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IIT-Madras Wins HP Labs Innovation Research Award 2008
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The award will allow the students and faculty of IIT-Madras to work together with HP to explore new forms of 'Human Computer Interaction'.
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008:
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras has won the HP Labs Innovation Research Award for 2008. HP Labs selected the institution to be the recipient of the annual grant to fund a strategic joint research project that could transform the way humans interact with computers.
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As part of the award, graduate students from IIT Madras along with their faculty will work together with HP Labs India researchers to explore newer forms of 'Human Computer Interaction' including hand gestures and speech to influence virtual objects on a computer monitor or projection screen. The principal investigator for this project is Dr Anurag Mittal, assistant professor, department of computer science and engineering, IIT Madras.
Ajay Gupta, director, HP Labs India, said, "The grants are meant to encourage collaboration in cutting-edge information technology research between HP and academic institutions around the world. Awardees will work with HP Labs researchers on speculative and path breaking research, which will generate the next set of technology breakthroughs in these areas of research."
Following an open process that reviewed more than 450 proposals from 200 universities in 28 countries spanning the globe, HP selected 41 projects at 34 institutions. The next request for proposals is planned for Spring 2009.
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