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FREE Windows 7 Developer Boot Camp
There is a FREE Windows 7 Developer Boot Camp on November 16, the day before the conference begins – space is limited and attendees much register through the site to secure their spot in the Boot Camp. This Boot Camp is open to both conference attendees and non-attendees, and is completely FREE!
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Faculty Events
Nov 06, 2009
Professional Developers Conference (PDC)
The Professional Developers Conference (PDC), is offering a special discount to faculty and full-time students. Eligible academic attendees will receive a full conference pass for only $595 – that’s $1,500 off the full priced pass!
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Faculty Events
Nov 06, 2009
Microsoft Training Resources
In addition to the various curricula and other training material that are available in the Faculty Resource Center this page contains a list of resources from different Microsoft sites. The goal is to consolidate this information to make it easier for you to find.
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Faculty Resources
Oct 30, 2009
Introduction to Programming Through Game Development Using Microsoft XNA Game Studio
Learn the underlying skills and principles of software development as you design and build your first games for Xbox 360, Windows, and Zune. Designed specifically for students with no computer science background, this curriculum teaches the fundamentals of C# programming and the XNA Game Studio framework.
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Curricula
Sep 22, 2009
Introduction to Silverlight Labs
All the labs are designed in a way to allow students to learn efficiently by doing hands on work to create useful Silverlight applications, using Microsoft Expression Blend 3 and Visual Studio.
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Curricula
Sep 22, 2009
Tools and Services for Research Collaboration
The Microsoft Research goal is to accelerate research by collaborating with academic communities to create open tools and services based on Microsoft platforms and productivity software.
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Microsoft Research
Sep 10, 2009
Top 10 July 2009 Downloads from the Faculty Resource Center
The top 10 Faculty Resource Center downloads for the month of July, 2009 includes information on: F#, the Windows Operating System, ProjectOZ, XNA, Aspect.NET, and Expression Studio.
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Curricula
Aug 13, 2009
Project Tuva - The Messenger Lectures of Dr. Richard Feynman
The Messenger Lectures include seven videos of Dr. Richard Feynman speaking on physics at Cornell University in 1964. His signature speaking style, humor, and clarity is enhanced by Project Tuva’s interactive annotations and full transcripts.
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Microsoft Research
Jul 15, 2009
External Research Symposium 2009
Each year, Microsoft Research invites academic investigators with whom it has been collaborating to present their research progress and findings at an overall project review meeting. At this meeting more than 130 researchers joined colleagues to review these projects, compare findings, and discuss their investigative goals and strategies.
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Microsoft Research
Jul 13, 2009
Bio on Dr. Salim Hariri
Dr. Hariri, from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Arizona, has contributed the following Windows HPC 2008 Cluster material: Performance Evaluation and Analysis of Applications Running on the University of Arizona and Distributed Computing Systems Class.
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Curricula
Jul 09, 2009