Trump selects Purdue engineering dean Raman to serve as next NIST director

President Trump has nominated Arvind Raman, dean of Purdue University’s College of Engineering, to serve as the next director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, filling a key role in carrying out the administration’s cybersecurity and artificial intelligence agenda.

Raman has worked at Purdue for over 20 years, with an initial focus on research and teaching. He became the college’s inaugural associate dean for global engineering programs in 2014 and rose through the ranks to be named dean...