{"id":3082,"date":"2022-02-26T17:14:43","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T01:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antoine.wojdyla.fr\/blog\/?p=3082"},"modified":"2022-02-26T17:18:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T01:18:55","slug":"competes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/antoine.wojdyla.fr\/blog\/2022\/02\/26\/competes\/","title":{"rendered":"Competes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday we received a visit of the speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi<\/a>, who came to Berkeley lab for a press conference around the COMPETES act<\/a>, which aims to bolster STEM education in the US and revive semiconductor manufacturing.<\/p>Full video: Speaker Pelosi Holds Event on America COMPETES Act<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

When people ask me what are the answers to some of the challenges that we face, I always say the same thing: Science, Science, Science and Science \u2013 Nancy Pelosi<\/p><\/blockquote>

We are quite honored that she chose the Advanced Light Source<\/strong> as backdrop for the announcement. There were also other congresswomen Barbara Lee<\/a> and Doris Matsui<\/a>, together with Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger<\/a> and UC President Michael Drake<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Nancy Pelosi speaking in front of the Advanced Light Source<\/p>That day felt almost normal \u2013 I haven’t seen that many people from the lab in two years. And at the same time, the situation was quite absurd: me right here, among people with the power to change science, at the dawn of WWIII<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>I was also thrilled to hear my fellow friend from the West Indies Jonelle Basso address her remarks to the crowd. It felt very special!<\/p>\n

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Jonelle Basso, surounded by Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Lee, in front of Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna<\/p>\n<\/div>

I hope the new legislation will help us foster generation of coherent x-ray scientists, to allow us tackle the challenges of the 21st century.<\/p>Lately, I was reminding myself these three questions from Richard Hamming’s for new hires at Bell Labs :
\n1- What are you working on?
\n2- What’s the most important open problem in your area?
\n3- Why aren’t they the same?”<\/p>My answers are slowly morphing: (1) I work on coherent x-ray imaging (2) and we need to understand mechanisms for high-temperature superconductivity, which could change the world: transport of green energy, flying cars and new computers (3) hopefully our tools will give us the answers we need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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