Microsoft Research News and Highlights

Chuck Thacker of Microsoft Research Silicon Valley discussed the challenges facing computing in the 21st century as part of a seminar on new perspectives in computer architecture at Carnegie Mellon University Qatar.

The top three submissions for each of the Project Hawaii and TouchDevelop Mobile Code Jam Challenges recently took the stage in Las Vegas during the 10th annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference.

Beginning this year, Microsoft Research Connections will co-sponsor four Ph.D. scholarships per year at University College London.

New research suggests the term “viral” marketing does not describe accurately what happens in the market.

Powerful research tools shared during American Geophysical Union meeting

Prototype software can give early warnings of disease or violence outbreaks by spotting clues in news reports.

BLINK, a new app from Microsoft Research that is available for download for Windows Phone 8, enables users to capture just the right image.

Microsoft Research played a robust role in Rome in late January during the 40th Association for Computing Machinery Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages.

New web-based platform encourages F# uses in the real world.

Microsoft Research Connections is helping the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy team to announce the second round of Presidential Innovation Fellowships to solve challenges of national importance.

Microsoft Research and the Office 2013 team have collaborated on Flash Fill, a tool that quickly and easily automates hundreds of tasks.

Fresh off his superlative performance in predicting the results of the 2012 U.S. presidential election, David Rothschild of Microsoft Research New York City has focused his forecasting abilities on a new target: the 2013 Academy Awards.

Eric Horvitz, managing co-director of Microsoft Research Redmond, discusses the computing advances on the horizon, the influence they will have, and how insights from big data and smarter software will change the world.

Cloud computing will be the key platform for most applications in the coming decade, says Gordon Bell of Microsoft Research Silicon Valley.

Microsoft Research is among the sponsors for the International Women's Hackathon, a worldwide competition as part of Engineering Week.

Danah boyd, a senior researcher at Microsoft Research, spoke on conceptions of online privacy, intergenerational interactions, and the sometimes surprising interpretation of Internet content Feb. 18 at Princeton University.

Executive analyzes a new way to gather and arrange data.

On Feb. 20, Microsoft Research, in conjunction with The America21 Project, announced the three pilot cities for the Activate Local Communities Across America Initiative: Chicago; Portland, Ore.; and Cambridge, Mass.

A Microsoft Research economist’s focus shifts from presidential prediction to Hollywood handicapping.

Jennifer Tour Chayes, managing director of Microsoft Research New England and Microsoft Research New Yor City, shared her story with high school girls from Loudoun County, Va., on Feb. 20

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