Ranveer Chandra
Managing Director, Research for Industry
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Awards | Association for Computing Machinery
Four Microsoft employees named 2022 ACM Fellow for their outstanding contributions that propel technology today
Ranveer Chandra, Marc Pollefeys, Gary Sullivan and Jaime Teevan, were named as one of the 57 ACM Fellows for 2022. Ranveer for contributions to software-defined wireless networking and applications to agriculture and rural broadband; Marc for contributions to geometric computer…
In the news | Época Negócios | One Planet
Microsoft accelerates data and AI applications to digitize agriculture
Microsoft's leading researcher in the application of technologies in the field, Ranveer Chandra, tells how the company works to help create the future of agriculture.
In the news | National Institute of Standards and Technology
U.S. Department of Commerce appoints Ranveer Chandra to the new Internet of Things Advisory Board
The U.S. Department of Commerce has appointed 16 experts, including Dr. Ranveer Chandra, for the new Internet of Things Advisory Board (IoTAB), to advise the Internet of Things Federal Working Group. The board represents a broad range of disciplines from…
In the news | NewsNation
Farmers are harvesting data to increase yields
Andrew Nelson’s family has farmed in the rolling hills of eastern Washington state for five generations. Rows of wheat, peas, lentils and barley stretch across their 7,500-acre farm. Yet each spring, those hills provided constant stress when trying to predict…
In the news | Popular Science
Microsoft is hoping its algorithms can help farmers—and the planet
Can the people of the world be fed without ruining the planet in the process? Among the many scientists, organizations, companies, and farmers working on this problem is Microsoft. Yesterday, the tech giant open-sourced what they call the toolkit for…
In the news | Geekwire
Microsoft open-sources farm technologies, planting seeds for data-driven sustainable agriculture
Microsoft Research is releasing the underlying code for a series of agricultural technologies under open-source licenses, encouraging soil specialists, plant scientists and other experts to build tech solutions for sustainable farms. The move comes as U.S. farmers grapple with low…
In the news | Microsoft AI Blog
Microsoft open sources its ‘farm of the future’ toolkit
FARMINGTON, Wash. – The gently rolling hills here in eastern Washington have long grown rich harvests of wheat, barley and lentils. Fifth-generation farmer Andrew Nelson is adding a new bumper crop to that bounty: Data. He gathers it from sensors…
Awards | GSA Technology Transformation Services
FarmBeats Chosen as One of Four “Applied AI Challenge” Winners
Enabling AI and Data-driven Precision Agriculture with FarmBeats was 1 of 4 winners of the GSA’s Technology Transformation Services (TTS) Applied AI Challenge. The challenge was created to improve how the federal government applies emerging AI and machine learning (ML)…
In the news | CNBC Squawk Box Asia
CNBC Squawk Box Asia live broadcast interview with Ranveer Chandra
Ranveer Chandra is interviewed as part of their “food week” to speak to technology trends in agriculture and how Microsoft is innovating to help industry / growers to sustainably nourish the world.