Google Extends Outside Research Funding to New Fields

Technology (Feb 1 2010)

1. Google, like other leading technology companies, funds university research in fields where its interest and the interest of science coincide. Until now, the company has done that mainly with lots of smaller grants, typically $50,000 or so. But Google is stepping up its funding. In a focused approach that it is announcing on Tuesday, the company is making a $5.7 million commitment to a dozen university research projects. The program funds are earmarked for four areas: machine learning, the use of cellphones as data collection devices in science, energy efficiency in computing and privacy. “We’ve identified four extremely important areas, both to Google and to society,” explained Alfred Spector, the company’s vice president of research and special initiatives. (Read Full Article)

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