By Jaime Puente, Director, Latin America and the Caribbean, Microsoft Research Attendees at the 2016 Microsoft Research Latin America Faculty Summit. Eleven years ago, a few of my colleagues and I envisioned a gathering of the Latin American computer science research community. We imagined the power…
Is Pluto a planet? And how is that question related to Data Science? For sure, physical properties of Pluto do not change if we call it a "planet", a "dwarf planet", a "candelabrum", or a "sea cow". Pluto stays the same Pluto regardless of all…
By Allison Linn, Senior Writer, Microsoft Microsoft researchers are looking at ways to better secure both the latest, cutting-edge consumer technologies and the more traditional tools that we rely on for everyday activities like accessing bank records and identifying ourselves at work. The researchers will…
Citing 25 years of significant impact on software engineering research, the IEEE Computer Society Technical Council on Software Engineering has awarded Microsoft Research the 2016 TCSE Distinguished Synergy Award. The award was presented Thursday, May 19, at the International Conference on Software Engineering in Austin,…
By Kuansan Wang, Managing Director, Microsoft Research Dr. Kuansan Wang is the Managing Director for Microsoft Research Outreach, responsible for overseeing research and innovation in the area of academic services. Photo credit: Scott Eklund, Red Box Pictures Progress in AI research and applications is exploding, and…
By Daron Green, Managing Director, Microsoft Research The February 2016 winners of the NCWIT Academic Alliance Seed Fund spoke about their projects at the Summit on Women and IT in Las Vegas, Nevada, yesterday. Winning projects receive up to US$10,000 to develop and implement initiatives…
By Judith Bishop, Director of Computer Science, Microsoft Research Throughout his life, Albert Einstein, who pioneered the theory of relativity, was skeptical about quantum computing. He was of the opinion that the quantum mechanical theory was incomplete, and was “spooky action at a distance.” How…
By Allison Linn, Senior Writer & George Thomas, Jr., Writer, Microsoft Yuval Peres and Robert Schapire, two Microsoft researchers known for their groundbreaking achievements in their respective fields, have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. The two researchers are among 84 new members…
By Miran Lee, Principal Research Program Manager, Microsoft Research To many who swim for exercise, workouts come down to the monotony of doing laps—swimming back and forth in a pool. Over and over. Unlike other exercisers, who can make their routines less of a chore…
By Allison Linn, Senior Writer, Microsoft Photo credit: Scott Eklund/Red Box pictures Jeannette M. Wing, Microsoft’s corporate vice president in charge of the company’s basic research laboratories, appeared Wednesday before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. She was speaking at a hearing on Leveraging the…
By Kristin Tolle, Director, Microsoft Research On October 31, 2013, the city of Austin, Texas, faced a destructive flood. At the time, I was visiting David Maidment, Chaired Professor of the Civil Engineering Center for Research in Water Resources on site at the University of…
By Brian Hillger, Senior Director, C+E Business Planning, Microsoft Based on Microsoft’s extensive experience engaging and working with the academic community, we strongly believe that educational institutions of all types and sizes can benefit from cloud services, for research as well as for teaching and…
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