Staying true to its academic origins, Google has awarded grants to Stanford researchers who work in areas that also are of key interest to the search giant.
Two of the new Google Focused Research Awards have gone to Stanford scientists working in energy efficiency in computing and in online privacy.
Google, which attempts to reduce power consumption in the server farms that handle all those Internet searches, has awarded the efficiency grant to a group that includes CHRISTOS KOZYRAKIS, associate professor of electrical engineering and of computer science; MARK HOROWITZ, the Yahoo! Founders Professor in the School of Engineering; BENJAMIN LEE, postdoctoral scholar in electrical engineering; NICK MCKEOWN, associate professor of electrical engineering and of computer science; and MENDEL ROSENBLUM, associate professor of computer science and of electrical engineering.
RYAN CALO, a residential fellow at the Center for Internet and Society, has received a grant in the area of privacy.
