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From digital accessibility to space flight
Pradipta Biswas was very short-sighted as a young child and that meant his ability to travel around or play outdoors was heavily restricted. That early experience, he says, “created a force in me to overcome barriers for myself and others so that physical impairments shouldn’t stop people from achieving their dreams”. It has driven his […]
Scholar hosts first UN communications technology access meeting in India
Gates Cambridge Scholar Pradipta Biswas has hosted a UN meeting on improving access to communications technology – the first ever held in India. The meeting of ITU-T Study Group 9 (SG-9) on “Broadband Cable and Television/Audiovisual content transmission and integrated broadband cable networks” was held in May at the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru […]
Toy hackathon helps children with severe disabilities to communicate
A first of its kind toy hackathon has been organised by a Gates Cambridge Scholar to help children with severe disabilities communicate with the world. Pradipta Biswas [2006], associate professor at the Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing and associate faculty at Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems at the Indian Institute of Technology in […]
Scholar rises up the UN ranks
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has been elected as a Vice Chairman of an International Telecommunications Union study group. Pradipta Biswas [2006] has been elected Vice Chairman of the ITU Study Group 9. The ITU is the specialised agency for telecommunication at the United Nations. The study groups carry out standardisation work aimed at improving telecommunications. […]
Designing a VR cockpit for India’s space mission
A Gates Cambridge Scholar will be principal investigator in the design of a virtual reality cockpit for India’s maiden human space flight mission. Pradipta Biswas is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing the Indian Institute of Science which has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian Space Research Organisation to design the cockpit. The first Indian crewed mission was originally planned […]
75K dollar grant for tech to aid people with disabilities
A Gates Cambridge Scholar and his colleague have been awarded a prestigious grant from Facebook Reality Labs to investigate the barriers people with disabilities may face with regard to accessing augmented and virtual reality. Dr Pradipta Biswas and Professor Yogesh Simmhan have been awarded a $75,000 grant from Facebook Reality Labs for their proposal on […]
Success for robotic arm controlled by eye gaze
A team led by a Gates Cambridge Scholar has designed a robotic arm that can be manipulated by eye movement using a computer interface, aiding many people whose disabilities make it difficult to operate devices such as mouses or joysticks. A research team at the Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing (CPDM), Indian Institute of […]
Alumni respond to COVID-19
Gates Cambridge Alumni have been mobilising to address some of the many issues thrown up by COVID-19.
App allows comparisons in rate of spread of COVID-19
Dr Pradipta Biswas’ team in India has created an app that shows the rate of spread of COVID-19 in different regions.
Promoting access to audiovisual media at the UN
A Gates Cambridge Alumnus chaired a meeting at the United Nations on promoting accessibility in audio visual media in Geneva this week. Pradipta Biswas [2006] who is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing of the Indian Institute of Science, chaired the International Telecommunications Union meeting meeting on 6th June. Pradipta is co-chair of the Intersector Rapporteur Group […]
Human-computer interaction for development
Nearly 100 people attended a recent Gates Cambridge event in Mumbai on Human Computer Interaction [HCI] for development. The event was held at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and was designed to connect Gates Cambridge alumni with the leading experts and interdisciplinary researchers on urban science, futuristic agriculture and energy technologies. The seminar, which took […]
Gaze-controlled applications win Microsoft grant
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has won a $15,000 grant from Microsoft for his work on human computer interaction, intelligent user interfaces and inclusive design. Pradipta Biswas won the AI for Accessibility grant for his work for the Intelligent Inclusive Interaction Design Lab at the Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing at the Indian Institute of Science. The lab recently began a collaboration […]
Keeping an eye on the road
A new book which explores the prospect of people being able to control the electronic displays and interfaces in a car through eye gaze technology has just been published. The book, Exploring the Use of Eye Gaze Controlled Interfaces in Automotive Environments, is written by Gates Cambridge Scholar Pradipta Biswas [2006], who did a PhD […]
Opening technology up to all
Researchers led by a Gates Cambridge Scholar have devised a computer control interface which will help people with physical impairments and others who cannot use a mouse or touchscreeen to perform complex computing tasks at speed. The team of researchers at the Department of Engineering, led by Dr Pradipta Biswas, has developed a computer control […]
An interactive future for all
A Gates Cambridge Alumnus has published the first book to address the challenges in developing state-of-the-art interactive technologies for the Indian population. Inclusive Human Machine Interaction for India by Pradipta Biswas has been published this month. It investigates the use of the latest interactive devices (such as eye-tracking and brain-computer interaction) by age-related or physically […]
Healthy tv
A Gates alumnus has contributed to a Department of Health Report on Assistive Technology which was presented to the UK Parliament this month. Pradipta Biswas wrote a section of the report on smart TV and its uses for healthcare. Pradipta’s research focuses on improving access to online services, including digital TV, for the many older […]
Handbook for e-accessibility
A handbook which aims to help researchers and practitioners make it easier for elderly and disabled people to use interactive services like subtitling and audio cassette versions of books has been edited by a Gates Cambridge alumnus. Pradipta Biswas [2006] is first editor of the book A multimodal end-2-end approach to accessible computing, published by […]
A dream of collaboration
A Gates Cambridge Alumnus has been given a visiting professorship to teach a course on Human Computer Interaction at the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi which he hopes will lead to a long-term collaboration between Cambridge and the Institute. Pradipta Biswas [2006], a Research Associate at the Engineering Design Centre at the University of Cambridge, […]
Future connections
A Gates alumnus is one of a number of researchers involved in the largest India-UK ICT research collaboration into the communications of the future. The nine-university consortium includes the University of Cambridge and Cambridge-based Toshiba Research Laboratories Europe. It has just been awarded £10m funding from the UK Government, involves 200 scientists in the UK and […]
Careers webinar proves success
How to apply successfully for grant, how to patent your ideas and how to take your research from the idea to the business stage were three of the main issues covered in the first virtual seminar on career transitions organised by Gates alumni. The webinar took place on 8thOctober and was organised by Pradipta Biswas, […]
Gates alumnus addressses International Standardization Organization meeting
A Gates alumnus was part of the British delegation to the International Standardization Organization (ISO)’s meeting in China last week. Pradipta Biswas took part in the meeting in Shanghai in his capacity as an expert committee member of the British Standardisation Institute. He gave a presentation on behalf of the European Virtual User Modelling and […]
Speakers announced for Gates career webinar
An international panel of speakers will take part in a Gates webinar on career development, continuing research and networking on 8th October. The webinar, the second in a series of talks for scholars on career development, will be moderated by Gates alumni, Pradipta Biswas and Rose Spear. The keynote speaker is Pat Langdon, Senior Research […]
Webinar on career development scheduled for October
Three Gates alumni are organising a webinar on career development, continuing research and networking. The webinar, the second in a series of talks for scholars on career development, is expected to take place on 8th October. The organisers are Pradipta Biswas, Rose Spear and Maja Milicevic.They say: “The previous webinar provided a picture of socially […]
Alumnus shoots his way to two gold medals
A Gates alumnus will be picking up two gold medals this weekend after taking part in a major National Rifle Association competition. Pradipta Biswas [2006] took part in the recent 142nd Imperial Shooting Meeting in Besley, one of the biggest on the shooting calendar. One of his scores (148/150) ranks within the top 10 scores […]
Gates alumnus appointed to UN agency working group
A Gates alumnus has been appointed coordinator of the working group of a UN agency which aims to make audiovisual media accessible to people with disabilities. Pradipta Biswas was appointed last month at a meeting in Geneva designed to make the UN act on accessibility to audiovisual material via modern electronic devices like digital television, […]
