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Our Top 10 Blogs of 2012 

December 31, 2012
Once again, you’ve voted with your clicks and we’ve tallied the results. So…drumroll, please…here are the top 10 Microsoft Research Connections blogs of 2012. Number 10: Try Try F#Who can resist such a redundantly titled post—especially when it offers information on how to get a…

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  1. Our Top 10 Blogs of 2012 

    December 31, 2012

    Once again, you’ve voted with your clicks and we’ve tallied the results. So…drumroll, please…here are the top 10 Microsoft Research Connections blogs of 2012. Number 10: Try Try F#Who can resist such a redundantly titled post—especially when it offers information on how to get a…

  2. eXtreme Computing Group: 2012 in Review 

    December 31, 2012

    Posted by Surajit Chaudhuri, managing director of the eXtreme Computing Group   2012 has been a year of significant developments for the eXtreme Computing Group (XCG), from changes in its organizational structure to project milestones we reached. One year ago, XCG had several teams with…

  3. Microsoft Research Silicon Valley: 2012 in Review 

    December 28, 2012

    Posted by Roy Levin, managing director of Microsoft Research Silicon Valley Transferring research results into products and services is always a challenging part of Microsoft Research’s job. No two transfers ever happen quite the same way. This year, Microsoft Research Silicon Valley had a tech-transfer…

  4. Rallying Women to STEM Careers 

    December 28, 2012

    We know our science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workforce is crucial to America’s innovative capacity and global competitiveness. Yet women are vastly underrepresented in these fields. The 2009 US Census reveals that although women fill close to half of all jobs in the country’s…

  5. Microsoft Research New York City: 2012 in Review 

    December 28, 2012

    Posted by Jennifer Chayes, managing director of Microsoft Research New York City The inaugural year of Microsoft Research New York City has been stupendous. All of us at Microsoft are thrilled with our newest lab. The lab officially opened on May 3, 2012, with the…

  6. Station Q: 2012 in Review 

    December 27, 2012

    Posted by Michael Freedman, managing director of Station Q   Station Q focuses on the physics of those condensed-matter quantum systems that offer the promise of intrinsic or “topological” protection from error and decoherence. Such systems are likely to play an important role in the…

  7. Microsoft Research New England: 2012 in Review 

    December 27, 2012

    Posted by Jennifer Chayes, managing director of Microsoft Research New England   It’s been another year of great research, growth, and connection at Microsoft Research New England. We’ve had more than 350 academic visitors this year, many of whom have engaged deeply with other Microsoft…

  8. Microsoft Research Cambridge: 2012 in Review 

    December 27, 2012

    Posted by Andrew Blake, managing director of Microsoft Research Cambridge As ever, at the core of Microsoft Research Cambridge’s work is participation in academic research across the world. Our publication activity is too prolific to detail, but we regularly hit the top conferences and journals.…

  9. ATL Europe: 2012 in Review 

    December 26, 2012

    Posted by François Dumas, director of Advanced Technology Labs Cairo   When I joined Advanced Technology Labs Europe as its director, I expected to work with great talent on hard problems to incubate impactful technology. Three months later, I can honestly say that the group…

  10. ATL Cairo: 2012 in Review 

    December 26, 2012

    Posted by Hussein Salama, director of Advanced Technology Labs Cairo   In 2012, we reaped the fruits of our long-term investments and bets that we made close to four years ago. In the midst of the Egyptian-revolution aftershocks, our lab managed to keep its focus…

  11. Microsoft Research India: 2012 in Review 

    December 21, 2012

    Posted by P. Anandan, managing director of Microsoft Research India   At Microsoft Research India, 2012 began the same way all years do—with our annual Technical Advisory Board meeting and TechVista, which this time was in the lovely city of Kolkata at the Science City,…

  12. Microsoft Research Asia: 2012 in Review 

    December 21, 2012

    Posted by Hsiao-Wuen Hon, managing director of Microsoft Research Asia In China, 2012 is the Year of the Dragon, a particularly auspicious year in Chinese culture. I am very glad to see that this also has been a good year both for Microsoft and for…

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