President Joe Biden announced Wednesday the members of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) tasked with advising him “on policy matters where the understanding of science, technology, and innovation is key.”
Some of PCAST’s members will be more familiar to enthusiasts than others. AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su is the most prominent example, but Nvidia chief scientist Dr. William Dally, Microsoft chief scientific officer Dr. Eric Horvitz, and Google Cloud chief information security officer Phil Venables have also joined the council.
The Executive Order establishing PCAST said it will also advise “on matters involving scientific and technological information that is needed to inform public policy relating to the economy, worker empowerment, education, energy, the environment, public health, national and homeland security, racial equity, and other topics.”
