Jason Salavon Selected for Microsoft Residency
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.
View Article'Beauty of Programming'—Delighting in the Art of Coding
More than 18,000 contestants participated in the 2014 Beauty of Programming contest, sponsored by Microsoft and the IEEE.
View ArticleWhat is Machine Learning?
John Platt of Microsoft Research explains how machine learning is used to improve Microsoft products.
View ArticleTwenty Years of Machine Learning at Microsoft
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...
View ArticleSupporting Technology’s Rising Stars in the U.K.
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...
View ArticleLearn What’s Hot in Computing Research
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.
View ArticleInnovator Instigator Peter Lee Shakes Up Microsoft Research
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...
View ArticleNew Spanish Edition of 'The Fourth Paradigm: Data Intensive Scientific...
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...
View ArticleWhy Microsoft's Cortana Is 14 for 14 Calling World Cup Matches
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.
View ArticleMicrosoft Challenges Google’s Artificial Brain With ‘Project Adam’
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.
View ArticleOn Welsh Corgis, Computer Vision, and the Power of Deep Learning
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...
View ArticleNew Hope for People Living with Paralysis
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.
View ArticleKorea’s Computer Science Talent Sparkles at Microsoft Research Asia
Korea Day at Microsoft Research 2014, held in Beijing on June 9, featured creative, collaborative projects from the top eight universities in Korea.
View ArticleStopping Bugs Before They Sneak into Software
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...
View ArticleProject Adam and the Future of Programming
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...
View ArticleMicrosoft Researcher and 7-Year-Old Son Depart for Grand Mound on Foot
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.
View ArticleAudio: Head of Microsoft Research Discusses Project Adam
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.
View ArticleWhy Microsoft Puts GPS in Meat for Alligators
At the Microsoft Research lab in Cambridge, U.K., scientists track animals and map climate change in their pursuit of the next big thing.
View ArticleWill Microsoft Kinect Be a Medical Game-Changer?
Microsoft sees its motion-detecting-camera technology as vital as it explores other sectors such as 3-D mapping and live surgery.
View ArticleStation Q: the Quest for a Quantum Future
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...
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