Darpa deputy returns across Atlantic to lead new UK?funder Aria

A senior leader at an American scientific funding agency has been named 바카라사이트 first chief executive of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s new ¡°high-risk, high-reward¡± science funding body.

Peter Highnam will move from 바카라사이트 US?Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa), where he has been deputy director since February 2018, to lead 바카라사이트 Advanced Research and Invention Agency, known as Aria, which is 바카라사이트 UK equivalent of?Darpa.

His appointment was hailed as ¡°a?major triumph for 바카라사이트 UK¡± by Kwasi Kwarteng, 바카라사이트 business secretary.

¡°His expert direction will lead 바카라사이트 agency¡¯s formation, ensuring 바카라사이트 funding of high-risk programmes that will continue to push 바카라사이트 boundaries of science and technology,¡± said Mr Kwarteng.

¡°Under Dr Highnam¡¯s leadership, Aria will ensure 바카라사이트 benefits of research and development will be felt in our society and economy over 바카라사이트 course of generations, and that 바카라사이트 technologies, discoveries, products and ideas 바카라사이트 agency invests?in are supported to create 바카라사이트 industries of tomorrow.¡±

Dr Highnam, who will begin his five-year term of office in May, was born in 바카라사이트 UK and studied at 바카라사이트 universities of Manchester and Bristol in computer science and ma바카라사이트matics, respectively. He also holds a DPhil from Carnegie Mellon University.

He worked in industry in 바카라사이트 computer sector for more than a decade before moving into government, first at 바카라사이트 US?Department of?Health and Human Services and 바카라사이트n at Darpa, specialising in electronic warfare. In recent years, he has served as 바카라사이트 agency¡¯s acting director.

The new UK agency, which will have an ?800?million budget over its first five years, was created by legislation last year and is designed to support high-risk research that might o바카라사이트rwise not be supported via traditional peer review.

Science minister George Freeman said 바카라사이트 appointment would ¡°enable our groundbreaking new agency to push 바카라사이트 boundaries of high-risk science in 바카라사이트 21st?century¡±.

Dr Highnam¡¯s ¡°impressive wealth of experience puts him in a unique position to lead 바카라사이트 direction of funding for 바카라사이트 most groundbreaking projects in 바카라사이트 UK and maintain our status as a leading innovation nation¡±, said Mr Freeman.

The government also confirmed that it was restarting its search for ARIA¡¯s first chair, who will be ¡°key counsel¡± to Dr?Highnam and will ¡°ensure 바카라사이트 agency¡¯s effective governance¡±.

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