Venkat Padmanabhan

Managing Director, Microsoft Research India

Here are some articles on my research projects and/or recognition received: (the articles that no longer seem available online have been crossed out)

HAMS is being used to automate driver license testing (opens in new tab) at the Dehradun RTO. Coverage in Gizmodo (opens in new tab), Hindustan Times (opens in new tab), Indian Express (opens in new tab), Techcrunch (opens in new tab), Times of India (opens in new tab), and more. (2019)
India Today (opens in new tab) story on research in India (2017)
ACM Fellow (2016): Economic Times (opens in new tab), Business Standard (opens in new tab), Microsoft Research Blog (opens in new tab), Florida Statesman (opens in new tab), Illinois Intelligencer (opens in new tab), Sacramento Sun (opens in new tab), …
HAMS (2016): Hindu, (opens in new tab) Softpedia (opens in new tab), Microsoft News (opens in new tab), Hindustan Times (opens in new tab), …
Bhatnagar Prize (2016): Deccan Herald (opens in new tab), Business Standard (opens in new tab), Times of India (opens in new tab), India Today (opens in new tab), Live Mint (opens in new tab), Indian Express (opens in new tab), PTI (opens in new tab), INAE Newsletter (opens in new tab), Daily Excelsior (opens in new tab), Skill Outlook (opens in new tab), NDTV India (opens in new tab), …
QProbe (2015): The Register (opens in new tab)
Dhwani (2013): Computerworld (opens in new tab), EETimes India (opens in new tab), The Register (opens in new tab), RFID Journal (opens in new tab), Ubergizmo (opens in new tab), …
SpecNet (2011): NetworkWorld (opens in new tab), Computerworld (opens in new tab), PC World (opens in new tab), The Register (opens in new tab), Engadget (opens in new tab)
LiteGreen (2010): InfoWorld (opens in new tab), Virtualization.Info (opens in new tab)
Microsoft Research (2009): Embracing Networking Opportunities (opens in new tab)
SixthSense (2008): ~~Ubergizmo (opens in new tab)~~, ~~ComputerWorld Canada (opens in new tab)~~
Nericell (previously known as TrafficSense, 2008): PC World (opens in new tab), Seattle Post-Intelligencer (opens in new tab), ~~ComputerWorld Canada (opens in new tab)~~, The Economic Times (opens in new tab), ~~Deccan Chronicle (opens in new tab)~~, Rediff (opens in new tab)
COMBINE (2007): The Hindu (opens in new tab), Business Line (opens in new tab)
Suremail (2006): Computerworld (opens in new tab), ~~Computerworld (opens in new tab)~~, ~~Computerworld (opens in new tab)~~, InformationWeek (opens in new tab)
ProbeGap (2005): PC World (opens in new tab)

There is also a Microsoft Research article (opens in new tab) which did a profile of the research group I lead some years ago.

Here are some videos featuring my projects: