Microsoft Research Podcast Interview with Catalyst Lab Head Chris White
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On October 21, 2026, Microsoft Research released a podcast episode in which Weishung Liu speaks with Catalyst Lab head Chris White. In the episode, White recounts his career path: in 2010, as a postdoctoral researcher, he worked on a DARPA data analysis project protecting troops in the Afghanistan war; he later moved to developing dark web search tools to combat human trafficking, and for his contributions received the 2016 Presidential Award for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons. The conversation explores the role of problem selection in innovation, and White's journey of maintaining hope after confronting the darkest sides of humanity. This event is only the release of the podcast interview; no follow-up reports yet.
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In the Microsoft Research podcast, Weishung Liu talks with Catalyst Lab head Chris White. White joined a DARPA data analytics project as a postdoc in 2010, protecting troops in the war in Afghanistan, later developed dark web search tools to fight human trafficking, and received the 2016 Presidential Award for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons. The two discuss the role of problem selection in innovation and how to stay hopeful after confronting the darkest sides of humanity.
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