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Scott Tilley is a Senior Fellow at the American Security Council Foundation, where he writes the “Technical Power” column, focusing on the societal and national security implications of advanced technology in cybersecurity, space, and foreign relations.

He is an emeritus professor at the Florida Institute of Technology. Previously, he was with the University of California, Riverside, Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute, and IBM. His research and teaching were in the areas of computer science, software & systems engineering, educational technology, the design of communication, and business information systems.

He is president and founder of the Center for Technology & Society, president and co-founder of Big Data Florida, past president of INCOSE Space Coast, and a Space Coast Writers’ Guild Fellow.

He has authored over 150 academic papers and has published 28 books (technical and non-technical), most recently Systems Analysis & Design (Cengage, 2020), SPACE (Anthology Alliance, 2019), and Technical Justice (CTS Press, 2019). He wrote the “Technology Today” column for FLORIDA TODAY from 2010 to 2018.

He is a popular public speaker, having delivered numerous keynote presentations and “Tech Talks” for a general audience. Recent examples include the role of big data in the space program, a four-part series on machine learning, and a four-part series on fake news.

He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Victoria (1995).

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Russia Says Odesa Strike Should Not Affect Grain Exports

Monday, July 25, 2022

Categories: ASCF News Economic Security

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Source: https://www.voanews.com/a/russia-says-odesa-strike-should-not-affect-grain-exports-/6672472.html

FILE - A truck is seen at a grain terminal during barley harvesting in Odesa region, Ukraine, June 23, 2022.

Russia said Monday its missile strikes on the Ukrainian port of Odesa should not affect an agreement to resume grain exports.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the strikes hit only military infrastructure and were “no way related to infrastructure that is used for the export of grain.”

Russia had initially denied any involvement in the Saturday strike, but said Sunday its forces were responsible.

Ukrainian officials said they were working to get grain exports going again following the deal Ukraine and Russia signed on Friday.

The United Nations and Turkey helped broker the agreement, which calls for Russia’s fleet in the Black Sea to allow safe passage through areas that Russia has blockaded since it launched its invasion of Ukraine in late February.

The arrangement was hailed as an important step toward alleviating a global food crisis, with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calling it “a beacon of hope, possibility and relief.”

Following Saturday’s strike, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized Russia, saying it was jeopardizing the grain deal.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the attack “casts serious doubt on the credibility of Russia’s commitment to [Friday’s] deal and undermines the work of the UN, Turkey, and Ukraine to get critical food to world markets.”

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