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Called to serve: Tech, research, and positive impact with Chris White
Dr. Chris White, director of Microsoft Research’s Catalyst Lab, discusses his career using technology to protect soldiers in Afghanistan and combat human trafficking.
Why it matters
White's dark-web search tools allow law enforcement to connect evidence at scale, which can significantly increase the prosecution of human trafficking crimes.
The details
Memex tools helped New York City increase human trafficking prosecutions ten times. Project Natick tested an underwater datacenter for power and heat efficiency. White's current research focus includes AI-driven cyber defense and digital infrastructure protection.
What's next
White expects a growing need for breakthroughs in cyber defense to protect digital infrastructure and deter system breaches.
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Chris White works at Microsoft Research
Chris White, director of Catalyst Lab at Microsoft Research
Chris White leads Catalyst Lab
Chris White, director of Catalyst Lab
Weishung Liu works at Microsoft Research
Weishung Liu, a principal technical program manager here at Microsoft Research
Microsoft owns Project Natick
this underwater datacenter called Project Natick... led to us being, you know, named the most innovative company
Project Natick uses Computer Vision
there was, like, computer vision that was analyzing which fishes and their movement
Chris White is located in Afghanistan
help lead advanced tech operations in Afghanistan
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Chris White is related to Memex
you continued on with DARPA as a program manager, and in that role, you developed Memex
Chris White works at DARPA
you joined DARPA, which is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
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