Microsoft Research India announced its involvement in the Unique
Identification of India (UIDAI) project at TechVista 2010 in Bangalore.
The project seeks to provide valid identities to India's population of
more than a billion people. "I am looking forward to working with
researchers on technologies like multilingual computing and biometrics,"
says UIDAI chairperson Nandan Nilekani. Microsoft Research India also
launched a portal for the computer science community called
ResearchAndYou.com. The portal is designed to bridge the gap between
computer science researchers and the large pool of potential research
talent in India. The Web site will provide students with an interactive
forum where they can connect with researchers to ask questions and
explore research opportunities. The site also will act as a single
source of information for resources in different disciplines. TechVista
2010 also brought together a panel of ACM A.M. Turing award recipients,
including Barbara Liskov, Tony Hoare, Butler Lampson, and Tony Hey, to
discuss the future of computing.
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