The recipients of the prestigious MacArthur fellowships for 2009 have been announced, and one of them is computer vision researcher Maneesh Agrawala.
Working at the intersection of visualization, human-computer interaction, and computer graphics, Agrawala, aged 37, draws on cognitive psychology to identify the key perceptual and design principles underlying graphic illustrations.
Agrawala’s novel approach to visualization and computer communication in these and many other projects is transforming how we use, synthesize, and comprehend the ever-increasing volume of digital information we encounter in our daily lives.
I look forward to seeing what his half-million will produce.
via 2 Indians win MacArthur’s ‘genius’ fellowship: Rediff.com news.
