Microsoft has provided $1 million to advance research related to Virtual Earth. The Virtual Earth is designed to encourage university research in areas relevant to digital geography, including spatio-temporal databases, routing, computer vision, ontologies, map user interfaces and visualization.


Microsoft has provided $1 million to advance research related to Virtual Earth. The Virtual Earth is designed to encourage university research in areas relevant to digital geography, including spatio-temporal databases, routing, computer vision, ontologies, map user interfaces and visualization.

Microsoft has announced the recipients of the research award. Through a request for proposal, RFP process, Microsoft is encouraging academic research related to Microsoft Virtual Earth technology and Trustworthy Computing curriculum projects.

The 23 grant recipients represent universities from countries around the world, including Belgium, India, Russia, South Korea and the United States.

The eight winners of the Virtual Earth RFP will receive $300,000.

15 winners of the Trustworthy Computing RFP will receive $750,000.

The maximum individual grant amount for each RFP is $50,000.

Sailesh Chutani, director of the External Research & Programs group within Microsoft Research, said: “We invest in innovative research, collaborate with academia and governments to advance education, cultivate next-generation IT leaders, and partner to build knowledge economies. We have the largest RFP program in the IT industry and are very committed to advancing state-of-the-art computing”. [source]

 

 

 

 

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