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Ukroboronprom states that NATO will help reform the state concern.

The issues of support and assistance of the North Atlantic Alliance in the implementation of Ukroboronproms reform and Ukraines approval of the Defense Industry Development Strategy were discussed at an online meeting between the concerns management, Head of NATO Liaison Office in Ukraine Alexander Vinnikov and representatives of NATO Headquarters, the press service of the State Concern Ukroboronprom informs.

Ukroboronproms Director General Yuriy Husev briefed on the pace of the defense industry complex based on the principles of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development: transparence, openness, accountability proper administration.

Ukroboronprom intends to introduce new world developments, to modernize research, development and production capacities of member enterprises, as well as to create favorable environment for technology transfer. This will become possible after the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopts draft law No. 3822, which is currently under consideration by the Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence before the second reading. Meanwhile, within the preparation for corporatization, we initiated a scientific-practical conference on innovations in the defense-industrial complex of Ukraine in June this year, Husev said.

Concerns First Deputy Director General Roman Bodnar offered the NATO Liaison Office an idea to hold a hackathon among weapon and military hardware manufacturers in order to develop artificial intelligence and machine learning for manufacturing new samples.

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29 April 2021

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On April 9, 2021, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)submitted President Biden's discretionary funding request (the "Request") to Congressfor Fiscal Year (FY) 2022. The Request lays out the President'sdiscretionary funding recommendations across a wide range of policyareas, including a strategy for investing in emerging technologyareas, maintaining economic competitiveness and national securityand positioning the U.S. to out-compete China. The Request ishigh-level and did not include proposed legislative text.

The President's Request recommends:

On April 21, 2021, a group of bipartisan lawmakers reintroducedthe Endless Frontier Act (H.R.2731 and S.1260) to establish a new Directorate forTechnology (the "Directorate") at the NSF, a regionaltechnology hub program and require a strategy and report oneconomic security, research, innovation, manufacturing and jobcreation. The bill would authorize $100 billion over five years forthe Directorate to strengthen U.S. leadership in criticaltechnology areas through innovation, research, commercializationand education and ensure that the U.S. maintains its competitiveedge in technologies of the future.

The legislation identifies ten initial technology domains forthe new NSF Directorate to fund research, including AI and machinelearning, semiconductors, quantum computing, advancedcommunications technology, cybersecurity and synthetic biology.

Additionally, the Directorate is authorized to:

The Endless Frontier Act also establishes a novel Supply ChainResiliency and Crisis Response Program at the Department ofCommerce. The new program would monitor supply chainvulnerabilities and provide investments to diversify supply chainsfor products critical to national security. Lastly, the billproposes a $2.4 billion investment to enhance and expand theManufacturing USA network.

On April 21, 2021, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chair of the HouseFinancial Services Committee, renewed the Committee's AI TaskForce. The Task Force was created during the 116th Congress toensure the responsible use of emerging and predictive technologiesin the financial sector. Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) will continueleading the Task Force's work to examine whether emergingtechnologies in the financial services and housing industries servethe needs of consumers, investors, small businesses and thepublic.

Congress and the Biden-Harris administration continue to takeaction to ensure the U.S. maintains its global leadership intechnologies of the future, including AI. Additional investmentsand a new approach to accelerate U.S. science and technologydevelopments are beginning to materialize in light of growingconcerns that other countries are ready to challenge America'sposition on the innovation stage. The Akin Gump cross-practice AIteam continues to monitor forthcoming congressional, administrativeand private-stakeholder initiatives related to AI.

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BOCA RATON, Fla., April 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Puget Technologies, Inc. (Puget; OTC PINK: PUGE), a Nevada corporation subject to reporting pursuant to Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, announces that the companys Chief Technologies Officer (CTO), Victor Germn Quintero Toro has contributed proprietary software to Puget, subject to retained royalty rights, designed to improve the functioning of logistics in transportation and distribution systems. The methodology involved is believed to be unique and subject to protection as trade secrets, however, Puget may elect to reinforce such protection through patents in the near future.

The solutions currently available in the marketplace to manage distribution and transportation logistics are limited to just a few specifically customized applications. In contrast, Pugets software can solve extremely complex problems for its end users by customizing the myriad of variables not currently included in out-of-the-box modular software. It does so in a seamlessly integrated environment without the need for additional capital expenditures. By data mining in big data environments with advanced artificial intelligence algorithms and other proprietary trade secrets, Pugets newly acquired software is the only technology on the market today, in my opinion, that supports the majority of variables that affect these end users, commented Mr. Quintero Toro.

Designed specifically to seamlessly integrate functionality within the big data environments of existing distribution and transportation systems, the software does not replace existing technology. One of the main advantages of this solution is the optimization of companys operations since this software complements and enhances existing platforms to deliver efficiencies, enabling cost reduction without the need for a significant capital outlay. Im looking forward to commercializing this technology with Pugets assistance, Mr. Quintero Toro explained.

Mr. Quintero Toros past experience working to solve similar problems at Walmart distribution centers around the world contributed to the domain expertise needed to come up with such an innovative, integrated solution.

The software has already been beta tested in the public transportation system of the City of Manizales in the Republic of Colombia, where it achieved a 30% reduction in hydrocarbon emissions as a result of better route management. The beta test results were presented at the Congreso Latino-Iberoamericano de Investigacion de Operaciones (CLAIO), and a summary was published in the publication Annals of Operations Research and in the Journal of Heuristics.

Puget intends to commercialize this technology through licensing agreements, leveraging Puerto Rico as a springboard for rollout to Latin America and other parts of the world. The transportation and distribution problems on the Island, aggravated by unfortunate recent weather disasters, provide an opportunity for the technology to make a significant positive impact there. In addition, because of the substantial incentives provided by the Puerto Rico Incentives Code (Law No. 60 of July 1, 2019), Puget believes that the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico would be an ideal site as a worldwide research and development center, which will enable Puget to have a local presence as the team works directly with local business and government leaders to improve the Islands infrastructure.

For additional information, please contact Puget at 1-561-210-8535, by email at info@pugettechnologies.com or visit our website for continuing updates at https://pugettechnologies.com.

About Puget Technologies, Inc.Puget Technologies, Inc.(pugettechnologies.com) aspires to evolve into an innovation-focused holding company operating through a group of subsidiaries and business units that work together to empower ground-breaking companies to reach their next stage of growth. With a strategy that combines acquisitions, strategic investment strategies, and operational support,Pugetintends to provide a one-stop shop for growing companies who need access to both capital and growth resources, while enablingPugetand its stockholders to generate synergies and derive profit through pooled resources and shared goals. Pugetscurrent investment focus ranges from traditional industries like health care that are ripe for business model innovation to new markets that strive to solve big societal problems such as climate change. Publicly traded on the Pink Open Market under the ticker symbol PUGE,Pugetis committed to delivering a competitive return to investors.

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are the topics of a lecture 10 a.m. to noon Friday, May 21, as part of the new Data Analytics Certificate Program Speaker Series at Youngstown State University.

The lecture features Quentin Fisher, founder and chief technology officer of Health Care Analytics, whose cloud technologies and digital solutions for close to a quarter century across more than 90 clients are now accessible to everyone.

The event is via Zoom. Register online.

Fisher previously held vice president- and partner-level positions with CSC (now DXC) and HCL, where he has led Global Business Analytics Services for manufacturing and public service industries. He has a long history in consulting delivery and operations where hes managed consulting business portfolios of $100 million and 600 consultants across the globe. Originally from Canada, where he earned an Industrial Engineering degree from the University of Manitoba, Fisher currently lives in Northeast Ohio.

The lecture will include examples of how AI and Machine Learning are being used to impact operations, will explore the differences between analytics, Big Data, AI and data visualization, and will examine how these technologies can enable organizations to predict events and increase operational efficiency.

For more information, contact Ou Hu, the Paul J. Thomas Endowed Chair and Professor in Economics at YSU, at ohu@ysu.edu.

A year ago, YSU introduced new certificate programs in Data Analytics aimed at helping graduates improve and broaden their job prospects. The new certificates on both the undergraduate and graduate levels are composed of three courses - Data Management, Data Visualization and Predictive Modeling.

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MEDIA, Pa., April 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Freya Systems, an advanced data analytics and custom software development company, will host an important webinar to help business owners and leaders to better understand how artificial intelligence and data science technologies, including machine learning, are changing businesses of all sizes.

In addition to a keynote speech on the basic principles of artificial intelligence and machine learning, a panel discussion will be moderated by Ben Johnson, co-founder and CEO of Freya Systems, that will spotlight how the future of artificial intelligence will impact specific industries and business functions.

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Tuesday, May 11, 2021 5:00 PM 7:00 PM

Keynote:

Chris MacNeel, Senior Data Scientist, Freya Systems Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Today and Tomorrow

Panel:

How Will Artificial Intelligence Technologies Impact Business Today and Tomorrow

Ben Johnson, Moderator

Bora Ozkan, Associate Professor, Temple University Fox School of Business

Fiona Jamison PhD, CEO Spring International

Keith Aumiller, Senior Director Data Science Services, Signant Healthcare

Brandon O'Daniel, Data Lake & Data Science Manager, Xylem

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