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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…
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)…
Awards | Newsweek
Ranveer Chandra included in Newsweek’s inaugural list of America’s Greatest Disruptors
Ranveer Chandra is among the 50 luminaries and leaders who are included in Newsweek's inaugural list of America’s Greatest Disruptors. The list features visionaries, innovators, pioneers and change makers who are using technology to transform business, health, culture and society…
Awards | The Top Innovators
The Top Innovators in Agriculture 2021
Ranveer Chandra, Microsoft Azure, earns a "Highly Commended" rating on the Top Innovators in Agriculture list 2021 for Microsoft FarmBeats.
Awards | IEEE
Ranveer Chandra elevated to IEEE Fellow class of 2020
Ranveer Chandra, Partner Chief Scientist, was elevated to the distinguished roster of IEEE Fellow as part of the 2020 class for his contributions to software-defined wireless networking technologies. Read more >
Awards | Geospacial World Forum
Ranveer Chandra earns 2018 Geospatial World Excellence Award for FarmBeats
Ranveer Chandra received a 2018 Geospatial World Excellence Award at the Geospatial World Forum in Hyderabad, India, for the FarmBeats AI & IoT Agriculture project. The forum is the world’s largest annual gathering of the geospatial community – people who build and use technologies…
Awards | Dynamic Spectrum Alliance
Award for Internet of Things (IoT) Innovation presented to Ranveer Chandra
The Award for Internet of Things (IoT) Innovation was presented to Ranveer Chandra, Principal Researcher at Microsoft for his work helping small farms increase their production and move from sustenance to production using the cloud and dynamic spectrum access.