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Video: Shahram Izadi - Microsoft Next 2012

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The use of interactive 3-D technologies with KinectFusion, from Microsoft Research Cambridge, to incorporate the physical world into the digital is one of the projects in the Microsoft Next 2012 competition. Click "Like" to vote.

GreenButton Introduces New Cloud-Based Media Indexing Service

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GreenButton inCus is a cloud-based media-indexing solution powered by the Microsoft Research Audio Video Indexing Service to optimize search and discovery capabilities for large media archives.

Do You Need a Digital Will?

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Things We've Learnt About Memory, the latest publication from the Socio-Digital Systems team at Microsoft Research Cambridge, is a thought-provoking read.

Inspiring Computer-Science Students in Our Backyard

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It is important that young women realize that computer scientists support and develop tools, services, and devices that can change the world for the better.

Microsoft Research’s Jennifer Chayes: 5 Projects for the Future of Computing

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Jennifer Chayes, managing director of Microsoft Research New England, discusses that lab's investigations into empirical economics, computational theory, and social networks.

Shawn Walker to Intern at Microsoft

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Shawn Walker, an iSchool Ph.D. candidate at the University of Washington, was selected for the prestigious social-science internship at Microsoft Research New England.

Inside Microsoft Research: A ‘Lifetime’ of Service Recognized

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Kevin Schofield, general manager of Microsoft Research, has been awarded the Lifetime Service Award from the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Computer Human Interaction.

Microsoft and Computer-Science Teachers—Inspiring the Next Generation

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Microsoft has great interest in inspring the next generation of computer scientists, which is why it is a major supporter of the ACM's Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education.

Microsoft’s MAVIS Audio and Video Indexing - Now Available on Demand

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The Microsoft Research Audio Video Indexing System enables search across audio and video files for instances when a particular word is mentioned.

Bahl Achieves Alma Mater’s Distinction

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In Boston on April 17, Victor Bahl, director of Microsoft Research’s Mobile Computing Research Center, will be honored as one of the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Distinguished Alumni.

Shrinking Kinect for Mobile: Q&A with Bill Buxton of Microsoft Research

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Bill Buxton of Microsoft Research discusses Kinect, how long it takes technology to come to market, and the differences between academia and industry.

Inside Microsoft Research: Bolstering Windows Phone Translation

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The Translator App for Windows Phone, updated April 16, features several contributions from Microsoft Research.

Open Data for Open Science—an Eye-Opening Event

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The second annual Open Data for Open Science workshop featured Microsoft researchers and engineers who are working on cutting-edge computing technologies.

A New Way to Get Climate Information

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A team from Microsoft Research Cambridge has created a tool that turns climate data into useful information and makes it available to the world.

2012 Women to Watch: Jennifer Chayes

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Jennifer Chayes, managing director4 of Microsoft Research New England, discusses her job, her motivation, and increasing the role of women in computer science.

Inside Microsoft Research: Great Story Just Out on Bill Buxton

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Distro, a magazine-like publication from the folks at Engadget, just published its 37th issue, and featured on the cover and in a fascinating Q&A is Bill Buxton, principal researcher at Microsoft Research.

Microsoft Research: Bringing Sexy Back

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Microsoft Research is a 20-year-old group where some of Microsoft’s most interesting, edgiest ideas percolate and sometimes come to fruition.

Microsoft Israel Presents Israeli Start-Up Companies

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At the Think Next 2012 conference in Tel Aviv, Microsoft presented 40 new technologies, 20 of them Israeli-made.

ChronoZoom Arrives in Asia

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During the Second Congress of the Asian Association of World Historians, in Seoul, South Kores from April 27 to 29, the ChronoZoom history project will receive its Asian launch.

Olympic Torch Wins UK Design of the Year 2012 Award

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Microsoft Research has been named co-winner of the Design Museum's Design Awards' Digital Award for helping to create the Kinect for Xbox 360 hands-free game controller.
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