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 Aimée
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.
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2008 TR35
Blaise Agüera 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
Aimée 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