Tag Archive: Research

In her latest CSET report, Research Fellow Diana Gehlhaus discusses the United States' lack of a defined AI education and AI workforce policy, and offers policy recommendations.

Professor acquittal – Is China Initiative out of control?

University World News
| September 25, 2021

Research Analyst Emily Weinstein spoke with University World News about continued collaboration between Chinese and American university researchers amidst tensions from the China Initiative.

Research Analyst Emily Weinstein spoke with the National Journal about university research and the growing tensions with U.S.-China research collaborations.

Education in China and the United States

Dahlia Peterson, Kayla Goode, and Diana Gehlhaus
| September 2021

A globally competitive AI workforce hinges on the education, development, and sustainment of the best and brightest AI talent. This issue brief provides an overview of the education systems in China and the United States, lending context to better understand the accompanying main report, “AI Education in China and the United States: A Comparative Assessment.”

Unwanted Foreign Transfers of U.S. Technology: Proposed Prevention Strategies

William Hannas and Huey-Meei Chang
| September 10, 2021

The transfer of national security relevant technology—to peer competitors especially—is a well-documented problem and must be balanced with the benefits of free exchange. The following propositions covering six facets of the transfer issue reflect CSET’s current recommendations on the matter.

Headline or Trend Line?

Margarita Konaev, Andrew Imbrie, Ryan Fedasiuk, Emily S. Weinstein, Katerina Sedova, and James Dunham
| August 2021

Chinese and Russian government officials are keen to publicize their countries’ strategic partnership in emerging technologies, particularly artificial intelligence. This report evaluates the scope of cooperation between China and Russia as well as relative trends over time in two key metrics of AI development: research publications and investment. The findings expose gaps between aspirations and reality, bringing greater accuracy and nuance to current assessments of Sino-Russian tech cooperation.

Indonesia’s AI Promise in Perspective

Kayla Goode and Heeu Millie Kim
| August 2021

The United States and China are keeping an eye on Indonesia’s artificial intelligence potential given the country’s innovation-driven national strategy and flourishing AI industry. China views Indonesia as an anchor for its economic, digital, and political inroads in Southeast Asia and has invested aggressively in new partnerships. The United States, with robust political and economic relations rooted in shared democratic ideals, has an opportunity to leverage its comparative advantages and tap into Indonesia’s AI potential through high-level agreements.

Parents are now sending their kids to study learn about STEM and AI at summer camp. CSET research found that 447 AI summer camps have opened within 48 of the U.S. states.

Pull US AI Research Out of China

Defense One
| August 10, 2021

CSET research shows that 10 percent of the AI labs for Facebook, Google, IBM and Microsoft are based in China.

China’s STEM Ph.D. push

Axios
| August 5, 2021

CSET Research Fellow discusses his latest data brief on China's investment into STEM PhD students.