Each year Technology Review honors 35 innovators under 35 who are tackling important problems in transformative ways. Candidates come from around the globe, some from regional TR35 competitions run by TR’s international editions. Read how we chose the 2011 winners.
Humanitarian of the Year
Paul Wicks, 30
Networking patients to combat chronic diseases
PatientsLikeMe
2011 TR35 Winners
Pieter Abbeel
Robots that learn from people
June Andronick
Software that can’t crash
Jernej Barbič
Speeding up simulations of complex objects
Dan Berkenstock
Cheaper satellite pictures
Brian Gerkey
A common language for robots
Jeff Hammerbacher
Managing huge data sets
Gert Lanckriet
Teaching computers to classify music
Alina Oprea
Guaranteeing cloud security
Aishwarya Ratan
Converting paper records to digital in real time
Noah Snavely
Synthesizing 3-D models from 2-D photographs
Piya Sorcar
Software that can be localized to teach taboo topics
Kun Zhou
Creating movie-quality graphics in real time
