Sentences with phrase «intractable problems of the world»

The goal has to be to help shape a generation that will be able to help solve the vexing, chronic and intractable problems of the world.

Not exact matches

«Progress is being made on some of our world's most intractable problems and modern philanthropy has played a significant role in these successes.»

The same NIST research group has achieved many «firsts» using trapped ions to demonstrate building blocks for quantum computers, which would use the exotic properties of the quantum world to solve problems considered intractable today.

The goal of the TDIA is to shine a light on innovations which are helping to solve the world's most intractable problems.

Students presented business plans that they had developed, offering new ideas aimed at tackling some of the most intractable problems in education around the world.

As Professor Clay Christensen (whose ground - breaking theory of disruptive innovation inspired these annual Awards) says, «Technology alone can not solve the world's most intractable problems.

«Sometimes people think education is an intractable problem,» McCartney said, citing the scale of the issues, the flood of unanalyzed data about students» performance, and the apparently inadequate American level of learning revealed on tests administered around the world — not to mention the daunting gaps in performance between and within U.S. districts.

We provide crucial data and insight into some of the world's most intractable problems, allowing governments and aid agencies to make smart decisions and achieve more with their limited resources.

If dealing with the world's climate over the last few thousand years is this easy for the physical sciences, why not go and sort out a few of those intractable problems in the social sciences to show what «hard data men» can really do.