Awards | NormalTouch and TextureTouch: High-fidelity 3D Haptic Shape Rendering on Handheld Virtual Reality Controllers
In the news | F* for the Masses
The work we do these days on F* is often in service of Project Everest. The goal of Everest is to verify and deploy a drop-in replacement for the HTTPS stack, the protocol using which you are probably reading this…
In the news | Lessons in Resilience
Awards | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Venkat Padmanabhan received the 2016 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Engineering Sciences from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research India for his pioneering work on indoor localization, smartphone-based sensing and mobile communication. The award recognizes outstanding work in science and technology…
In the news | Wired
In the news | BBC News
Microsoft Research says it is close to perfecting software that can measure tumours accurately in 3D from normal Computerised Tomography (CT) scans. The job of determining the extent of tumours is currently done by hand with limited accuracy. The "Inner…
Awards | MacArthur Foundation
Bill Thies was named a 2016 Fellow of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for his work creating communication and digital technologies to advance the social and economic well-being of low-income communities in the developing world. He is a…
Awards | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Josh Benaloh received the 2016 Pioneer Award in August 2016 from the Electronic Frontier Foundation for his contribution to the “Keys Under Doormats” report. The publication argues against requests from Congress and law enforcement agencies for exceptional access to encrypted data and…
In the news | Fast Company
Microsoft says its eventual goal is to make cells into living computers that could someday be programmed—and even reprogrammed—to treat diseases like cancer.