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Hekaton Breaks Through 

December 20, 2012
By Janie Chang In an online, on-demand world, the ability to respond quickly to requests for data has become a significant challenge. Take bwin, for example. In order to attract and retain customers, bwin, the world’s largest regulated online gaming company, must deliver consistently positive user…

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  1. Hekaton Breaks Through 

    December 20, 2012

    By Janie Chang In an online, on-demand world, the ability to respond quickly to requests for data has become a significant challenge. Take bwin, for example. In order to attract and retain customers, bwin, the world’s largest regulated online gaming company, must deliver consistently positive user…

  2. Four from Microsoft Research Named Inaugural AMS Fellows 

    December 20, 2012

    Posted by Rob Knies Four members of Microsoft Research have been named to the inaugural list of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society (AMS), announced in November.Among the 1,474 inaugural Fellows of the AMS: Jennifer Chayes, a Microsoft distinguished scientist and managing director of Microsoft…

  3. Award to Fund Brazilian Research 

    December 20, 2012

    As readers of this blog know, Microsoft Research Connections has a deep collaborative relationship with the Brazilian research community, particularly through the Microsoft Research-FAPESP Institute for IT Research. Together, we are using computing to explore bioenergy, global warming, healthcare delivery, agronomy, and data mining, just…

  4. .NET Gadgeteer Gets Youths Excited About Computer Science 

    December 19, 2012

    Posted by Rob Knies   Over the past year, the use of .NET Gadgeteer in education steadily has gained momentum, and that surge in interest received significant validation a few weeks ago in Hamburg, Germany.That city was the site of the seventh Workshop in Primary…

  5. Heady Recognition for Young Researcher 

    December 18, 2012

    Posted by Rob Knies   For a man of 29, Vipul Goyal, a researcher at Microsoft Research India, already possesses a gaudy list of academic and professional achievements. He has a Ph.D. from UCLA. As a student there, he won a Microsoft Research graduate fellowship.…

  6. Creating Buzz for Computer Science 

    December 14, 2012

    Here’s a sobering fact: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that by 2018 there will be 1.4 million open technology jobs in the United States and, at the current rate of students graduating with degrees in computer science, we will fill only 61 percent…

  7. Grudin Joins Ranks of ACM Fellows 

    December 12, 2012

    Posted by Rob Knies   After years of investigating computer-supported ways to help groups work collaboratively, Jonathan Grudin’s achievements are being recognized by one of computer science’s most esteemed groups.On Dec. 11, Grudin, a principal researcher in the Natural Interaction Research group at Microsoft Research…

  8. Computer Science Students Aid Ecological Field Work 

    December 12, 2012

    Plant biologists in Brazil are working to develop a better understanding of tropical ecosystems—how they work and how they impact climate change, not only in the region, but worldwide. These researchers are dedicated and disciplined. They’re in the field from dawn to dusk, working through…

  9. New Tools Simplify Data Mining 

    December 10, 2012

    In this era of big data, researchers are relying more and more on data mining to help them with their research. Researchers from nearly every field (not to mention businesses from almost every sector) are slicing, dicing, and sifting an exponentially growing mass of data,…

  10. Four from Microsoft Research Named IEEE Fellows 

    December 7, 2012

    Posted by Rob Knies In this, the 100th anniversary of what is now known as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Fellow program, four computer scientists from Microsoft Research have joined the annals of illustrious individuals who have attained the grade of IEEE…

  11. Narwhal Helps Developers Visualize Data in WorldWide Telescope 

    December 6, 2012

    First to explain… no, there is no time. Let me sum up: you are a scientist with complex geospatial data visualization challenges. We at Microsoft Research have a solution for you and we’re enhancing this through the release of a software library called Narwhal. (We…

  12. Low-Energy GPS Sensing Looms Large 

    December 4, 2012

    Location sensing has become ubiquitous—it’s present every time you turn on your smartphone or engage your car’s navigation system. It’s also become critical to a variety of outdoors and remote research applications, such as wildlife tracking, participatory environmental sensing, and personal health and wellness monitoring.…

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