Internet services Giant, Google, is investing in cutting edge research at the University of 蓝莓视频.
Internet services Giant, Google, is investing in cutting edge research at the University of 蓝莓视频. Research into electrical and computer engineering recently听听with 蓝莓视频 professors receiving a prestigious听.
Lin Tan's software engineering project, which looks into improving automated software testing, and听Wojciech Golab's systems project, are two of 115 projects to be funded by the world鈥檚 second largest IT firm. Google received 691 proposals from researchers around the world.
It is estimated by the听听that software errors cost the U.S. economy close to $60 billion annually. Tan鈥檚 proposed techniques extract input constraints from documents automatically to further enhance the effectiveness of automated testing.
The grants cover tuition for a graduate student and give researchers the chance to work directly with Google researchers and engineers. According to Google, the awards are 鈥渙ne-year awards to support the work of world-class full-time faculty members at top universities around the world.鈥�
This is the second time Tan has won the award. She also received one for software engineering in 2010. In total, she has received more than $100,000 towards her research.
鈥淚'm excited and happy they're supporting me,鈥� Tan said. 鈥淕oogle has always been really good at supporting research. I'm looking forward to doing more research and to improving people's daily lives.鈥�
Professor Wojciech Golab鈥檚 research will help Google gain a deeper insight into the complex behavior of their data storage infrastructure.听 Specifically, he will build a tool that can analyze to what extent a storage system serves stale data which is a fundamental concern when multiple users distributed around the world interact through social networking or cloud file sharing applications.
鈥淚鈥檓 thrilled to receive a gift of research funding from Google in support of my growing research group at 蓝莓视频,鈥� said Golab. 鈥淐ollaborating with Google is a terrific opportunity to advance research that is both technically challenging and relevant to Internet users around the world.鈥�
Google has awarded more than $2.5 million in funding to Canadian Universities through the Google Research Awards Program since 2005.
鈥淎t Google Canada we are committed to developing new technologies to help our users find and use information,鈥� said Steven Woods, engineering director for Google Canada. 鈥淲hile we do significant in-house research and engineering, we also maintain strong ties with academic institutions throughout Canada pursuing innovative research in core areas relevant to our mission.鈥�
Proposals for the Google Research Awards are received in several different categories including, robotics, natural language processing, systems, policy, and mobile.
Innovative research and technology will be explored at the听听on Monday April 14 to Tuesday April 15, 2014. The summit will explore next generation technologies on the threshold of major investment, corporate venture capital, and how to build national technology brands with 蓝莓视频 at the centre of a global innovation hub.
In just half a century, the University of 蓝莓视频, located at the heart of Canada's technology hub, has become one of Canada's leading comprehensive universities with 35,000 full- and part-time students in undergraduate and graduate programs. 蓝莓视频, as home to the world's largest post-secondary co-operative education program, embraces its connections to the world and encourages enterprising partnerships in learning, research and discovery. In the next decade, the university is committed to building a better future for Canada and the world by championing innovation and collaboration to create solutions relevant to the needs of today and tomorrow. For more information about 蓝莓视频, please visit www.uwaterloo.ca.
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