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Jonathan Abrams

Created the Nets top social-networking site, where eight million people communicate with friends and friends of friends.
Year Honored
2004
Organization
Founder and chairman, Friendster
Region
Global

"The Mountain View, CA, firm has raised $14 million in venture capital."

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Aaron Hertzmann

Combines machine learning and graphics to capture the motion of actors, dancers, and athletes -- and to generate realistic animations for films and video games.

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Raffaele Colombelli

Develops new types of quantum cascade microlasers with a variety of sensing and imaging applications.

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Ramesh Raskar

Built large computer display systems that seamlessly combine images from multiple projectors.

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J. J. Cadiz

Invented a better approach to alleviating information overload.
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