{"id":1013,"date":"2013-10-29T09:21:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T09:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/msr_er\/2013\/10\/29\/seif-issues-2014-awards-rfp\/"},"modified":"2016-07-20T07:31:05","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T14:31:05","slug":"seif-issues-2014-awards-rfp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/seif-issues-2014-awards-rfp\/","title":{"rendered":"SEIF issues 2014 awards RFP"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Software (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>Today, October 29, 2013, the Microsoft Research Connections Computer Science Group (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>—in conjunction with the Research in Software Engineering Group (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> (RiSE), the Sensing and Energy Research Group (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, and Global Foundation Services (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>—is officially issuing the request for proposals for the Software Engineering Innovation Foundation (SEIF) 2014 awards (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. You’ll find more information below on the 2014 RFP.<\/span><\/p>\n

This marks the fifth RFP since SEIF’s founding. A lot has happened since its formation in 2010, but the goals of the foundation and its annual SEIF Awards have remained constant. As Judith Bishop, director of computer science at Microsoft Research Connections, so ably stated then, “It is these three aspects—education, life, and industry—that the Software Engineering Innovation Foundation Awards were set up to address.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, we can point to amazing SEIF research projects in all three of these areas. For example, Professor Pankaj Jalote of IIIT Delhi, in India, developed a hands-on software engineering curriculum while working on his SEIF 2010 project, “An Integrated Approach for Software Engineering Projects using Visual Studio Platform.” Professor Nilanjan Banerjee of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, United States, is working to help people with disabilities live fuller lives through his SEIF 2013 project, “Wearable Multi-Sensor Gesture Recognition in Assistive Devices for Paralysis.” And a number of SEIF research projects are addressing the challenges of software development at industrial scale—for instance, the SEIF 2011 project “Augmenting Social Awareness in a Collaborative Development Environment” of Professor of Filippo Lanubile of the University of Bari, Italy. For more information on past winners, visit the SEIF website (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

As we gear up SEIF’s fifth RFP, we will be holding a SEIF workshop (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> in Rio de Janeiro on November 25–26, 2013. This workshop—which will bring together Brazilian scientists, Microsoft researchers, and past SEIF awardees—is intended to advance the state of software engineering in Brazil. It will also provide an opportunity to discuss the proposal guidelines for the SEIF 2014 RFP. Our focus areas this year are:<\/span><\/p>\n