Generational Dynamics World View

[John J. Xenakis]

** 04-Apr-2019 World View: MIT cuts ties with China's Huawei

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has severed ties with
Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp. However, the reason given is not
security or espionage, but to avoid sanctions violations.

According to the announcement by Maria T. Zuber, Vice President for
Research:

Quote: "MIT faculty naturally and enthusiastically seek out
international projects and collaborators. Because these
relationships can present a distinctive set of risks and
questions, MIT has long had processes for identifying such issues
for any given project. Given the increase in quantity and scope of
global collaborations, in fall 2017 we launched an effort to
strengthen our internal process for evaluating and structuring
proposed international engagements. Most recently we have
determined that engagements with certain countries – currently
China, Russia and Saudi Arabia – merit additional faculty and
administrative review beyond the usual evaluations that all
international projects receive.

NOTE: At this time, based on this enhanced review, MIT is not
accepting new engagements or renewing existing ones with Huawei
and ZTE or their respective subsidiaries due to federal
investigations regarding violations of sanction restrictions. The
Institute will revisit collaborations with these entities as
circumstances dictate.

This story interests me because I used to be an MIT student, and
because my apartment building is next door to MIT.

--- Sources:

-- Elite U.S. school MIT cuts ties with Chinese tech firms Huawei, ZTE
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-h...SKCN1RG0FS
(Reuters)


-- Maria T. Zuber / Huawei / MIT / New review process for
'elevated-risk' international proposals
http://orgchart.mit.edu/node/27/letters_...-proposals
(MIT)