Google and Microsoft to help US President
Posted on April 28, 2009 by by valerirojas
Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO, and Craig Mundie, Microsoft’s chief research and strategy officer, have been named to President’s Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). TechCrunch
PCAST is an advisory group of the nation’s leading scientists and engineers who will advise the President and Vice President and formulate policy in the many areas where understanding of science, technology, and innovation is key to strengthening our economy and forming policy that works for the American people.
Other members are the President and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine, an expert in climate-change science and ecology, a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, and Medicine at Northwestern University, as well as Director of Northwestern’s International Institute of Nanotechnology and others. You can view the full list of members in the Press Release.
