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  1. Workshop highlights medical uses of Kinect technology 

    January 10, 2014

    In keeping with the January ritual of reflecting on the past year’s accomplishments, we’re eager to tell you about a very special event that Microsoft Research Cambridge hosted in November: the Body Tracking in Healthcare workshop. This occasion celebrated the completion of a two-year collaboration…

  2. WorldWide Telescope celebrates new release 

    January 6, 2014

    For the past five years, WorldWide Telescope (WWT) has served as an enriching resource in schools, museums, planetariums, and homes all over the world, inspiring students and astronomy enthusiasts with its detailed views of the heavens and interactive educational content. In celebration of its fifth…

  3. Hacking to build diverse teams of technological innovators 

    December 30, 2013

    Technology can play a key role in finding solutions to big problems. First, we have to build diverse teams of innovators to lead the way. Hackathons provide a great opportunity for anyone to experience coding and see how technology can be used to address serious…

  4. Two from Microsoft Research Win Helmholtz Recognition 

    December 23, 2013

    Tweet This year, the IEEE Technical Committee on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, the organizer of the International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), inaugurated the Helmholtz Prize, a test-of-time award presented for papers published at least 10 years ago that continue to influence the field…

  5. Our top 10 blogs of 2013 

    December 23, 2013

    I love my job, as I have the privilege of highlighting Microsoft Research Connections’ collaborations with some of the brightest minds at universities and research institutions around the world. And with so many inspiring projects, it’s difficult to pick my favorites—which is why I’m glad…

  6. Two from Microsoft Research Named 2014 IEEE Fellows 

    December 17, 2013

    Tweet Posted by Rob Knies   Even in this awesome, hyperbolic age, the words “extraordinary achievement” don’t get tossed around all that much. And when they come from the IEEE, the world’s largest professional association for the advancement of technology, they retain the distinction of…

  7. Microsoft Research Asia funds cloud computing for urban studies 

    December 17, 2013

    The world is becoming more urban. The movement of populations from rural to city life is nothing new in the developed countries of Europe and North America, but it has greatly accelerated in the rapidly developing countries of Asia. In China, for example, the percentage…

  8. Data-Powered Predictions for 2014, from the Super Bowl to Hillary Clinton 

    December 17, 2013

    Tweet Posted by Steve Wiens   Microsoft researcher David Rothschild is legendary for his ability to predict the future using a unique, rigorous approach to data analysis. He correctly called the results of the 2012 U.S. presidential election in every state but one. He nailed 19 of…

  9. Cancer research benefits from NodeXL network graph analysis 

    December 16, 2013

    A diagnosis of cancer can be particularly foreboding for any patient. However, new treatments become possible as we learn more about the disease, and the application of research techniques more commonly found in the social sciences are now providing new insights.Although medical investigators have been…

  10. Latest Microsoft Research Luminary: Lucas Joppa, Conservation Scientist 

    December 16, 2013

    Posted by Rob Knies Over the past several years, Microsoft Research Cambridge has established its bona fides as a serious player in the area of computational ecology, so it’s no great surprise that work from that lab caught the attention of Prince William during a…

  11. Cloud computing for environmental science webinar airs December 17 

    December 13, 2013

    Preserving biodiversity, understanding animals’ social interactions, and predicting droughts: these are all key research areas for ecologists and environmental scientists. And like so many areas of research these days, they are all data intensive and thus potential beneficiaries of cloud computing. With that in mind,…