MACE: Taking Control of Network Access
MACE, a tool from Microsoft Research India, gives network administrators the ability to collect data from file servers, visualize that information, and gain greater understanding of who has what access...
View ArticleMachine Learning Summit Goes Virtual
On April 23, keynotes and interviews will be streamed live from the Microsoft Research Machine Learning Summit, behind held in Paris.
View ArticlePreserving Latin America's Wildlife
A new tool called LiveANDES collects, stores, and analyzes data about Latin America’s wildlife—and offers hope for the future of threatened species.
View ArticleFocus in France on Machine Learning
Christopher Bishop, distinguished scientist at Microsoft Research Cambridge, discusses machine learning shortly before the opening of the Machine Learning Summit 2013, to be held April 22-24 just...
View ArticleThe Bright Future of Machine Learning
The Microsoft Research Machine Learning Summit 2013 opened with a pair of engrossing talks by Rick Rashid, Microsoft chief research officer, and Andrew Blake, laboratory director of Microsoft Research...
View ArticleInfer.NET: Machine Learning Tailor-Made
Infer.NET, a project from Microsoft Research Cambridge, delivers machine-learning algorithms to solve individualized problems.
View ArticleThe Sixth Wave Is upon Us
Hermann Hauser enlivened the second morning of Microsoft Research’s Machine Learning Summit 2013 with a riveting keynote, looking back and then peering into the future.
View ArticleImproved Healthcare via Machine Learning: a Way Forward
Iain Buchan, a professor at the University of Manchester, offers suggestions on how machine learning could have a powerful influence on improving people’s healthcare.
View ArticleBeyond the Smartwatch: How Invisible Machines Will Shape Microsoft's Future
A chat with Rick Rashid, chief research officer at Microsoft.
View ArticleParis, Machine Learning, and the Wonders of Streaming
The Microsoft Research Machine Learning Summit brought more than 230 thought leaders to Paris from April 22 to 24 to discuss key challenges and new approaches to machine learning.
View ArticleShould Teenagers Expect Privacy on the Internet?
danah boyd of Microsoft Research New England delivered an engaging keynote address about teenagers and online privacy during the Tech Forum 2013 conference in Boston.
View ArticleAnalyze Public .NET Code with Code Digger
Code Digger, an extension for Visual Studio 2012 based on the Pex tool from Microsoft Research, has been released to enable software developers to analyze excecution paths through .NET code.
View ArticleCHI 2013: an Immersive Event
CHI 2013 is all about pushing the boundaries of human-computer interaction (HCI). During this year’s event, 27 papers from Microsoft Research present innovations that re-imagine the computing...
View ArticleE-Text Rivals Paper in These 'United Slates'
United Slates is a digital-age active-reading system that combines the best features of paper and electronic text, developed in part by Microsoft Research's Nicholas Chen.
View ArticleHelping the Low-Literate Learn to Navigate Through User Interfaces
Research from Microsoft Research India, accepted as a paper to be delivered during this week’s CHI 2013 conference, has identified ways to make it easier for people with little or no education to...
View Article'Small Data' Enabled Prediction of Obama's Win, Say Economists
Economists who correctly predicted President Obama's re-election nine months before the election attribute their forecasting success to "small data."
View ArticleFinger-Free Phones, Full Body Gesturing, and Our 'Touchscreen' Future
'If you're aware there's a computer there, we've failed,' says Bill Buxton of Microsoft Research.
View ArticlePutting Your Work ID Badge to Work
An Interactive Belt-worn Badge with a Retractable String-based Input Mechanism, a note from Microsoft Research Cambridge accepted for CHI 2013, describes a computing prototype device designed to...
View ArticleRetractable String Theory: Microsoft Boffins Design Smart ID Badges
Wearable computer prototype uses context to determine information displayed.
View ArticleUsing Twitter to Spot Signs of Postpartum Depression
Microsoft researchers are investigating whether Twitter could help spot signs of postpartum depression in new mothers based on changes in how and what they tweet.
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