The 2010 HP IRP call for proposals attracted 375 submissions from 323 researchers in 202 universities across 36 countries. This year a total of 65 projects received funding, of which 40 are receiving funding for a second or third year.
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced it has selected more than 60 professors from around the world to receive awards as part of its third annual HP Labs Innovation Research Program (IRP).
HP IRP creates opportunities for faculty and students at leading colleges, universities and research institutes to conduct breakthrough collaborative research with HP.
Highlights
The 2010 HP IRP call for proposals attracted 375 submissions from 323 researchers in 202 universities across 36 countries. This year a total of 65 projects received funding, of which 40 are receiving funding for a second or third year.
Additionally, in collaboration with HP’s Office of Global Social Innovation, three researchers were selected to receive philanthropic grants supporting their work in cloud computing services in education.
Cloud computing as a core theme
Supporting quotes
“The annual HP Labs Innovation Research Program is an ideal platform for HP to initiate highly innovative projects with leading researchers in universities worldwide. The collaborative effort between HP and these universities has delivered breakthroughs in areas such as cloud computing, optical computing and nano-materials – fundamental enablers of the next generation of products and services for communities around the globe.”
“HP researchers have brought to our collaboration rigor in solution methods and a deep knowledge about practical system constraints. This partnership brings HP Labs’ software prototypes to our university, enabling us to jointly advance our respective research – we are actively collaborating to increase their capabilities to operate at the scales needed for future systems.”
2010 HP Labs Innovation Research Program Award winners by region:
Americas
Arizona State University, Dr. K. Selcuk Candan, USA
Carnegie Mellon University, Dr. Greg Ganger, USA
Duke University, Dr. Krishnendu Chakrabarty, Dr. Jun Yang, USA
Georgia Institute of Technology, Dr. Biing Hwang Juang, Dr. Karsten Schwan, USA
Indiana University, Dr. Lizhe Wang, USA
Kansas State University, Dr. Xinming Ou, USA
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Dr. Leonid Tsybeskov, USA
Pennsylvania State University, Dr. Anand Sivasubramaniam, USA
Purdue University, Dr. Jan Allebach, Dr. Elias I. Franses, USA
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Dr. Mohammed Zaki, USA
Rice University, Dr. Edward Knightly, USA
State University of New York at Buffalo, Dr. Venu Govindaraju, Dr. Atri Rudra, USA
University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Ruzena Bajcsy, Dr. Van P. Carey, USA
University of California, Davis, Dr. John Owens, USA
University of California, San Diego, Dr. Amin Vahdat, USA
University of California, Santa Barbara, Dr. John Bowers, USA
University of California, Santa Cruz, Dr. James Davis, USA
University of Delaware, Dr. Hui Fang, USA
University of Florida, Dr. Jose C. Principe, USA
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dr. William Sanders, Dr. Nikita Borisov, Dr. Thomas Huang, Dr. Narendra Ahuja, Dr. Jiawei Han, USA
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, Dr. Mark Kushner, Dr. Trevor Mudge, Dr. Stephane Lafortune, Dr. Kang Shin, USA
University of Missouri – St. Louis, Dr. Haitao Li, USA
University of Southern California, Dr. Gerard Medioni, Dr. Alan E. Willner, USA
University of Toronto, Dr. Ming Hu, Canada
University of Utah, Dr. Rajeev Balasubramonian, USA
University of Washington, Dr. Magdalena Balazinska, USA
University of Waterloo, Dr. Alejandro Lopez-Ortiz, Canada
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Dr. Ethan Munson, USA
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Dr. Naren Ramakrishnan, USA
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Dr. Elke Rundensteiner, USA
Asia Pacific
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Dr. Soumen Chakrabarti, India
Korea Advanced Institute of Science, Dr. Inkyu Park, Korea
Monash University, Dr. Rob Hyndman, Australia
Tsinghua University, Dr. Jianyong Wang, China
University of Canterbury, Dr. Mark Billinghurst, New Zealand
Europe, the Middle East and Africa
Bilkent University, Dr. Alper Sen, Turkey
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Dr. Shai Shalev-Shwartz, Dr. Amir Globerson, Israel
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Dr. Johann-Christoph, Germany
Imperial College London, Dr. Jason Riley, England
Konstanz University, Dr. Daniel A. Keim, Germany
Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Denis Turdakov, Russia
Technion, Dr. Shie Mannor, Israel
Technische Universitaet Berlin, Dr. Volker Markl and Dr. Odej Kao, Germany
University of Bristol, Dr. Robert M. Richardon, England
University of Edinburgh, Dr. Paul Anderson, Scotland
University of Geneva, Dr. Bastien Chopard, Switzerland
University of Newcastle, Dr. Aad van Moorsel, England
University of Saint-Petersburg, Dr. Boris Novikov, Russia
University of Surrey, Dr. John Philip Collomosse, England
Recipients of philanthropic grants for cloud computing services in education:
Boise State University, Joe Guarino, USA
National Cheng Chung University, Daniel J. Buehrer, Taiwan
Supercomputing Center of Galicia, Maria R. Malmierca, Spain
Images and videos
Video of Prith Banerjee, senior vice president, Research, and director, HP Labs, discussing the importance of open innovation
Interactive map of the HP Labs Innovation Research Program
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