Technology Review Reveals the 2008 TR35 List of the Year's Top Young Innovators

Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:00am EDT
 
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
Technology Review today announced the 2008 TR35, its annual list
of 35 outstanding men and women under the age of 35 who exemplify the
spirit of innovation in business and technology. Doing ground-breaking
work in energy, nanotechnology, biotechnology, and computing, these
inspiring young individuals are transforming the way we use computers,
fight disease, spot terrorists, conserve and produce energy, and more.

   Technology Review also announced the selection of Aimee Rose of
ICx Technologies as the Humanitarian of the Year and JB Straubel of
Tesla Motors as Innovator of the Year (see related press release). The
2008 TR35 includes individuals from such well-known organizations and
institutions as A123 Systems, Caltech, Cisco Systems, Dartmouth
College, Harvard University, Microsoft, Stanford University, and
Twitter.

   "Discovering the amazing young men and women who make up the TR35
is one of the highlights of the year for us," said Jason Pontin,
editor in chief and publisher of Technology Review. "The innovators on
our 2008 list have made truly remarkable and valuable contributions."

   The 2008 TR35 were selected from more than 300 submissions by the
editors of Technology Review in collaboration with a prestigious panel
of judges from leading organizations such as BP, Digg, Del.icio.us,
IBM Watson Research Center, MIT, Princeton University, Texas A&M,
Xerox, and Yale University. TR35 winners will be profiled in the
September/October issue of Technology Review and online at
www.technologyreview.com/tr35/. In addition, the EmTech08 Conference,
to be held September 23-25 at MIT, will honor the winners in a series
of "Meet the TR35" presentations, dedicated breakout sessions, and
receptions.

   NOTE: A complete list of the 2008 TR35 follows.

   About Technology Review, Inc.

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MIT, is the authority on the future of technology, identifying
emerging technologies and analyzing their impact for leaders.
Technology Review's media properties include Technology Review
magazine, the oldest technology magazine in the world (founded in
1899); the daily news website TechnologyReview.com; and events such as
the annual EmTech Conference at MIT.

   2008 TR35

   Blaise Aguera y Arcas, Microsoft Live Labs

   Theodore Betley, Harvard University

   Martin Burke, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

   Dries Buytaert, Drupal

   Christopher Chang, University of California, Berkeley

   Michelle Chang, University of California, Berkeley

   Jenova Chen, thatgamecompany

   Tanzeem Choudhury, Dartmouth College

   Peter L. Corsell, GridPoint

   Jack Dorsey, Twitter

   Stefanus Du Toit, RapidMind

   Nicholas Fang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

   Ric Fulop, A123 Systems

   Julia Greer, Caltech

   Hossam Haick, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

   Seth Hallem, Coverity

   Donhee Ham, Harvard University

   Konrad Hochedlinger, Harvard Medical School

   Xian-Sheng Hua, Microsoft Research Asia

   Sundar Iyer, Cisco Systems

   Jeffrey Karp, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and
Technology

   Farinaz Koushanfar, Rice University

   Johnny Lee, Microsoft

   Meredith Ringel Morris, Microsoft Research

   Andrew Ng, Stanford University

   Kostya Novoselov, University of Manchester

   Milica Radisic, University of Toronto

   Aimee Rose, ICx Technologies

   Bilal Shafi, University of Pennsylvania

   Adam Smith, Xobni

   JB Straubel, Tesla Motors

   Joo Chuan Tong, Singapore Agency for Science, Technology, and
Research's Institute for Infocomm Research

   Eric Wilhelm, Instructables

   Robert Wood, Harvard University

   Ronggui Yang, University of Colorado at Boulder

For Technology Review
Sarah Mees, 978-208-1499
press@technologyreview.com

Copyright Business Wire 2008

 

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