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Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/263589, The American Presidency ProjectJohn Woolley and Gerhard PetersContact, Copyright The American Presidency ProjectTerms of Service | Privacy | Accessibility, Saturday Weekly Addresses (Radio and Webcast) (1639), State of the Union Written Messages (140). purl.stanford.edu/np341rp8462 Title: CRAIG Fields at DARPA Physical Description: 1 document Series: 2005-101 Box: 40 Folder: 34 Folder Name: DARPA Re: ISTO1990 } Sorry, this product has no related items. var wextra = 360; const popSelector = '#dgov2popup-target-950361'; 0000456416 00000 n position: absolute; 0000438896 00000 n 0000434551 00000 n 0000462038 00000 n var isMobile = window.matchMedia('(max-width: 1200px)').matches; LinkedIn endstream endobj 5 0 obj <> endobj 6 0 obj <>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageC]/Properties<>/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 580.75 942.25]/Type/Page>> endobj 7 0 obj <>stream Your tax-deductible contribution plays a critical role in sustaining this effort. And that would save the U.S. Air Force a lot of money in the long run. const slideIndex = slideNumber - 1; In 1988, Dr. Fields was awarded the President's Distinguished Executive Rank Award for outstanding service, and in 1990 the President's Meritorious Executive Rank Award. Unlike its more famous counterpart, JASON, which advises the government of sensitive military matters, the council didn't address pressing problems facing the agency or answer questions about specific technologies. }, 0000443425 00000 n Fields, DARPA Director, 1989-1990.jpeg Craig I. ui_508_compliant: true, But at DARPA, roughly one-fifth of its portfolio disappears each year, freeing up a sizeable pot of money for program managers to tap into. 0000438487 00000 n 4 0 obj <> endobj 0000442027 00000 n How much U.S. forest is old growth? var ww = $(window).width(); 0000008975 00000 n He was informed of his transfer by a representative of Deputy Defense Secretary Donald J. Atwood. 0000649866 00000 n "With only a quarter of the budget coming free each year, he was OKthe first year," says one source familiar with DARPA's budgeting process. const isDgov2Slideshow = $(this).attr("data-isdgov2slideshow") != undefined; $("#cboxLoadedContent").css("overflow-y", "hidden"); The Microsystems Laboratory at the University of California Irvine conducts the cutting edge research and provides rigorous multidisciplinary academic training in the field of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS). } 0000460110 00000 n People close to the Defense Department said yesterday that what might have finally led to Dr. Fields being transferred was a decision the agency made this month to invest $4 million in Gazelle Microcircuits Inc., a Silicon Valley electronics company that is working on high-speed circuits made of gallium arsenide. By 1999 DARPA's budget had returned to roughly its 1992 level of $2.5 billion after approaching $4 billion in 1994. 0000440558 00000 n VAT No GB 870 9608 93. if (doResize) He even learned to take advantage of the bane of every federal program managera congressional spending directive from a legislator, steering funds to the interests of an important constituentby turning one such earmark into a productive program to expand the use of ceramic bearings. "]agglLQZ0ul/hp$pzC,9G f=Q7VC I'B3=I{xe3$7//|cc;.&|B9jQWEby&(I,>q9'~mKPOd127).%(Kwd"MJg{|sqQll# return; 0000444533 00000 n return; 0000434488 00000 n var w = "768px"; 0000436456 00000 n 0000440388 00000 n But don't expect me to justify it. }, Coblenz says a colleague who recently suffered the same fate may be the last career employee still at DARPA. 0000442427 00000 n He noted that the board has spent a lot of time recently on cyber-related matters, with a rich set of studies recently completed or nearly complete. In 2001 Dr. Fields was awarded the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service. Craig M. Fields has 30 years of experience handling business and commercial litigation cases in California state and federal court through trial and appeal. "I said, 'If you want to put it in, go right ahead. Finally, I need to thank William Bandy, Richard Van Atta, Craig Fields, William Spencer and all those anonymous authorities who showed such enthusiasm for the . 0000437975 00000 n 0000713629 00000 n - Dr. Craig Fields "DARPA was unique in its exposure to hard, important national technical problems, in its freedom from military intervention, and most importantly in its exceptional and . The Case Centre is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee, 0000929660 00000 n One Defense Department official said yesterday that the deal provoked ''grouchiness'' among high Pentagon officials, who wondered why the Pentagon was investing when another private company, albeit a Japanese one, was willing to put money in. 0000436553 00000 n ", But that distribution was not ideal, says Larry Lynn, who became DARPA director in 1995. var gih = 0; The council slowly broadened its scope over the next few decades to cover more of the physical and computing sciences. 0000441039 00000 n 0000033946 00000 n popupResize(pup, giw, gih, false); This study also endeavors to ascertain under what conditions DARPA contributed to the . He joined the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in 1974, where he later became the Director. In 2015, Craig established C.Dart CPA. } width: 100%; slideshowMediaId: 950361, Subscribe to News from Science for full access to breaking news and analysis on research and science policy. He was born July 21, 1946, in Mount Vernon, NY. // This block is included once, so is shared by all media tokens. The three stories below examine facets of DARPA discussed only briefly in our magazine story. startxref 0000439941 00000 n 0000034084 00000 n $('.slideshow-gallery').trigger('slideTo', 0); 0000434153 00000 n Those short-term appointments, often in the form of a sabbatical from an academic position, pump fresh blood into the 58-year-old agency and keep it at the cutting edge, senior officials say. }); 0000456938 00000 n DoD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Tim D. Godbee Hosted by Defense Media Activity - WEB.mil. "Is there a program manager var hextra = 40; Adequate Consensus: Craig Fields at DARPA and MCC Case - Reference no. 0000455010 00000 n 0000440485 00000 n function popupResize(ibox, w, h, doResize) { Meanwhile, a quarter-century at DARPA has shaped his approach to doing science. But Air Force officials were not eager to make the switch because converting to the new materialassuming it workedwould require a substantial up-front investment by industry and, thus, the government. jQuery("#colorbox").height(popupHeight); 0000441546 00000 n 0000433504 00000 n Welcome to MicroSystems Lab! Like several other former DARPA directors, Lynn believes that "the health of DARPA depends on the ability to bring in fresh blood every year. 951-300-9680. 0000456001 00000 n } For most agencies, programs continue indefinitely even as individual grantees may come and go. 0000741045 00000 n With DARPA's new "One Shot" sniper system [PDF], scheduled to be in soldier's hands by the fall of 2011, the U.S. military will give snipers the ability to take out an enemy at a distance of .7 miles in winds around 10 to 20 miles per hour. Although he couldn't fire civil servants like Coblenz without cause, Lynn encouraged long-timers to leave, even to the point of peddling their resums to prospective employers. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. 0000831835 00000 n (i.e., Central Intelligence Agency). 0000802930 00000 n Dr. Fields received a bachelor of science degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. from Rockefeller University. This year, the board decided to have a larger celebration than it had for its 40th and 50th anniversaries, Fields said. While the Morgan Library and Engineering Parking Lots are directly outside of the Lory Student Center, the Moby Arena Parking Lot is a 0.6 mile (10 minute) walk to the Lory Student Center. (166 188 pixels, file size: 23 KB, MIME type: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/, Last edited on 22 December 2016, at 03:12, Craig_I._Fields,_DARPA_Director,_19891990.jpeg, http://www.darpa.mil/attachments/DARPA_Directors_Sheet-web.pdf, work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that persons official duties. w = "auto"; slideshowSelector: ssSelector, The fact that members received an annual consulting feein the low five figures, according to Waltallowed the council to attract younger scientists who might otherwise not have been able to afford time off from their career ladders. WhatsApp A follow-on study that was recently completed addresses deterring the leadership of a foreign state from launching cyberattacks on the United States, Fields said. Share 0000503585 00000 n His government career was cut short, however, when one of his new initiatives led to his dismissal. ''They think Dr. Fields has done far too much,'' said a Pentagon official yesterday who asked that he not be identified. Members of the council say they were never given an explanation for its demise. 0000033375 00000 n The goal of the project was to replace the metal parts on the hottest part of a jet engine, just before the afterburner, with ceramic components. "Then we rank-ordered themdo you want A or B, and on down the line. ", Tony Tether, who was DARPA's director from 2001 to 2009, attended the summer sessions and seemed quite eager to hear what the council had to say, according to several members. .me-plugin { The new post would include responsibility for streamlining the general research activities of the Defense Department. 0000820052 00000 n 0000455937 00000 n Without DARPA, the backbone of our modern society would not exist, and it is that passion and innovation that Faircount is proud to memorialize in this publication. $(ibox).find(".img-responsive").width(iw); 0000441913 00000 n One pillar of DARPA's management philosophy is that program managers will come for a relatively short timetypically 4 to 5 yearswork their tails off to accomplish great things, and then leave. 0000460416 00000 n 0000648911 00000 n var ratio = Math.min(maxw / iw, maxh / ih); 0000440862 00000 n 0000005313 00000 n The President today announced his intention to appoint Craig I. 0000428392 00000 n As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Arxan Technologies. 0000436991 00000 n 0000439578 00000 n var popupHeight = jQuery(this.href.substring(this.href.lastIndexOf("#"))).outerHeight(true); In this case, Fields reflects on the different circumstances at DARPA and MCC. 0000433567 00000 n To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. So while 20% [staff] turnover is unhealthy in business, it's very healthy for DARPA.". 0000435138 00000 n The Laboratory assumes a leadership role in the development of chip-scale gyroscopes and Inertial . So, he felt that we'd work together as a very good team, where he would 306 DARPA Case No. Wadley presented an informal history of the council at a November 2014 event that DARPA billed as a reunion of current and former council members. "I like to say you have to be either desperate or crazy to do an insertion like this," Coblenz explains. Craig Clark: Clyde Space, Ltd. 0000439878 00000 n "Desperate because you have to and there are no alternatives, or crazy because you're just thinking how much better this will perform. 0000438089 00000 n 0000672268 00000 n 0000556320 00000 n Presentation: A Smaller, Faster Future in Space ( video) Karl Deisseroth: Stanford University. const ssSelector = '#dgov2slideshowId-950361'; DARPA has played a key role in generating bold advances that have shaped the worldsuch as the internet, Global Positioning Systems, and self-driving carsand has contributed to the development. 0000457417 00000 n "So [Tether] underspent by several hundred millions of dollars every year," explained the source, who requested anonymity. JASON, which advises the government of sensitive military matters, Colombian officials halt research, seize animals at NIH-supported facility after alleged monkey mistreatment, Scientists in India protest move to drop Darwinian evolution from textbooks. He had no further comment. if (isMobile) All rights reserved. // console.log(iw + " " + ih + " --- " + (iw + wextra) + " " + (ih + hextra)) //console.log("slideNumber for popup", slideNumber) 0000437105 00000 n Please make a tax-deductible gift today. popupResize(pup, giw, gih, true); In recent months, the research agency has served as a lightning rod within the Bush Administration for a policy debate over whether the Government should actively encourage developing advanced commercial technologies like high-definition television and more sophisticated semiconductors and computers. Fields sees his belief that, as a manager, he must cultivate a consensus among talented colleagues as a commonality in his management style at both the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation. Established in 1956, the Defense Science Board today has 48 civilian members with strong science and technology backgrounds, Craig Fields, the board's director, told DoD News in a recent. const slideNumber = parseInt($(this).attr('data-slide-number')); Dr. Fields has long been the primary champion of such programs within the agency, and he has always justified them as having military as well as commercial applications. 0000439505 00000 n %%EOF Choose which Defense.gov products you want delivered to your inbox. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. 0000693130 00000 n You must be logged in to access preview copies. Sparking expressions of outrage from Capitol Hill to Silicon Valley, the Defense Department said yesterday that it had removed the director of its agency responsible for developing advanced technologies. 0000532017 00000 n From 1990 to 1994, Dr. Fields served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation. "Sometimes we got it right, and sometimes we got it wrong. In a telephone interview last night from his home in Washington, Dr. Fields, 43 years old, said he was weighing his options and had not yet decided what to do. The 9/11 attacks sent DARPA's stock soaring again. DARPA directors have devised various ways to manage that constant flux. 0000671313 00000 n The board also has recently completed studies on cyber corruption of the supply chain and cyber defense management, which Fields explained is about how to best manage human and financial resources to get the best defense. if (g_isDynamic && pup !== undefined) registered in England No 1129396 and entered in the Register of Charities No 267516. We wanted to look toward the future and to celebrate the hundreds of thousands of scientists and engineers who over those decades have contributed immensely to national security, the director said, so we decided to celebrate science and technology and contributing innovation to national security, rather than just focus on the board.. 0000445361 00000 n https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/21/business/pentagon-s-technology-chief-is-out.html. 0000441850 00000 n By continuing to use our site you consent to the use of cookies as described in 0000483337 00000 n DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 1958-2018 looks at not only the groundbreaking paradigm-shifting successes of the past, but also at what is coming next. "But I don't blame her. "I had been there much longer than the time they felt was appropriate," he says. The problem was acute under Tether, who says he wears the label of "nanomanager" with pride. var wh = $(window).height(); "And the thing that startled me most was that I knew most of the people, which says that they had all been there for more than 10 years." AAAS is a partner of HINARI, AGORA, OARE, CHORUS, CLOCKSS, CrossRef and COUNTER. Fields 1990 - 1992 Dr. Victor Reis 1992 - 1995 Dr. Gary L. Denman 1995 - 1998 Mr. Larry Lynn 1998 - 2001 Dr. Fernando "Frank" L. Fernandez 2001 - 2009 Dr. Anthony J. Tether 2009 - 2012 Dr. Regina E. Dugan 2012 - 2017 Dr. Arati Prabhakar 2017 - 2020 Dr. Steven Walker 2020 - Present Dr. Victoria Coleman DARPA DIRECTORS, 1958-PRESENT "We are on standby, waiting for someone to ask us to work on something," he says. var g_isDynamic = false; 0000435571 00000 n 0000436928 00000 n $(ibox).find(".info").css('height', 'auto'); onComplete: function () { The goal was to manufacture a component that would last much longer and, thus, extend the time between overhauls. 0000034050 00000 n dgov2slideshowPopupResize(ibox, w, h, doResize); "Improving human performance, novel applications of VLSI [very large-scale integration of transistors on a computer chip], just-in-time electronics, multifunctional dynamic natural systems [involving biomaterials], uninhabited vehiclesand that was in 1997," he recites. $(window).resize(); The deal also allowed Gazelle to deflect an investment from a Japanese company, which might have entailed transferring the technology to Japan. Show more Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents, date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1989-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1990-00-00T00:00:00Z/9, Craig I. 0000457939 00000 n Created in 1968 after DARPA had begun funding research that would lay the groundwork for a new field, the group was originally called the Materials Research Council. $(".popup-slideshow").colorbox({ 0000456036 00000 n Craig received his musical training from Chapman University in Southern California, the California Institute of the Arts, the Music Academy of the West, Dartmouth College, the San Francisco Opera Merola Artist Training Program, and the Zrich Opera's International Opera Studio. 0000435537 00000 n right: 5px; 0000455486 00000 n Presentation: Lighting the Brain ( video) Tom Dietterich: Oregon State University. In this, our 1993 Yearbook issue, we begin Jo Ann's interview with one of the most impressive and important catalysts in the history of American R&D, former DARPA director Craig Fields, now President and CEO of MCC (Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation), headquartered in Austin, Texas. 0000435474 00000 n "I had never even heard of DARPA, and I don't think I was a cloistered scientist," recalls Patrick Scannon, a founder and chief scientific officer of Xoma Corp., a biotech company in Berkeley, California, who joined the council in 1996 and later served as chair. Craig_I._Fields,_DARPA_Director,_1989-1990.jpeg(166 188 pixels, file size: 23 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File information Structured data Captions Captions English Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents Summary[edit] DescriptionCraig I. // stop scrollbar from flashing Dr. Fields is on the Advisory Board of the Economic Strategy Institute; and was formerly on the Advisory Boards of SRI International, the Southwest Research Institute and United Technologies. Several members of Congress suggested that Dr. Fields's transfer indicated the Bush Administration was settling its internal debate over whether the Government should support the development of high-technology industries. Dr. Fields is currently Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, VA. A 2012 Defense Science Board study on cybersecurity made it clear that better work on cyber defense would help against low- and mid-level threats, Fields said. pup = $($(popupThis).attr('href')); 0000460001 00000 n } Author links open overlay panel Jo Ann McDonald. DARPA's roughly 100 program managers are the agency's "secret sauce," says Lemnios, who now heads global research at IBM in Yorktown Heights, New York. 98 DARPA Director Craig Fields initiated the HDTV program. 0000443534 00000 n $(".popup").click(function () { var pup; 0000437610 00000 n bodyScrollLock.enableBodyScroll(this); 0000602197 00000 n The decision, by DARPA Director Arati Prabhakar, also offers a glimpse into the peculiar relationship between the agency and the academic research community. Dr. Fields, who is universally described as having a quick mind and as being very assertive, has been almost an institution at the agency. Tether says Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld floated a 5-year plan that would have boosted DARPA's budget to $7 billion right after he arrived at DARPA, causing Tether to raise a red flag. 0000007940 00000 n One extreme is a 2004 Defense Science Board study on stabilization and reconstruction during the early days of the Iraq War, Fields said. Photo By: 0000445534 00000 n 0000443361 00000 n -- Materials by Design: 3-Dimensional Nano-Architected Metamaterials by Professor Julia R. Greer of the California Institute of Technology; -- Leveraging Biology for Persistent Undersea Sensing by Professor John O. Dabiri of Stanford University; -- Defense Applications of Synthetic Biology by Christopher Voigt of MIT; and. 0000437503 00000 n Its 20 or so members would assemble each summer for several weeks to present their findings on topics they had chosen to examine earlier in the year. Dr. Fields serves on the US-Israel Science and Technology Commission. Chief Scientist DARPA 1400 Wilson Boulevard Arlington,"Va. 22209-2308 Dear Dr. Fields: Next spring we are planni y briefing session for managers throughout CIA on the future of the a oInformation Industry in the 1992-1994 era. 0000449742 00000 n if (!isMobile) { endstream endobj startxref Help News from Science publish trustworthy, high-impact stories about research and the people who shape it. Dr. Craig I. His practice focuses on litigation and planning . "DARPA has information that we don't have," says Hayden Wadley, a materials scientist at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, who joined the council in 1996. Fields sees his belief that, as a manager, he must cultivate a consensus among talented colleagues as a commonality in his management style at both the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation. 179 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<28CBA2F1E4A6D5FBC0F52DCA8588641D><28065DFBB507884F856257717E7F35C1>]/Index[153 52]/Info 152 0 R/Length 122/Prev 909024/Root 154 0 R/Size 205/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream width: 40px; Defense Secretary Ash Carter is given a demonstration of a cyber rifle designed to shoot down drones during his visit to the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N. 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The Pentagon said yesterday that Dr. Fields had not been discharged, but several executives of the research agency said he had lost his position because of his advocacy for high-technology initiatives opposed by some high Bush Administration officials. 0000008851 00000 n const ssSelector = '#dgov2slideshowId-950361'; The Department of Defense provides the military forces needed to deter war and ensure our nation's security. 0000005373 00000 n 0000434039 00000 n The internet, the microprocessor, and GPS are just three of the thousands of groundbreaking achievements that have been spurred by DARPA investments. George Bush, Appointment of Craig I. Jane (Xan) Alexander was hired as a program manager in 1989 and left in 2002 after serving as deputy director under Frank Fernandez and Tony Tether. Todays 60th anniversary observance includes presentations, panels and demonstrations and Carter will speak at tonights anniversary dinner. 0000460598 00000 n var maxh = wh - hextra - hborder; 0000459481 00000 n One reason DARPA directors may feel less restricted by their annual budgets than the heads of other research agencies is the high turnover of projects. var isMobile = $(window).width() < 768 ? White House officials refused to comment on the announcement. if ($(ibox).hasClass('dgov2popup-info')) { We can always get it for you later.'". 0000444459 00000 n https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Craig_I._Fields,_DARPA_Director,_19891990.jpeg&oldid=227095823, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. $(ibox).find(".img-responsive").height('auto'); $(ibox).find(".img-responsive").width('100%'); 0000439408 00000 n There are other organizations that can run quick studies for them.". But that rapid turnover doesn't apply to everyone. if (isMobile) { 0000461002 00000 n return; 0000434585 00000 n To give an idea of just powerful cockpit electronics have become, DARPA notes that "current tactical audio headsets project magnetic fields up to 10 times earth strength." Phase I of ICEMAN.
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