New Cell Phone Technology Pioneered by Award-Winning Doctoral Student

Innovative cell phone technology developed by University of Washington computer science and engineering doctoral student Tapan Parikh is helping small businesses succeed in developing rural economies internationally—and helped earn him the prestigious 2007 "Humanitarian of the Year Award" from Technology Review.  In its September/October 2007 issue, the publication selected 35 top young innovators from the U.S. and abroad under age 35 whose work is "changing our world" through computing, electronics, communications, and other disciplines.  Parikh is 33.

Significantly, the University of Washington had more graduate-level award winners in the 2007 competition (three) than any other educational institution or organization worldwide—beyond Harvard, MIT, three European universities, and others.   For more information about Parikh's work focusing on simple but powerful tools for developing economies and their dramatic impact, visit http://www.technologyreview.com/TR35/Profile.aspx?TRID=619