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How did you do in your high school linguistics courses? What? Your high school didn’t offer any linguistics classes? Well, you’re not alone; it’s difficult to find any secondary school in the world that formally teaches linguistics. As a scientist, I find that unfortunate. It…
What if a mobile game maker could determine the “who, when, and where” that lead to the most satisfying gaming experience? What if they knew precise combination of demographics, location, and recent activities—say young men, in their dorm room, after a meal—that yields the highest…
Over the years, Microsoft Research Asia has fostered connections among a variety of people in the computer science and technology fields, especially by bringing together Microsoft researchers, interns, and university professors to collaborate on continuing projects. Such was the case when Microsoft Research Asia researcher…
Posted by George Thomas Jr. Microsoft researcher Nancy Baym Whether technology will diminish the intimacy of interpersonal relationships or in some way negatively impact humanity is an age-old concern. Opinions on the matter are as robust as the technological leaps occurring ever more rapidly in…
Looking out the windows of Microsoft Korea’s headquarters, I enjoy a magnificent sight: Gyeongbok Palace, Seoul’s most recognizable landmark, which spreads below me in its centuries-old splendor. Another inspiring sight adorns the office walls around me: posters describing research projects from Korea and Japan, each…
This past January, Microsoft revealed to the world Microsoft Surface Hub, a state-of-the-art, large-format, pen and touch computing device—think of it as a digital whiteboard on steroids—that empowers our enterprise customers to collaborate, brainstorm, and get insight into their data. This product brings together the…
Posted by Allison Linn Mobile phones and devices have already crossed the line from convenience to necessity, and we will likely grow even more reliant on them in the future. Microsoft researchers are working on a number of ways to make these gadgets both more…
Tomorrow, May 12, is the first full day of the Microsoft Research Devices and Networking Summit, which brings together more than 200 experts to discuss cutting-edge developments, potential breakthroughs, and ongoing concerns in today’s evermore connected world. An event of this significance deserves broad participation, which…
Wandering through the streets of Madrid, alive with people socializing until late at night, I was reminded of the importance of networking and collaboration. For Microsoft Research, it is our lifeblood. Through our joint research centers, along with internships, scholarships, fellowships, and visitor programs, we…
Posted by George Thomas Jr. The cloud is getting crowded. As more and more devices connect to the Internet and more and more data flows to and from the cloud, the networking fabric once deemed sufficient to handle such traffic quickly is getting stretched. In…
Launched a year ago, Code Hunt is a coding game that challenges players first to deduce a hidden problem from clues presented as unit tests and then to write a program to solve it. The game has been enormously successful, attracting more than 150,000 players…
Posted by Allison Linn A summary of Microsoft researchers' papers from CHI 2015 are listed below. About 70 Microsoft researchers are traveling this week to ACM CHI 2015, the premiere conference on human-computer interaction, to present research results and tools that can do everything from…
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