Celebrating 20 years of MSR in Asia with Dr. Hsiao-Wuen Hon
Episode 49, November 7, 2018 - Dr. Hon gives us a brief history of Microsoft Research Asia, from its humble beginnings to its significant role in the AI boom today, talks about Microsoft Research Asia’s unique talent pipeline, shares his…
In the news | The Verge
Microsoft Word is getting a to-do feature to help people manage documents
Microsoft is starting to test a new to-do feature in Word today. The software maker found that a lot of people leave notes in their Word documents as placeholders to add more text, images, or charts. Microsoft is now making…
In the news | Engadget
Microsoft Word will automatically create to-do lists for you
Microsoft will start turning the notes you leave in Word documents into to-do lists. The company is testing a new feature in its word processor that will automatically detect notes and messages left for yourself and others and turn them…
Awards | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Microsoft Researchers named Distinguished Members of the Association for Computing Machinery
Jaime Teevan, Stefan Saroiu, and Jingdong Wang have been named Distinguished Members of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for their significant contributions that have revolutionized how we live, work and play. This is an important honor as the ACM Distinguished Member…
Growing a generation of computer scientists – Microsoft Research Asia at 20 and going beyond technical achievement
Microsoft Research Asia celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and the milestone provided an occasion for many in the industry to reflect on an amazing journey, one not only replete with excellence and technological achievement, but also significant in its…
In the news | LWN.net
Zinc: a new kernel cryptography API
We looked at the WireGuard virtual private network (VPN) back in August and noted that it is built on top of a new cryptographic API being developed for the kernel, which is called Zinc. There has been some controversy about…
AI for Good
By Tim Pan and Winnie Cui, Microsoft Research Asia In 2013, Dandan from Beijing Union University’s School of Special Education was invited to the United States to attend the 2013 Microsoft Company Meeting. Facing more than 20,000 conference attendees, Dandan, hearing…