Hacking the runway with MakeCode with Dr. Thomas Ball and Dr. Teddy Seyed
Computer programming has often been perceived as the exclusive domain of computer scientists and software engineers. But that’s changing, thanks to the work of people like Dr. Thomas Ball, a Partner Researcher in the RiSE group at Microsoft Research, and…
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A conversation with the researcher who put a movie on a piece of glass with Project Silica
One of the highlights of Satya Nadella’s vision keynote at the Microsoft Ignite 2019 last week was Project Silica where he held out a drink coaster-sized piece of regular quartz glass and shared that the piece of glass had the…
Researchers in their mid-career should expand on their current capacities to grow beyond good research and, instead, become drivers of innovation. In this article, the author explores five traits that user researchers should carry with them on their journey.
In the news | SIGMOBILE
SIGMOBILE Test-of-Time Paper Award
For the paper, Nericell: Rich Monitoring of Road and Traffic Conditions using Mobile Smartphones.
Awards | ACM
ACM SenSys Test of Time Award 2019
The Test of Time Award was established by the SenSys Steering Committee in 2014 to recognize papers that are at least 10 years old and had a long lasting impact on the field. Venkat Padmanabhan, and Ramachandran Ramjee received the…
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Microsoft Warns Its Advanced Chatbot Might Say Offensive Things
Microsoft researchers have released a chatbot version of a cutting-edge text generator trained on tens of millions of Reddit posts—albeit with a disclaimer in place should things get offensive.
In the news | The Architect's Paper
Jenny Sabin’s installation for Microsoft responds to occupants’ emotions
A large-scale installation powered by AI, Project Ada, responds to occupants' emotions, and is part of a broader push to embed sensing and artificial intelligence into the built environment.
Awards | NEC C&C Foundation
Leslie Lamport awarded NEC C&C Foundation prize
Leslie Lamport, Distinguished Scientist, received the NEC C&C Foundation prize for outstanding contributions to the development of fundamental theories in distributed computing systems. The Foundation presents the C&C Prizes to distinguished persons in recognition of outstanding contributions to research and development and/or…