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We Stand with Ahmed (and We Hope He'll Join Us for Astronomy Night): SEPTEMBER 16, 2015 AT 8:00 PM ET BY DJ PATIL Summary: U.S. Chief Data Scientist D.J. Patil shares why he's proud to see people across the country standing up for innovation and intellectual curiosity today. Yesterday, a 14-year-old student named Ahmed Mohamed was arrested for bringing his engineering project (an electronic clock) to his high school. Officials mistook it for a bomb. When I was growing up, my friends and I were fortunate to know how to use soldiering irons, circuit boards, and even a bit of duct tape when nothing else worked. We played, experimented, and learned through trial and error. The best part? When I brought my work in, my teachers loved it. And thanks to them it fed my desire to embrace science, engineering, and technology. That learning to play with technology and curiosity has helped me on every step of my journey so far. That’s why I’m so proud to see people across the country standing up for the innovation and intellectual curiosity that Ahmed has shown. That includes the President: |
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| Author | White House Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Data Policy and Chief Data Scientist in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, DJ Patil |
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