From Data to Decisions: AI and the Future of Federal Research Intelligence
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Federal agencies are managing large, complex research funding portfolios, and tracking how that funding translates into publications, patents, policy outcomes, international collaborations, and more is only part of the challenge. The harder part is turning all of that information into insight agencies can act on. That's where artificial intelligence comes in: it's changing how agencies discover expertise, evaluate research investments, measure scientific impact, track emerging technologies, and assess research security risks.
Used well, AI doesn't replace human judgment. It helps research leaders surface insights faster, ask sharper questions, and make more confident strategic decisions.
Join government leaders and Digital Science experts for a practical conversation on deploying AI for research intelligence: portfolio strategy, impact assessment, collaborator vetting, and safeguarding federally funded innovation.
Attendees will learn:
- How AI-driven insights support sharper strategic planning and portfolio management
- How AI helps connect publications, patents, clinical trials, and policy outcomes to reveal impact beyond traditional metrics
- How AI is changing the way agencies discover experts and identify collaborators
- How AI helps agencies spot emerging technologies and research trends within large, complex datasets
- Where AI can support due diligence and research security, and the governance principles needed to keep those decisions transparent and trustworthy
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Brad Bower
Chief AI Officer
NIH
Brad Bower
Chief AI Officer
NIH
Yoram Vodovotz
Program Manager, Proactive Health
ARPA-H
Yoram Vodovotz
Program Manager, Proactive Health
ARPA-H
Dr. Yoram Vodovotz joined ARPA-H as a Program Manager in December 2024. He is a professor of surgery, immunology, computational and systems biology, bioengineering, clinical and translational science, and communication science and disorders at the University of Pittsburgh. His interdisciplinary research lab has focused on the systems biology of inflammation and immunity, with a particular emphasis on critical illness.
Vodovotz also served as the director of the Center for Inflammation and Regeneration Modeling at the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine and has co-founded a company based on virtual clinical trials and digital twins. He has published over ~400 manuscripts, including four books, and is also the founding editor-in-chief of Frontiers in Systems Biology. He received his doctorate from Cornell University and carried out postdoctoral training at the National Cancer Institute.
Derek Denning
Senior Director of Research Analytics
Digital Science
Derek Denning
Senior Director of Research Analytics
Digital Science
Derek Denning, Ph.D., is Senior Director of Research Analytics at Digital Science, where he bridges the gap between complex research data and executive decision-making. Over more than a decade working alongside federal agencies, he has helped translate large, complex research portfolios, using both agency data and the Dimensions platform, into clear, actionable intelligence senior leaders need to understand the impact of their funded research. Derek came to Digital Science with a background in organic photochemistry and science and technology policy work at a non-profit supporting federal agencies.
Charlotte Beisel
Associate Editor
GovExec
Charlotte Beisel
Associate Editor
GovExec