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Genetically engineered (GE) crops--including crops engineered to resist pests or tolerate herbicides--are widespread in the United States and around the world. Taking direction from the 1986 Coordinated Framework for Regulation of Biotechnology, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulate GE crops to ensure that they are safe. The unauthorized mixing of some GE crops with non-GE crops has caused controversy and financial harm. GAO examined (1) unauthorized releases of GE crops, (2) coordination among the three agencies, and (3) additional actions they have proposed to improve oversight. GAO gathered data from agencies and stakeholders; used criteria from prior GAO work to assess coordination; and reviewed agency proposals.
Dr. Dashan Gao is currently a research scientist at General Electric Global Research. He received his Ph.D. degree in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , University of California, San Diego (UCSD), in 2008, and his M.S. and B.S. degrees in Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2002 and 1999. [Resume, [Curriculum Vitae] -- Research: Dr. Gao's research interests includes computer vision, statistical learning, and computational models of visual attention. His current research topics focus on statistical modeling of video signals for aerial and ground surveillance applications.
An Experimental Comparison of Three Guiding Principles for the Detection of Salient Image Locations: Stability, Complexity, and Discrimination Dashan Gao and Nuno Vasconcelos, The 3rd International Workshop on Attention and Performance in Computational Vision (WAPCV), San Diego, June 2005.
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