{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/reed-and-magaziner-deliver-795000-boost-for-uris-secure-computing-capabilities_capacity", "Reed & Magaziner Deliver $795,000 Boost for URI\u2019s Secure Computing Capabilities & Capacity", "2024-09-23", "2024", "2024-09", "Democrat", "Senate", "RI", "Jack Reed", "R000122", "www.reed.senate.gov", "jackreed", "https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases", "scraper", "KINGSTON, RI \u2013 U.S. Senator Jack Reed and U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner today joined with University of Rhode Island (URI) leadership, researchers, scientists, professors, and students to celebrate a $795,000 federal earmark to boost secure computing and data infrastructure capabilities, capacity, and storage through high-performance computing (HPC) upgrades that will advance research in undersea vehicle technology as well as research focus areas across URI\u2019s departments.\n\nThe federal funds secured by Senator Reed and Congressman Magaziner will help advance the \u201cRI-SEC: Secure Computing & Data Infrastructure for the University of Rhode Island\u201d project. This initiative will help ensure URI can keep up with the evolving role that HPC plays in a wide range of academic disciplines and will strengthen and expand the partnership between researchers at URI\u2019s National Institute of Undersea Vehicle Technology (NIUVT) and subject matter experts with the U.S. Navy and Electric Boat.\n\n\u201cAs Rhode Island\u2019s flagship public research institution, the University of Rhode Island needs access to cutting-edge technology and computing capabilities to ensure they can stay up to speed on developments and breakthroughs in a wide range of academic fields,\u201d said Senator Reed, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. \u201cI\u2019m glad to have worked with Congressman Magaziner to deliver this federal funding for URI which will help make strategic upgrades and strengthen partnerships with experts at the U.S. Navy and Electric Boat. This project will help URI make new, exciting advancements, better educate students on modern technology, and attract more researchers, scientists, professors, and others.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis funding will help the University of Rhode Island build on its leadership status as a center for cutting-edge research and education,\u201d said Rep. Seth Magaziner. \u201cThis grant will enhance the technology available to students and researchers across a variety of high tech fields, and will help make our state more economically competitive.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs the state\u2019s public flagship research university, URI is engaged in cutting-edge research that is accelerating discovery in key sectors of the state\u2019s Blue Economy, while training the next generation of Rhode Island\u2019s workforce,\u201d said President Marc B. Parlange. \u201cWith support from Senator Reed and Congressman Magaziner, this federal earmark will enhance the University\u2019s computational resources to expand large-scale research opportunities in undersea vehicle technology for our faculty, students, and industry partners.\u201d\n\nFollowing the earmark announcement, URI President Marc B. Parlange and Dean of Engineering Anthony Marchese accompanied Senator Reed and Representative Magaziner for a tour of the National Institute of Undersea Vehicle Technology (NIUVT) \u2013 a federal, public, and private partnership at URI that provides research and technical support to advance current and future technologies in the undersea vehicle domain.\n\nThe federal funding secured by Senator Reed and Congressman Magaziner will primarily assist NIUVT in upgrading HPC capacity and strengthening cyber security in order to carry out and bolster its work linking academic researchers and subject matter experts with the U.S. Navy and Electric Boat, which helps build the U.S. Navy\u2019s most advanced submarines.\n\nThrough the RI-SEC project, increased cybersecurity and data management enhancements and the hiring of new information technology (IT) security staff will offer more control and flexibility in capability, capacity, and data storage. These key upgrades will help NIUVT strengthen their work with the Navy and Electric Boat and will also help other departments at URI expand research by leveraging artificial intelligence, HPC, and other cutting-edge digital advancements.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/reed-and-magaziner-deliver-795000-boost-for-uris-secure-computing-capabilities_capacity"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9070658124983311, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}