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Microsoft and partners combine the cloud, AI, research and industry expertise to focus on transforming health care 

February 16, 2017

Healthcare NExT, a new initiative to dramatically transform health care, will deeply integrate greenfield research and health technology product development, as well as establish a new model at Microsoft for strategic health industry partnerships.

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Microsoft open sources a simulator to crash-test drones, robots and self-driving cars 

February 16, 2017

A team of researchers at Microsoft have built and open sourced a simulation tool to help people train autonomous cars, drones and robots learn how to avoid obstacles just like they would in the real world.

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Microsoft shares open source system for training drones, other gadgets to move safely on their own 

February 15, 2017

When most people with normal vision walk down the street, they can easily differentiate the things they must avoid – like trees, curbs and glass doors — from the things they don’t, such as shadows, reflections and clouds. Chances are,…

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Partnership yields key breakthroughs in VR’s “grand challenge” 

February 6, 2017

By Noboru Sean Kuno, Research Program Manager, Microsoft Research Asia The potential for virtual reality (VR) to upend industrial design, medicine, and other specialized fields has now vaulted the emerging field into the ranks of what the National Academy of…

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AI is getting smarter; Microsoft researchers want to ensure it’s also getting more accurate 

February 3, 2017

By Allison Linn, Senior Writer, Microsoft Just a decade ago, the idea of using technology to do things like automatically translate conversations, identify objects in pictures — or even write a sentence describing those pictures — seemed like interesting research projects, but…

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Microsoft Research PhD fellowships provide financial support to promising researchers 

February 2, 2017

By Jim Pinkelman, Senior Director, Microsoft Research Since 2008, Microsoft Research has been awarding two-year PhD fellowships to computer science and related researchers at leading universities in the United States and Canada. These awards are designed to help promising young…

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2017 Microsoft Research PhD scholarships support break-through projects in six countries 

January 31, 2017

By Jim Pinkelman, Senior Director, Microsoft Research Since 2004, the Microsoft Research PhD Scholarship Programme in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) has supported groundbreaking PhD projects. This year we have 17 projects that span six countries, and include research…

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Microsoft Research and the industrial research cycle 

January 30, 2017

By Thomas Ball, Research Manager, Research in Software Engineering (RiSE) group, Microsoft Research The industrial research cycle Here is what I have told new hires of Microsoft Research (MSR) since I became a manager some 14 years ago: MSR gives…

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Project PrivTree: Blurring your “where” for location privacy 

January 20, 2017

By Winnie Cui, Senior Research Manager, Microsoft Research Asia Data scientist, Anthony Tockar, used publicly available location data to show how celebrities can be tracked throughout New York City, while working on his Master’s Degree at Northwestern University. By cross-referencing…

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