American Pioneer in Computer Design Speaks at Carnegie Mellon Qatar
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...
View ArticleMobile Code Jam Rocks Vegas
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...
View ArticleInitiative Celebrates Industry-Academia Collaboration
Beginning this year, Microsoft Research Connections will co-sponsor four Ph.D. scholarships per year at University College London.
View ArticleIs Viral Marketing a Myth?
New research suggests the term “viral” marketing does not describe accurately what happens in the market.
View ArticleOn Helium and Chocolate
Powerful research tools shared during American Geophysical Union meeting
View ArticleSoftware Predicts Tomorrow’s News by Analyzing Today's and Yesterday’s
Prototype software can give early warnings of disease or violence outbreaks by spotting clues in news reports.
View ArticleInside Microsoft Research: BLINK … and You Won’t Miss a Thing
BLINK, a new app from Microsoft Research that is available for download for Windows Phone 8, enables users to capture just the right image.
View ArticleCelebrating Excellence at POPL 2013
Microsoft Research played a robust role in Rome in late January during the 40th Association for Computing Machinery Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages.
View ArticleF# Promises a Big Return on Big Data
New web-based platform encourages F# uses in the real world.
View ArticleInnovators Wanted
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...
View ArticleFlash Fill Gives Excel a Smart Charge
Microsoft Research and the Office 2013 team have collaborated on Flash Fill, a tool that quickly and easily automates hundreds of tasks.
View ArticleInside Microsoft Research: And the Oscar Goes to …
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...
View ArticleA ‘Golden Era’ of Insight: Big Data’s Bright Future
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...
View ArticleCloud Computing the Way Forward, Says Researcher
Cloud computing will be the key platform for most applications in the coming decade, says Gordon Bell of Microsoft Research Silicon Valley.
View ArticleWomen Students Compete at Worldwide Hackathon
Microsoft Research is among the sponsors for the International Women's Hackathon, a worldwide competition as part of Engineering Week.
View ArticleBoyd Discusses Youth and Privacy Online
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...
View ArticleMicrosoft Official Looks at Changing Data Trends
Executive analyzes a new way to gather and arrange data.
View ArticleMicrosoft Research and The America21 Project Partnering to Put Urban Focus on...
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...
View ArticleBig Data Versus Little Data: Predicting the Academy Awards
A Microsoft Research economist’s focus shifts from presidential prediction to Hollywood handicapping.
View ArticleScientist Nudges Girls Toward Careers In STEM
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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