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Technology Research in India Kentaro Toyama, PhD Assistant Managing Director Microsoft Research India Presentation to Technology Management Program George Mason University May 23, 2007 – Bangalore A Case Study of Microsoft Research India

Outline ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

India ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Sources: CIA Factbook, TRAI, CNN Roads in India

India, a Personal View My first trip to India (2004)

India, a Personal View ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Huge potential opportunity for Microsoft. But, there are new challenges that neither India nor Microsoft have ever faced before.

Rural school in Chinhat, Uttar Pradesh

Rural village with a VSAT Internet connection near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

A small Internet café on a market street in a town near Bombay

Microsoft Research ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],MSR HQ in Redmond

Microsoft Research Mission ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],MSR HQ in Redmond

MSR India Mission ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Microsoft Research India In Sadashivnagar, Bangalore

Microsoft in India ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],MSR India at a Glance http://research.microsoft.com/india Microsoft Research India In Sadashivnagar, Bangalore

People ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Group photo (January, 2006)

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Conferences, Etc. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Key:

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Mathematical and practical aspects of… Cryptography, Security, and Algorithms Goals

Fast Arithmetic for Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Elliptic curve addition David Jao S. Ramesh Raju Venkie Collaboration with Windows DRM

Digital Geographics ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Goals Auto-generated panoramic map (Neeharika Adabala)

Virtual India ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Kannada and Hindi views of Bangalore in Virtual India Joseph Joy and Virtual India virtual team Collaboration with Virtual Earth / Windows Live Local

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Mobility, Networks & Systems Goals COMBINE: collaborative downloading

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Mobility, Networks & Systems Sample Projects SPACE: establishing peer-to-peer trust

[object Object],[object Object],Multilingual Systems Goals wikiBABEL project

Multilingual Systems Project Overview Text Phonemic Glyphic Transliteration Ontologies Machine Translation Summarization Intonation Studies Language Research SQL Operators wikiBabel Comp. Corpus Corpora Collection & Management POS Tags TTP Language Tools Char-set Conversion

Improve productivity by bringing rigor to “software development in the large” Look at Microsoft platform from the point of view of partners and customers, and conduct research to improve their productivity Rigorous Software Engineering Vision RSE team, summer 2006

Netra ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Netra schematic Prasad Naldurg Stephan Schwoon Sriram Rajamani John Lambert Collaboration with Secure Windows Initiative

Why India? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Technology for Emerging Markets ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Sugarcane co-op member using a mobile phone to check on details of his harvest in Warana, Maharashtra Goals

Computers in Agriculture Rural Microfinance and IT Peri-Urban Internet Cafes MultiPoint for Education Digital Study Hall IT and Microentrepreneurs Participatory Development Udai Singh Pawar MSc, Physics Randy Wang PhD, Computer Science Jonathan Donner PhD, Communications Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan MPA, International Development Nimmi Rangaswamy PhD, Sociology Rajesh Veeraraghavan MS, Economics and CS Savita Bailur PhD cand., Information Sys. Information ecology of small businesses in developing markets Multiple mice to multiply the value of PCs in schools. DVD exchange over postal service and TVs as display for rural education Study of Internet cafes in areas between urban and rural Experiments with computing and communication systems in agriculture An analysis of ICT in development projects using the lens of post-colonial theory. Preventative Healthcare Indrani Medhi MDes, Design UIs without text for users who are illliterate and may never have seen a computer before Can computers help existing structures for rural microfinance? Technology for Emerging Markets Sample Projects

Text-Free UI ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Text-free user interface? Indrani Medhi Aman Sagar Kentaro Toyama Selected for special issue of ITID : ICTD2006 Best Papers!

MultiPoint ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],MultiPoint user studies (was: MultiMouse) Udai Singh Pawar Joyojeet Pal Rahul Gupta Kentaro Toyama Collaboration with Market Expansion Group and Education Core

What the Press Says (1/3) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/insideindia/0,3800013641,39166051,00.htm

What the Press Says (2/3) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2006/01/india_and_innov.html

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],What the Press Says (3/3) http://in.rediff.com/money/2007/feb/21guest.htm

Conclusion ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Rajkumar Riots ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Code4Bill Contest ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Abishek with Bill Gates’s then technical assistant, Alex Gounares

Thank you! ,[object Object],[object Object]

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