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Research · Updated 20 Oct, 09:30 pm IST

Microsoft Research podcast: Chris White on DARPA work and dark‑web tools against trafficking

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Why it matters for readers: Gives insight into how technology and research can be used against serious crimes like trafficking.

  • In summer 2010 Chris White worked with a multidisciplinary team at DARPA on data‑analysis approaches aimed at preventing violence and protecting troops in Afghanistan.1
  • After the DARPA program, White took an unexpected break from academic research to help lead advanced technology operations on the ground in Afghanistan.1
  • White later shifted back to research and worked on dark‑web search tools used to help combat human trafficking.1
  • The podcast conversation with Principal Technical Program Manager Weishung Liu highlights the role of problem selection in innovation and maintaining hope when confronting severe human harms.1

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