Public Comment on the National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research and Development Strategic Plan
Below is an excerpt from a public comment submitted to the Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence of the National Science and Technology Council on May 28, 2025.
Dear AI Committee and Council Members,
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research and Development Strategic Plan. Thank you for your work and contributions to this critical domain.
I am a professor at Rutgers University, teaching Artificial Intelligence Strategy and Natural Language Processing (NLP) Studios. I am also the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (JBDAI), Chair of Rethinking AI for Shared Empowerment (RAISE) research initiative and Executive Director of the Informatics Program at Bloustein School, Rutgers University. Additionally, I lead numerous research and advisory initiatives on AI innovation, AI strategy and the socioeconomic impacts of AI.