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SPIE is the International Optics and Photonics Society, founded in 1955 to advance light-based technologies.
Arthurs spoke as a member of a three-person panel before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, on the impact of industrial policy on U.S. companies, workers, and the economy. The commission reports to Congress annually on the bilateral trade and economic relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.
Arthurs recommended that the government expand funding for the Technology Innovation Program (TIP) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as well as the set-aside amounts for the Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) within science agencies. “The TIP Program at NIST is a small step in the right direction, but its funding is totally inadequate,” he said. “The excellent SBIR program should be expanded and the evaluation process should place more emphasis on local job creation.”
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