Quantum Computing and the Value of Storytelling in Science
Station Q is where Microsoft is building its vision for the future of computing.
View ArticleMoving Food-Resilience Data to the Cloud
Microsoft Research is one of several groups within Microsoft helping to support the Food Resilience theme of the White House’s Climate Data Initiative by exposing pertinent data sets in the cloud using...
View ArticleHow Might Climate Change Affect Our Food Supply?
Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have teamed up to tackle “food resilience,” one of several themes that make up the White House’s Climate Data Initiative.
View ArticleFrom Quantum Computing to Show Dogs, Faculty Summit Informed and Inspired
The 15th annual Microsoft Faculty Summit is over, but you can still experience much of it on demand.
View ArticlePh.D. Summer School Explores Cutting-Edge Computing
Ph.D. students from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa convenced in Cambridge, England, in June for the Microsoft Research Cambridge 2014 Ph.D. Summer School.
View Article‘Solving the Problem Was Great; the Solution Is Beautiful’
Nikhil Srivastava, one of three collaborators who recently won a prestigious prize for proving a half-century-old mathematical conjecture, discusses his achievement and his work.
View ArticleBeyond Tapping and Sliding
A Microsoft researcher is working toward a multisensory future for our devices.
View ArticleMicrosoft to speed up Bing with FPGAs next year
Microsoft moves from experiment to deployment of FPGAs to deliver faster search results.
View ArticleMicrosoft Research Shows How to Turn Any Camera into a Depth Camera
During SIGGRAPH 2014, Microsoft Research revealed how to transform any video camera into a useful depth camera.
View ArticlePeople of ACM: Jeannette Wing
Jeannette Wing, corporate vice president of Microsoft Research, discusses computational thinking, security and privacy in a world of big data, and her fondness for the nickname her former students...
View ArticleComputing at School: Rethinking How Computing Is Taught
Tony Hey of Microsoft Research discusses his keynote address during the sixth annual Computing at School conference, held at the U.K.'s Birmingham University.
View ArticleWindUp: Researching Patterns of Content Creation and Exchange
WindUp is a project from Microsoft Research to learn how people create, share, and discuss content online.
View ArticleMobility and Networking Researchers Making a Big Impact in the Cloud
Papers, awards, and accolades during SIGCOMM 2014 highlight Microsoft achievements in the networking community, while deployments in Azure data centers underscore the value of collaboration between...
View ArticleGordon Bell Lifelogging at 80
Gordon Bell, who turns 80 today, has lived through an era in which computers occupied entire building through to being able to carry one in your pocket or around your neck.
View ArticleLooking Skyward: WWT Digital Dome Project Brings Planetariums to Chinese Schools
The WorldWide Telescope Digital Dome project is bringing enhanced planetarium experiences to Chinese schools at every level.
View ArticleThe Primary Way to Report Harassment Online Is Broken
Nearly every tech company uses the same imperfect mechanism to flag abuse.
View ArticleSkype's Real-Time Translator Learns How to Speak from Social Media
The quirky cant of Twitter and Facebook helped Microsoft build the tools for its real-time translator.
View ArticleFirst Woman Ever Wins Math's 'Nobel Prize'
Microsoft researcher Kristen Lauter, president-elect of the Association for Women in Mathematics, says that the Fields Medal won by Stanford's Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to claim the honor,...
View ArticleHorvitz at KDD: From Data to Decisions
Eric Horvitz of Microsoft Research delivered a keynote address during KDD 2014 that focused on the use of data with machine learning and reasoning procedures to generate predictions and to enhance the...
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