Big Advances in Data-Center Networking
Software-defined networks will be a major topic of discussion during SIGCOMM 2013, and Microsoft Research contributions will be at the heart of the conversation.
View ArticleIVR Junction: Connecting Unheard Voices to Global Social Media
IVR Junction, a Microsoft Research India project that enables anyone with a mobile phone to participate in global social media, has won the Tech Challenge for Atrocity Prevention from Humanity United...
View ArticleWhy a New Golden Age for UI Design is Around the Corner
Bill Buxton of Microsoft Research discusses the coming era of screenless digital interactions.
View ArticleNew York City Lab Lands in Silicon Alley
Microsoft Research New York City has moved into a newly refurbished home in Manhattan’s Silicon Alley.
View ArticleLab Environment Motivates Interns
No matter their field of research, Microsoft Research’s summer interns are certain to find a project that suits their interests. The most memorable aspects of their experiences, though, seem to have...
View ArticleMicrosoft India Team Develops Secure Peer-to-Peer Acoustic NFC System
A team of researchers at Microsoft Research India has developed an alternative to standard NFC communications between hand-held devices.
View ArticleSocial Scientists Find Story in Data to Attract More Customers
Social scientists say that tech companies are showing an increased interest in their skills, especially with the rising importance of social networking and big data, and that their roles within those...
View ArticleSecretly Tag 3-D-Printed Objects with InfraStructs
Microsoft Research combines terahertz scanning with 3-D printing to embed codes and shapes inside objects.
View ArticleTR35: Yu Zheng
Yu Zheng of Microsoft Research Asia, has been named to MIT Technology Review's TR35 list of the top 35 innovators younger than 35.
View ArticleUrban-Computing Work Nets Zheng TR35 Accolade
Yu Zheng, lead researcher for the Knowledge Mining group at Microsoft Research Asia, has been named to MIT Technology Review’s annual TR35 list of top innovators under the age of 35 for his work in...
View ArticleThe 3 Things You Can Learn About Your Neighborhood Using Whooly
Microsoft Research's FUSE Labs has been exploring ways of discovering and fostering latent neighborhood information to help people understand what’s happening in their local communities.
View ArticleMicrosoft Research Launches Whooly Localized Twitter Project
Whooly, Microsoft’s just-launched research project, is an experimental, mobile-friendly website that displays neighborhood-specific Tweets.
View ArticleGSB Economist Uses Big Data to Shake Up the Internet
The Internet. Economics. The two fields fall into separate departments, but according to Susan Athey, who has been working extensively with Microsoft Research, there is a considerable overlap between...
View ArticleComputing Tools for the Life Sciences
Simon Mercer of Microsoft Research Connections discusses the BioHPC and .NET Bio projects with Jarek Pillardy, head of the Cornell Bioinformatics Facility.
View ArticleRaw Data Is Both an Oxymoron and a Bad Idea: Data Should Be Cooked with Care
Kate Crawford, principal researcher at Microsoft Research New England and a visiting MIT professor, recently urged that big data should be adopted and handled cautiously.
View ArticleMicrosoft Research Grabs More Room for Data Science in Silicon Alley
The New York City branch of Microsoft Research, where computer scientists are brewing up new ideas in machine learning, prediction engines, and other fields, is getting space to bring in more...
View ArticleTouchscreens Won't Kill the Keyboard -- Entirely, Microsoft Researcher Says
If you’re afraid the future of touch-enabled smartphones, tablets, and PCs are going to rip your keyboard from your cold, dead hands, fear not, says Andy Wilson of Microsoft Research.
View ArticleNominations Invited for 2014 BCS Lovelace Medal and Roger Needham Award
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, is inviting nominations for its annual academic awards; the Lovelace Medal and the Roger Needham Award, the latter sponsored by Microsoft Research.
View ArticleLike to Flirt at the Office Water Cooler? A Microsoft Intern Built a Water...
A project from one Microsoft Research intern really catches the eye.
View ArticleEncouraging the Next Generation of Women in Computing
Although computer science is poised for exponential job growth over the next several years, there’s a glaring lack of women entering the field.
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