{"id":1333,"date":"2013-04-04T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/msr_er\/2013\/04\/04\/2013-seif-awards-support-researchers-in-software-engineering\/"},"modified":"2019-09-30T17:42:42","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T00:42:42","slug":"2013-seif-awards-support-researchers-in-software-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/2013-seif-awards-support-researchers-in-software-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 SEIF Awards Support Researchers in Software Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentColor; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; display: block;\" title=\"Software engineering tag cloud\" src=\"https:\/\/msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net\/media\/MSDNBlogsFS\/prod.evol.blogs.msdn.com\/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles\/00\/00\/01\/32\/81\/6562.SEIF2013-Wordle-496.jpg\" alt=\"Software engineering tag cloud\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;\">Each year, the Software Engineering Innovation Foundation (SEIF) awards US$25,000 grants to support academic research in software engineering technologies, tools, practices, and teaching methods. SEIF is supported by Microsoft Research Connections <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/computerscience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Computer Science<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> in conjunction with the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/groups\/rise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Research in Software Engineering Group<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> (RiSE). This year, we were joined by the Microsoft Technology Policy Group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;\">SEIF supports fundamental and applied research. As Tom Ball, research manager in the RiSE Group at Microsoft Research Redmond says: \u201cSEIF is based on the premise that solid software engineering foundations are fundamental to every kind of system Microsoft builds, so software engineering makes a good base from which attract a wide variety of research in hot topic areas and to partner with academics and groups inside Microsoft Research.\u201d Accordingly, the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/collaboration\/focus\/cs\/seif-rfp.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SEIF 2013 Request for Proposals<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> added device and cloud computing and natural user interface (NUI) based applications to ensure a more comprehensive representation of digital technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;\">The\u00a0<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/collaboration\/focus\/cs\/seif.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2013 SEIF Awards<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0included some fascinating projects, such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;\">CheckCell: Data Debugging for Spreadsheets<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;\">Emery Berger, University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;\">Understanding Parallelism and Automating Refactoring for Readability and Performance <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;\">Danny Dig, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;\">Mobile\/Social Debugging Games for Computing Education<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;\">Amy J. Ko, University of Washington, United States<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;\">Engineering Integrity and Confidentiality for the STAR-Vote Electronic Voting System<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;\">Dan S. Wallach, Rice University, United States<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;\">NUI applications facilitate human-computer interaction (HCI) by providing more natural forms of input such as gesture, voice, context, anticipatory processing based on a user\u2019s past actions, and environmental awareness. The goal of NUI applications is to provide more intuitive and sophisticated forms of input that are adaptive to the user and require minimal user training\u2014in particular, for the aging population, people with disabilities, socially or geographically isolated individuals, and underserved populations\u2014to promote digital inclusion where other interfaces, such as keyboard and mouse, are impractical.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;\">Additionally, with the advent of new tablet devices and ever more powerful phones, applications that use software services and cloud computing become both challenging and rewarding areas for researchers to explore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;\">Four of this year\u2019s SEIF awards support this area of scientific exploration:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;\">Nilanjan Banerjee at University of Maryland, Baltimore County, is constructing a wearable assistive device that recognizes gestures for paralysis patients.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;\">Eelke Folmer at University of Nevada, Reno, is creating a spatial navigator for people who are blind.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;\">Gillian R. Hayes at University of California, Irvine, is building interactive surfaces with body-based interactions to provide guidance to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;\">Shaun K. Kane and Amy Hurst at University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will work on Wheeltop Interaction: Full-Body Gesture Control for Power Wheelchair Users<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;\">These are just some highlights from the 16 innovative software engineering projects recognized by this year\u2019s awards, now in their fourth year. You can read more about them and the rest of the SEIF winners on the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/collaboration\/focus\/cs\/seif.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SEIF website<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;\">Congratulations to the winners of the 2013 SEIF awards!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;\"><em>\u2014<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/people\/jbishop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Judith Bishop<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Director of Computer Science, Microsoft Research Connections<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Learn More<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;\"><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/collaboration\/focus\/cs\/seif.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Software Engineering Innovation Foundation Awards<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;\"><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/collaboration\/focus\/cs\/seif-rfp.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Software Engineering Innovation Foundation Awards \u2013 RFP<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;\"><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/groups\/rise\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Research in Software Engineering<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;\"><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/collaboration\/focus\/cs\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Computer Science at Microsoft Research Connections<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, the Software Engineering Innovation Foundation (SEIF) awards US$25,000 grants to support academic research in software engineering technologies, tools, practices, and teaching methods. SEIF is supported by Microsoft Research Connections Computer Science in conjunction with the Research in Software Engineering Group (RiSE). This year, we were joined by the Microsoft Technology Policy Group. 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