In the news | Franzis Kuskiefer Blog
Shipping (some) HACL*
In this second blog post I describe the process of integrating code from HACL*, a researchy crypto library, into NSS, a production library shipping to millions of people, running on a plethora of platforms. In short, how to ship (some…
Tales from the Crypt(ography) Lab with Dr. Kristin Lauter
Episode 19, April 11, 2018 - Dr. Lauter tells us why she feels lucky to do math for a living, explains the singular beauty of elliptic curves and the singular difficulty of supersingular isogeny graphs, talks about how homomorphic encryption…
Second homomorphic encryption standardization workshop delivers the goods
| Kristin Lauter
What an exciting two days at the Second Homomorphic Encryption Standardization Workshop at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. More than 70 participants from 10 countries gathered together for two intense days of panels, discussions and planning and walked away with a…
In the news | Kidscreen
Microsoft brings toys to life in Project Zanzibar‘
Developed by a team of Microsoft researchers, the new user interface features a flexible mat that can locate, sense and communicate with objects–and may just give a much-needed jolt to a struggling toys-to-life market.
Project Zanzibar: Blurring the distinction between the digital and the physical worlds via tangible interaction in a portable implementation
It was a love of toys, a shared appreciation for the intrinsic beauty of physical objects and a recognition of their absence in the daily computer interactions of a world that currently spends most of its time gazing at and…
In the news | The Verge
Microsoft’s smart mat project could blend Lego and Minecraft together
A team of researchers, with a love of toys, created the project at Microsoft’s research labs in the UK. The mat folds and combines sensing, near field communication (NFC), and multi-touch to imagine a future where you could place objects…
In the news | Slashgear
Microsoft’s Project Zanzibar could do for toys what multitouch did for smartphones
Microsoft has detailed Project Zanzibar, a research effort involving the development of a smart mat that takes physical toys and presents them on a display, combining real-world and digital play into a single experience.
Microsoft Shines at NSDI ’18
| Victor Bahl
Microsoft Research and Microsoft Azure are committed to developing technologies that make our data centers the most reliable and high-performance data centers on the planet. We also are committed to extending the state of the art in cloud computing by…
Innovation Center for China-U.S. Youth Exchange Launched: Microsoft Honored to Be Cooperator
The launching ceremony of the Innovation Center for China-U.S. Youth Exchange was held at Peking University Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center on 2018 February 2. Speeches were delivered by U.S ambassador to China Terry Branstad, Vice Minister of Education Xuejun Tian,…