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Microsoft Research Plays Matchmaker this February

February 10, 2012
Two major computing conferences take place this month in the Seattle area: the ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining (WSDM 2012), which runs February 8–12 in Seattle and focuses on how to improve web search algorithms, and the ACM Conference on Computer…
  1. Microsoft Research Plays Matchmaker this February 

    February 10, 2012

    Two major computing conferences take place this month in the Seattle area: the ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining (WSDM 2012), which runs February 8–12 in Seattle and focuses on how to improve web search algorithms, and the ACM Conference on Computer…

  2. Workshop Bolsters Chinese Research Uses of Kinect for Windows 

    February 9, 2012

    On December 2, 2011, Microsoft Research Asia held the Kinect for Windows Workshop 2011 in Beijing, China. The event, which drew more than 100 participants, including faculty and students from Chinese universities, provided a forum for exploring research that utilizes Kinect for Windows. It not…

  3. Addressing the Need for More Women in Computer Science Programs 

    February 3, 2012

    Last year, women accounted for only 14 percent of computer science college graduates in the United States, according to the Computing Research Association. That’s down from 35 percent in 1985, despite U.S. Labor Department statistics that show computing to be among the fastest-growing, most in-demand…

  4. Doubloon Dash: A Quest for Understanding 

    January 27, 2012

    Posted by Rob Knies A few months ago, I got a chance to talk with Thore Graepel of Microsoft Research Cambridge about Project Waterloo, a Facebook game that is part of the Research Games project exploring behavioral game theory at a global scale.Now, Graepel and…

  5. Microsoft Research Raises the Bar in Social-Media Research 

    January 12, 2012

    Posted by Jennifer Chayes, Microsoft distinguished scientist and managing director of Microsoft Research New England   We’re thrilled to announce that three leading researchers will be joining danah boyd and the social-media research team at Microsoft Research New England, based in Cambridge, Mass. Microsoft Research…

  6. Tennenholtz Wins Multi-Agent Award 

    January 6, 2012

    Posted by Rob Knies For Moshe Tennenholtz, just named the winner of the 2012 Autonomous Agents Research Award by the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence (SIGART), things just keep getting better.“I think we are living in an exciting time,” says…

  7. Microsoft Research Redmond: Year in Review 

    December 31, 2011

    Posted by Peter Lee, managing director of Microsoft Research Redmond  The last in a series of posts from the directors of Microsoft Research’s labs worldwide, this one from Peter Lee of Microsoft Research Redmond. Given that this was my first full calendar year at the…

  8. eXtreme Computing Group: Year in Review 

    December 30, 2011

    Posted by Surajit Chaudhuri, managing director of the eXtreme Computing Group The latest in a series of posts from the directors of Microsoft Research’s labs worldwide, this one from Surajit Chaudhuri of the eXtreme Computing Group (XCG). It has been just more than six months…

  9. FUSE Labs: Year in Review 

    December 30, 2011

    Posted by Lili Cheng, general manager of FUSE Labs The latest in a series of posts from the directors of Microsoft Research’s labs worldwide, this one from Lili Cheng of FUSE Labs. We just launched So.cl, our latest research experiment, which blends search and social networking. For…

  10. Microsoft Research Silicon Valley: End-of-Year Reflections 

    December 29, 2011

    Posted by Roy Levin, managing director of Microsoft Research Silicon Valley   The latest in a series of posts from the directors of Microsoft Research’s labs worldwide, this one from Roy Levin of Microsoft Research Silicon Valley. Microsoft Research (MSR) recently celebrated its 20th anniversary,…

  11. Readers’ Choice: Top 10 Blogs of 2011 

    December 29, 2011

    Recaps of the top 10 news stories of the year—it’s a New Year’s tradition that rivals Dick Clark’s “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” show. So who are we to buck convention? Therefore, without further ado, here are the top 10 Microsoft Research Connections blogs of 2011,…

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