Microsoft Research India has instituted an annual research symposium, TechVista, which brings together the best minds from the scientific and academic worlds onto a common platform. TechVista provides an opportunity for the research community, government and students to interact and exchange ideas on research and its future directions.
TechVista, Microsoft Research India’s annual research symposium, features some of the best recognized scientists from across the world as speakers. TechVista brings together the research community, academia and government onto a common platform. Previous editions of TechVista include Turing award winners Dr. Butler Lampson, Dr. Raj Reddy and Sir Tony Hoare, and technical Academy award winners Dr. Ken Perlin and Dr. Michael Kass, in addition to world renowned scientists like Prof. Maria Klawe, Prof. Takeo Kanade and well known Indian scientists like Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala.
TechVista 2008 was held at Chennai, at the Chennai Convention Centre, on October 1, 2008.
The speakers at TechVista 2008 included:
- Prof. John Hopcroft (opens in new tab), IBM Professor of Engineering and Applied Mathematics in Computer Science (opens in new tab) at Cornell University. Prof. Hopcroft has also been honored with the A.M. Turing Award (opens in new tab).
Computer Science in the Future. Abstract (opens in new tab)
- Prof. Shafi Goldwasser (opens in new tab), RSA Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (opens in new tab) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (opens in new tab), and of computer science and applied mathematics at Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel (opens in new tab). Prof. Goldwasser has twice won the Gödel Prize (opens in new tab), first in 1993 (opens in new tab), and again in 2001 (opens in new tab).
Program Obfuscation and One-Time Programs. Abstract (opens in new tab)
- Prof. Shree Nayar (opens in new tab), T. C. Chang Chaired Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Columbia University. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academies, Washington DC in 2008, and received the NTT Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award from the NTT Basic Research Laboratory, Japan, in 1994.
Computational Cameras: Redefining the Image. Abstract (opens in new tab)
- Dr. Rick Rashid (opens in new tab), Senior Vice President, Microsoft Research (opens in new tab). Dr. Rashid was presented with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Emanuel R. Piore Award in 2008. He was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2003 and 2008 respectively.
Making an Impact, Microsoft Research. Abstract (opens in new tab)
- Dr. Rick Szeliski, Group Lead, Interactive Visual Media Group, Microsoft Research (opens in new tab). He was elected an IEEE fellow in 2004.
Weaving the World’s Photos. Abstract (opens in new tab)
- Dr. Vijay Chandru (opens in new tab), Chairman, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Strand Life Sciences. He is an academic turned entrepreneur. A co-founder of Strand Life Sciences, a leading in silico life sciences company, he currently serves as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of the company. He also co-founded the Association of Biotech led Enterprises (ABLE) and continues to serve as an executive council member. Dr. Chandru is the recipient of several awards and honors.
Computational Biology and Vice Versa. Abstract (opens in new tab)
TechVista highlights the impact research has had in various fields and demonstrates the benefits and rewards of taking up research as a career, in addition to bringing the latest developments in various research areas to the audience through the speakers. TechVista has rapidly grown from an audience of 250 people in 2005 to more than 800 participants in the New Delhi 2007 edition, a testament to the value participants see in the symposium.
In addition to globally recognized speakers, TechVista also features an exhibition/ poster session where we showcase the best projects from computer sciences and electrical engineering by PhD students from India’s leading technical institutions.
Eminent speakers at previous editions of TechVista include:
- Prof. Eric Grimson (opens in new tab), MIT
- Prof. Manuela M. Veloso (opens in new tab), Carnegie Mellon University
- Dr. Michael Kass, Disney/Pixar and technical Academy award winner
- Prof. Krithi Ramamritham (opens in new tab), IIT Bombay
- Dr. Tony Hey, Microsoft Research
- Prof. Ken Perlin (opens in new tab), New York University and Academy award winner
- Prof. Mriganka Sur (opens in new tab), MIT
- Prof. Jeannette Wing (opens in new tab), CMU
- Prof. N Balakrishnan, Associate Director, IISc
- Dr. Rick Rashid (opens in new tab), Senior VP, Microsoft Research
- Bill Buxton (opens in new tab), Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research
- Prof. Jitendra Malik (opens in new tab), UC Berkeley
- Prof. Rajeev Sangal (opens in new tab), IIIT Hyderabad
- Dr. Butler Lampson (opens in new tab), Microsoft Research and Turing award winner
- Prof. Raj Reddy (opens in new tab), Carnegie Mellon University and Turing award winner
- Sir Tony Hoare, Microsoft Research Cambridge and Turing award winner
- Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala (opens in new tab), IIT Chennai
- Prof. Takeo Kanade (opens in new tab), Carnegie Mellon University
- Prof. Maria Klawe (opens in new tab), Harvey Mudd College
- Dr. Dan Ling (opens in new tab), Microsoft Research
- Prof. Andrew Zisserman (opens in new tab), University of Oxford