Fitzgibbon’s Research Reaps Silver Dividend

Posted by Rob Knies

Research success can be characterized in any number of ways. It might be by the cleverness of an algorithm. It might be by paper citations, or product contributions, or helping to develop disruptive technologies.

Sometimes, though, having a successful research career can be as simple as pursuing a path of lifelong learning. Just ask Andrew Fitzgibbon.

On June 27, Fitzgibbon, a principal researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge, was announced as one of four winners of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Silver Medal for 2013. The award recognizes outstanding and demonstrated personal contributions to British engineering, resulting in successful market exploitation by an engineer with less than 22 years of full-time employment.