Biography:Bill Thies
Bill Thies is an American computer scientist and senior principal researcher at Microsoft Research India and the recipient of the 2016 MacArthur Fellowship.[1]
Career
He started with Microsoft Research India in 2008 and is a senior principal researcher there. His research and analysis has appeared in many print publications including ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) and others.[2]
As a computer scientist, his work at the Microsoft Research unit in Bangalore, India focuses on how to use technology to aid global development.[3] He has helped to create the 99DOTS initiative,[4] a model for delivering tuberculosis medicine to those in India. He also helped to create and implement CGNet Swara[5] in collaboration with Indian journalists, to enable isolated tribal communities to have a way to communicate needs with government officials. [1]
Education
Thies graduated from the State College Area High School in 1997 and moved to Massachusetts to continue his studies.[6] He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earning two Bachelors degrees (in Computer Science and Maths) in 2001, a Master's degree in 2002, and a Ph.D. in 2009. His Ph.D. was in computer science and engineering.[3]
Recognition
In 2009, Thies received the John C. Reynolds Doctoral Dissertation Award.[7] He has received the CHI Best Paper Award and, In 2016, he was included as one of the MacArthur Fellowship Grant recipients. [8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mathur, Nandita (2016-09-23). "Microsoft Research India's Bill Thies awarded prestigious MacArthur Fellowship" (in en). https://www.livemint.com/Politics/K9KE3b4tygUq6nUUrCT2vJ/Microsoft-Research-Indias-Bill-Thies-awarded-prestigious-Ma.html.
- ↑ "Bill Thies - MacArthur Foundation". https://www.macfound.org/fellows/973/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Microsoft researcher Bill Thies wins MacArthur grant" (in en-US). 2016-09-22. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft/microsoft-researcher-bill-thies-wins-macarthur-grant/.
- ↑ "Bill Thies awarded 2016 MacArthur Fellowship | MIT EECS". https://www.eecs.mit.edu/node/6584.
- ↑ "Pennsylvania man named a 2016 MacArthur 'genius' grant winner" (in en). 2016-09-22. https://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/09/pennsylvania_man_is_macarthur.html.
- ↑ Falce, Lori (May 21, 2020). "Real genius: State High grad nets MacArthur Fellowship". https://www.centredaily.com/news/local/community/state-college/article103544562.html.
- ↑ "bnid.org". https://www.bnid.org/events/lecture-on-frugal-innovation-by-2016-macarthur-fellow-bill-thies.
- ↑ "Subhash Khot and Bill Thies named 2016 MacArthur Fellows" (in en). https://www.acm.org/membership/khot-thies-genius-grants.
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