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    Microsoft Research Asia Ph.D. Forum 2017 

    September 18, 2017

    Welcome to Microsoft Research Asia Ph.D. Forum 2017. This forum is organized by Microsoft Research Asia to provide a platform for the outstanding Ph.D. students to exchange insights, gain exposure and learn from each other. Over the years, Microsoft Research Asia has been proactively collaborating…

  2. SIGIR 2017

    Microsoft Research @ SIGIR 2017 

    August 8, 2017

    The SIGIR (Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval) Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval (SIGIR 2017) is the premier international forum for the presentation of new research results and for the demonstration of new systems and techniques in information retrieval. Microsoft is proud to…

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    Creating intelligent water systems to unlock the potential of Smart Cities 

    July 31, 2017

    By Satish Sangameswaran, Principal Program Manager, and Vani Mandava, Director, Data Science The newspaper headlines about “Bangalore’s looming water crisis” have been ominous, with one urban planning expert proclaiming that Bangalore will become “unlivable” in a few years because of water scarcity. This is a…

  4. Microsoft Research Asia Academic Day 2017 

    May 26, 2017

    Welcome to Microsoft Research Asia Academic Day 2017. This is one of the workshops hosted by Microsoft Research Asia for our academic partners and researchers in Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, and Hong Kong to share the progress of collaborative research projects, discuss new ideas, and inspire…

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    Microsoft Research Asia Symposium on Collaborative Research 

    May 18, 2017

    Welcome to 2017 Microsoft Research Asia Symposium on Collaborative Research. This symposium is organized by Microsoft Research Asia to not only share the latest scientific achievements from cooperation with Academia in China, but also explore opportunities with great potential in the near future. Over the years,…

  6. Partnership yields key breakthroughs in VR’s “grand challenge” 

    February 6, 2017

    By Noboru Sean Kuno, Research Program Manager, Microsoft Research Asia The potential for virtual reality (VR) to upend industrial design, medicine, and other specialized fields has now vaulted the emerging field into the ranks of what the National Academy of Engineering calls its 14 grand…

  7. Project PrivTree: Blurring your “where” for location privacy 

    January 20, 2017

    By Winnie Cui, Senior Research Manager, Microsoft Research Asia Data scientist, Anthony Tockar, used publicly available location data to show how celebrities can be tracked throughout New York City, while working on his Master’s Degree at Northwestern University. By cross-referencing public news and photos about…

  8. ASIACRYPT 2016 and Microsoft Research 

    December 4, 2016

    Microsoft is a sponsor of the 22nd Annual International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptology and Information Security (ASIACRYPT) in Hanoi, Vietnam, on December 4-8, 2016.

  9. Top PhD students gather at Microsoft Research Asia PhD Forum 2016 

    November 29, 2016

    By Lily Sun, Research Program Manager, Microsoft Research Asia Since its inception in 1998, Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) has anointed nearly 400 top researchers with the coveted honor of “Microsoft Research Fellow.” Some of them recently returned to Beijing, sharing their insights and best practices…

  10. Trusted Data Collaborative Workshop 

    November 15, 2016

    The Trusted Data Collaborative Workshop will be co-hosted by the Indian Institute of Science, SETS, Chennai, Microsoft Worldwide Public Sector, and Microsoft Research India. This workshop will include presentations and discussion surveying worldwide use cases in public and commercial sectors. These sessions will focus on…