Microsoft Research News and Highlights

Jason Salavon has been selected for Mircosoft’s Artist-in-Residency Program from August through March 2015. The residency will primarily take place in Microsoft Research's gallery space called Studio 99.

More than 18,000 contestants participated in the 2014 Beauty of Programming contest, sponsored by Microsoft and the IEEE.

John Platt of Microsoft Research explains how machine learning is used to improve Microsoft products.

Microsoft has more than 20 years of experience in creating machine-learning systems and applying them to real problems, which is useful when determining what it takes to deploy machine learning in production.

In an effort to encourage more women to stay in computer-related Ph.D. programs and understand the opportunities in this field, Microsoft Research offered a workshop on Tips and Tools for Scientific Research Success at its Cambridge lab, June 16–18, 2014.

The first day of the 2014 Microsoft Research Faculty Summit, on July 14, will be streamed online. Viewers will see selected keynotes and thought-provoking interviews with top researchers.

Corporate Vice President Peter Lee, head of Microsoft Research, is taking Microsoft’s huge research division to new levels by encouraging his researchers to seek the next big thing and not worry about being wacky.

On May 28, an event at Mexico City's Metropolitan Autonomous University celebrated the launch of the Spanish edition of "The Fourth Paradigm: Data Intensive Scientific Discovery," based on the vision of computing pioneer Jim Gray.

Microsoft’s Cortana, the personal assistant available on Windows Phone, has called every FIFA World Cup elimination-round match correctly. That’s right, she’s 14 for 14, with help from Microsoft Research.

Microsoft Research says it has achieved new records with a deep learning system it calls Adam that is twice as adept as previous systems at recognizing images while using 30 times fewer machines.

Project Adam from Microsoft Research uses a new, distributed-systems architecture and techniques to scale deep neural networks, in speed and accuracy, to perform computer-vision recognition and categorization tasks at world-record levels of performance.

The Lab of Things from Microsoft Research benefits researchers experimenting with connected devices in various domains, and now, it is helping to accelerate research on helping people with disabilities.

Korea Day at Microsoft Research 2014, held in Beijing on June 9, featured creative, collaborative projects from the top eight universities in Korea.

New research from Microsoft researcher Andrew Begel and his collaborators enables technological analysis of when a software programmer is encountering difficulty—a significant step toward preventing bugs from being introduced into code.

Trishul Chilimbi, featured in a video segment of the Microsoft Research Luminaries series, embellishes on his explanation of Project Adam earlier this week with a few comments on how that work’s deep-learning approach could affect future programming.

Microsoft researcher Jaime Teevan and her son are in the midst of an epic adventure--a 120-mile walk that will culminate with a birthday visit to Great Wolf Lodge in Grand Mound, Wash.

Peter Lee, the head of Microsoft Research, joins host Dave Ross to discuss Project Adam, the groundbreaking work being done in the company's labs, and what it means to all of us.

At the Microsoft Research lab in Cambridge, U.K., scientists track animals and map climate change in their pursuit of the next big thing.

Microsoft sees its motion-detecting-camera technology as vital as it explores other sectors such as 3-D mapping and live surgery.

In some ways, Station Q, Microsoft’s research lab for quantum computing, resembles a sleepy Southern California surfing community. In other ways, the facility represents nothing so much as the future of computing.

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