I served as Director and Treasurer of iGIANT (impact of Gender/Sex on Innovation and Novel Technologies), founded and led by Dr. Saralyn Mark. In Jan. 2020, I was named as a Board Member Emeritus of iGIANT.
In 2017 and 2018, I served as a member of the National Academy of Public Administration's NASA Advisory Council: Organizational Assessment panel. The NASA Authorization Act of 2017 directed the Academy to conduct a review "to assess the effectiveness of the NASA Advisory Council and to make recommendations to Congress."
In Dec. 2017, I was appointed by then Governor, Dannel P. Malloy, to serve as a member of the UConn Board of Trustees, the governing body for the University of Connecticut.
In October, 2018, I was elected as a member of the Board of Directors of Haskins Laboratories.
In December, 2019, I was appointed by the UConn Board as Vice-Chair, leading their new, legislatively encouraged standing committee on Research, Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
In January, 2021, I became Editor of the Haskins Press, Haskins Laboratories, in New Haven, Connecticut.
In 2021, I became a member of the Advisory Board for RISE: Reimagining Innovation in STEM Education, the NSF/IBM Education Convergence Accelerator.
In 2021, I was named as a member of the International Selection Committee for the Franklin Institute's Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science.
In November, 2021, I was appointed as a member of UConn's Trustee-Administration-Faculty-Student (TAFS) Committee.
In January, 2022, I took over as President of the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS).
In April, 2022, I was nominated by Ned Lamont, Governor of Connecticut, for reappointment to the UConn Board of Trustees, and approved by unanimous consent of the CT Senate.
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My Career: Science, Research, Policy, and Ethics
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