Resources for LEAP' students: Websites

Introduction: Technology in the age of disruption
If you’re an IT leader today, chances are you’ve spent a great amount of time and energy dealing with disruption. The advance of the digital-first economy, the rise of mobile commerce, and the growing importance of sustainability mean consumer expectations are changing and intensifying. At the macro level, businesses must grapple with a tangle of new laws and regulations designed to stave off climate catastrophe, as well a new wave of protectionist policies that threaten to turn back the clock on globalization. Internally, they’re confronting shortages of skilled workers and ever-present cybersecurity threats—all the while adjusting to new remote or hybrid working paradigms that employees have come to expect. Many of these challenges existed prior to 2020 but were accelerated to warp speed by the COVID-19 pandemic and show little sign of letting up.

NIST aims to cultivate trust in the design, development, use and governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and systems in ways that enhance safety and security and improve quality of life. NIST focuses on improving measurement science, technology, standards and related tools — including evaluation and data.

With AI and Machine Learning (ML) changing how society addresses challenges and opportunities, the trustworthiness of AI technologies is critical. Trustworthy AI systems are those demonstrated to be valid and reliable; safe, secure and resilient; accountable and transparent; explainable and interpretable; privacy-enhanced; and fair with harmful bias managed. The agency’s AI goals and activities are driven by its statutory mandates, Presidential Executive Orders and policies, and the needs expressed by U.S. industry, the global research community, other federal agencies,and civil society.

SparkFun is an online retail store that sells the bits and pieces to make your electronics projects possible.