<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 10:38 AM, Henry Baker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hbaker1@pipeline.com" target="_blank">hbaker1@pipeline.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">FYI --<br>
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<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>We know we are in deep yogurt when even spy agencies recommend that we keep more international students here:</div><div><br></div><div>The U.S. still educates a large portion of the world’s best students in computer and computational science, many of whom
are foreign national citizens. We recommend consideration of programs that incentivize these students to stay in the U.S.
after graduation so that they contribute to the development of U.S. HPC capabilities rather than returning to their own
countries; these programs would take the form of Visa or Green Card programs that target Ph.D. graduates in HPC.</div><div><br></div><div>(and it's not just about HPC, but I don't want to derail the conversation too much).</div><div><br></div><div>/ji</div></div></div></div>