Desney Tan

Desney S Tan
Born1976 (age 47–48)
Singapore
Alma materCarnegie Mellon University
University of Notre Dame
AwardsTR35 (2007)
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
Human-Computer Interaction
Healthcare
Life Sciences
InstitutionsMicrosoft Research
Doctoral advisorRandy Pausch

Desney Tan is vice president and managing director of Microsoft Health Futures, a cross-organizational incubation group that serves as Microsoft's Health and Life Science "moonshot factory".[1] He also holds an affiliate faculty appointment in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington,[2] serves on the Board of Directors for ResMed (NYSE: RMD, ASX: RMD),[3] is senior advisor and chief technologist for Seattle-based life science incubator IntuitiveX,[4] advises multiple startup companies (e.g. Proprio Vision[5]), and is an active startup and real estate investor.[6]

Tan was recipient of a National Science and Technology Board (NTSB) Fellowship in 2001, an Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (formerly NTSB) Fellowship in 2002,[7] and a Microsoft Research Fellowship in 2003.[8] He was honored as one of MIT Technology Review's 2007 Young Innovators Under 35 (TR35) in 2007 for his work on Brain Computer Interfaces.[9] He was also named one of SciFi Channel's Young Visionaries at TED 2009, as well as Forbes' Revolutionaries: Radical Thinkers and their World-Changing Ideas for his work on Whole Body Computing.[10] He was the Technical Program Chair of the prestigious ACM SIGCHI Conference in 2008[11] and General Chair in 2011.[12] His research interests primarily focus on Human-Computer Interaction, Physiological Computing, and Healthcare.

  1. ^ Desney Tan at Microsoft Research. Retrieved on 2021-02-12.
  2. ^ University of Washington Computer Science and Engineering Affiliate Faculty. Retrieved on 2012-10-11.
  3. ^ ResMed - Board of Directors. Retrieved on 2021-12-26.
  4. ^ IntuitiveX | Our Team. Retrieved on 2021-02-12.
  5. ^ Proprio Vision | About us. Retrieved on 2021-02-12.
  6. ^ Xconomy: Investing in Dreams. Retrieved on 2021-02-12.
  7. ^ A*STAR K-Batsu Newsletter Archived 2011-04-25 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2012-10-11.
  8. ^ Microsoft Research PhD Fellows. Retrieved on 2012-10-11.
  9. ^ Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35: Desney Tan, 31. Retrieved on 2012-10-11.
  10. ^ Forbes' Revolutionaries: Radical Thinking and their World-Changing Ideas. Retrieved on 2012-10-11.
  11. ^ ACM CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Retrieved on 2012-10-11.
  12. ^ ACM CHI 2011 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Retrieved on 2012-10-11.