Computer Science Students Aid Ecological Field Work
Microsoft Research is helping to support work to enable a streamlined process for field researchers to take digital notes and push their data to the cloud.
View ArticleCO-GPS from Microsoft Research: Better GPS with Incredible Battery Life
Microsoft Research has developed a technique to enable the use of GPS without draining huge amounts of battery power from a mobile phone.
View ArticlePrivacy by the Numbers: A New Approach to Safeguarding Data
A mathematical technique gives researchers access to personal data while meeting a high standard for privacy protection.
View ArticleInside Microsoft Research: Grudin Joins Ranks of ACM Fellows
Jonathan Grudin of Microsoft Research has been named to the 2012 class of Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery.
View ArticleCreating Buzz for Computer Science
Computer Science Education Week represents an opportunity to inspire students to pursue a field of study critical to society.
View ArticleSocial Science Pushing Data Frontiers
Business-led data science uses data, statistical, and computational methodologies to study social behavior, much the same as academically focused quantitative social science.
View Article30 Under 30: Vipul Goyal
Vipul Goyal of Microsoft Research India has been named to Forbes magazine's 30 Under 30 compendium in the Science and Healthcare category.
View ArticleInside Microsoft Research: Heady Recognition for Young Researcher
Vipul Goyal of Microsoft Research India has been named to Forbes magazine’s 30 Under 30 list of young people who are reinventing the world.
View ArticleResearch as a Service: Cloud Computing Accelerates Scientific Discovery
An informal survey reveals that researchers value the concept of using an on-demand, scalable compute resource over acquiring, deploying, and managing a dedicated resource.
View ArticleInside Microsoft Research: .NET Gadgeteer Gets Youths Excited About Computer...
Over the past year, educational use of .NET Gadgeteer, a rapid prototying platform for small electronic gadgets and embedded hardware devices, has been gaining steam.
View ArticleWindows 8's Coolest App: Fresh Paint
Fresh Paint, a complex finger-painting app that simulates oil on canvas, is Microsoft's coolest Windows 8 app.
View ArticleAward to Fund Brazilian Research
Microsoft Research’s 2013 Software Engineering Innovation Foundation awards will include a new grant of $25,000, specifically intended to help fund a project from Brazil.
View ArticleInside Microsoft Research: Four from Microsoft Research Named Inaugural AMS...
Jennifer Chayes, Michael Freedman, Yuval Peres, and Madhu Sudan of Microsoft Research have been named to the inaugural class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society.
View ArticleHekaton Breaks Through
Databases are about to get a big boost in performance. Hekaton, in-memory technology for the next major release of SQL Server, promises five to 50 times gains in transaction throughput.
View ArticleMicrosoft Research Asia: 2012 in Review
Hsiao-Wuen Hon, managing director of Microsoft Research Asia, takes a look back at a productive year.
View ArticleMicrosoft Research India: 2012 in Review
P. Anandan, managing director of Microsoft Research India, takes a look back at a productive year.
View ArticleAdvanced Technology Labs Cairo: 2012 in Review
Hussein Salama, director of Advanced Technology Labs Cairo, takes a look back at a productive year.
View ArticleAdvanced Technology Labs Europe: 2012 in Review
François Dumas, director of Advanced Technology Labs Europe, takes a look back at a productive year.
View ArticleMicrosoft Research Cambridge: 2012 in Review
Andrew Blake, managing director of Microsoft Research Cambridge, takes a look back at a productive year.
View ArticleMicrosoft Research New England: 2012 in Review
Jennifer Chayes, managing director of Microsoft Research New England, takes a look back at a productive year.
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