As the technology community’s effort to contribute to the critical issue of nuclear security, Technology for Global Security (T4GS) today announced their intent to lead a one-year Nuclear Security Grand Challenge. This competition will bring together the most sophisticated problem-solvers to design the world’s best system for countries to confidentially verify that their nuclear weapons and materials are secure at all times.
The Grand Challenge will begin on May 1st, 2016, and all final submissions to the competition will be due a year later on May 1st, 2017. The goal of T4GS is to raise $1 million in prize money for this game-changing competition, and the winning entries will be selected by an all-star judging panel of 5-7 international experts from the defense, science, technology, policy, and investment communities. We are pleased that Dr Roger Howsley, WINS Executive Director is a confirmed judge of this panel. Teams can make their submissions public (or not) until the date of submission, at which time they will become public for peer-review. T4GS will facilitate a series of conferences and workshops over the course of the year to make the way for outstanding submissions. Visit www.nukechallenge.org for further information.
The Chair of the Judging Committee will be Dr. William J. Perry, Director of the Preventive Defense Project, Stanford University. In addition, the judging panel will be supported by teams of both strategic and technical advisors, chosen from the international technology, science, policy, and defense communities.
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