Google to invest $1m in computer science research in Latin America ZDNet

Google has announced this week that it will invest $1m in computer science research projects in Latin America within the next two to three years. Under the Google Research Awards in Latin America initiative, the search giant will grant one-year cash awards to universities to support the work of faculties and their full-time students. The project for the region will be run out of Google's Engineering Center in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Areas of research Google will support within Computer Science, Engineering and related fields include geo/mapping technology, human-computer interaction as well as information retrieval, extraction and organization, privacy and immersive experiences. Ericsson taps Swedish academia and industry to dig up use cases that might make 5G compelling for operators to invest in.