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  1. ICMI 2016 and Microsoft Research 

    November 12, 2016

    We are excited to have been part of the 18th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI) in Tokyo, Japan, on November 12-16, 2016. Microsoft was a Gold sponsor of this premier international forum for multidisciplinary research on multimodal human-human and human-computer interaction, interfaces, and…

  2. Events in Seoul foster artificial intelligence discussion and collaboration 

    November 11, 2016

    By Miran Lee, Principal Research Program Manager, Microsoft Research Asia More than 1,700 students and faculty members attended the 18th annual Computing in the 21st Century Conference 2016 last week in Seoul. It was the second time the conference, organized by Microsoft Research Asia, has…

  3. Asia Faculty Summit 2016 

    November 4, 2016

    Welcome to Microsoft Research Asia Faculty Summit 2016. The summit is organized by Microsoft Research Asia in partnership with Yonsei University. We are delighted to provide a forum for academic leaders from the top research universities and institutes to share the latest progress of related…

  4. Computing in the 21st Century 2016 

    November 3, 2016

    Microsoft Research Asia’s biggest yearly event, Computing in the 21st Century Conference will be held in Seoul, Korea on November 3rd and will explore the theme “Human and Machine Working as a Team”. This year’s conference includes global pioneers in computing science and industry leaders…

  5. Past Faculty Summits 

    November 1, 2016

    The Microsoft Research Faculty Summit brings together Microsoft researchers and world leading academics to explore how technological innovation can solve some of the world’s most difficult problems. View past events in North America, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and India.

  6. UIST 2016 and Microsoft Research 

    October 16, 2016

    The ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2016) was held in Tokyo, Japan, on October 16-19. Microsoft was a Gold sponsor and proud to have several researchers in attendance.

  7. MICRO-49 and Microsoft Research 

    October 15, 2016

    The 49th Annual IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO-49) was held in Taipei, Taiwan, on October 15-19, 2016. Microsoft was a Silver sponsor and proud to have several researchers attend and present at MICRO-49.

  8. Nanotechnology comes to life with needle-based human interface devices 

    August 24, 2016

    By Noboru Kuno, Research Program Manager, Microsoft Research Researchers at Microsoft and Tokyo’s Keio University have developed systems that could allow people to use tiny, painless needles to do things like monitor medical conditions or receive information without looking at a screen. The research project,…

  9. Long-term collaboration takes aim at mobile browsing 

    August 11, 2016

    By Lily Sun, Research Program Manager, Microsoft Research Asia As mobile browsing continues to consume an ever larger share of Internet services, the stakes of improving the mobile user experience have never been greater. That’s one of the reasons that Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) and…

  10. Our open source commitment: The proof is in the projects 

    July 27, 2016

    By Miran Lee, Principal Research Program Manager & Winnie Cui, Senior Research Program Manager, Microsoft Research Asia Openness allows innovation to evolve in unforeseen, novel and exciting ways, and sometimes even provides solutions that no one ever imagined were possible. Getting more done with crowdsourcing One…