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Winners to be featured at 2006 Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT

Cambridge, Mass., September 8, 2006 — Dr. Prithwish Basu, an innovator in the field of wireless ad hoc networking, is included in the annual 2006 TR35 list, published in the new issue of MIT's Technology Review magazine. The list features 35 of the top innovators in science and technology under the age of 35.

Dr. Basu was honored for his groundbreaking work developing new areas in wireless ad hoc networking. Dr. Basu is credited with the development of the first algorithms used for controlling movement patterns in ad hoc networks, which is directly applicable to networks of robots for determining the placement of network nodes while simultaneously maintaining high network reliability. He is one the first to propose and design a wireless parking spot discovery application in which street parking meters are equipped with occupancy sensors and wireless transceivers, thus forming an ad hoc sensor network. Scalable protocols enable this network to be intelligently queried and tasked from mobile vehicles not only for discovering and reserving remote parking spots but also for monitoring parking violations. Dr. Basu is also credited with the development of energy efficient algorithms and protocols for synchronizing communication slots in ad hoc and sensor networks. These algorithms carefully exploit the trade-offs between energy efficiency, synchronization accuracy, reliability and speed of convergence, and are expected to play a critical role in the operation of low energy military networks in future.

According to Jason Pontin, Editor-in-Chief of Technology Review: "The TR35 is an amazing group of people. Their accomplishments are likely to shape their fields for decades to come. It's evident when you scroll back and see names like Sergey Brin, Jonathan Ive, and Steve Jurvetson among the past winners."

The honorees are selected by the editors of the magazine in collaboration with a prestigious panel of judges from major institutions and corporations such as Boston University, Hewlett-Packard Labs, the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Caltech, and Applied Materials.

A number of the 35 winners will also be featured on Technology Review's new video blog, designed to highlight visually the personalities of the innovators. The blog is located here: www.technologyreview.com/blog/video.aspx

Information about past and present TR35 winners and judges is available at www.technologyreview.com/TR35/

About MIT's Technology Review
Technology Review, the oldest technology magazine in the world, is published by Technology Review, Inc., an independent media company owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Founded in 1899, Technology Review describes emerging technologies and analyzes their commercial, economic, social, and political impact for an audience of senior executives, researchers, financiers, and policymakers, as well as for the MIT alumni. In addition, Technology Review, Inc. produces www.technologyreview.com, a website that offers daily news and opinion on emerging technologies. It also produces live events such as the Emerging Technologies Conference.

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