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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…
As any student can tell you, university life can be stressful. Many freshmen find it difficult to adjust during their first months on campus. In addition, students who come from families with limited income may worry about living within their restricted budget. It’s no surprise,…
Leaving an infirm, elderly relative alone at home can be a torment for both the senior citizen, who may face inconvenient or even life-threatening situations, and the family, who worries about the health and safety of their loved one. Unfortunately, this troubling scenario is becoming…
Imagine a street dance in which the participants interact not just with their flesh-and-blood counterparts but also with lights and sounds controlled by the dancers’ own movements. That’s what visitors to SummerSalt, an outdoor arts festival in Melbourne, Australia, experienced. The self-choreographed event came courtesy…
Posted by George Thomas Jr. How is it you seem to be spending more and more time every day sifting through and prioritizing email messages? According to research by The Radicati Group, Inc., the legitimate emails you receive — already upwards of 100 per day — will…
Machine learning is the cornerstone of today’s modern data analysis. The gurus of “big data” analytics are all well versed in machine learning, but most domain specialists still must hire data scientists to meet their data-analysis needs. It's inevitable, though, that the data-modeling chain will become largely…
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