Scholarship aims to increase women in computing
Women are woefully under-represented in computing fields. I know; you’ve heard me say this before, but the statistics bear repeating: In 2014, women made up less than 20 percent of those graduating with computer and information science degrees, despite the…
2015 Oscars Prediction Model Navigates Backlash, Outrage, Shifting Sentiment
Posted by George Thomas Jr. "Selma" director Ava DuVernay wasn't nominated, but she still could affect who wins the Oscar.(Photo by Atsushi-Nishijima. ©2014 Paramount Pictures) (Editor's Note: Researcher David Rothschild is receiving significant press coverage the day after the Oscars…
NCWIT and Microsoft Research Kick Start Academic Programs for Attracting Women to Computing Fields
By Microsoft Research and the National Center for Women and Information Technology Editor’s note: This press release is republished with the permission of the National Center for Women and Information Technology. The National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT)…
Orleans Simplifies Development of Scalable Apps for the Cloud
By Janie Chang Many real-time services such as e-commerce, online gaming, and social media depend on cloud-computing platforms. Designing those services to be scalable and reliable, however, is a challenge. Until now. On January 23, 2015, Microsoft released Orleans, an…
Building the talent pipeline: the HKUST joint lab story
The following is the second of three blogs on the contributions of the Microsoft Research Asia Joint Lab Program (JLP), which recently celebrated its tenth anniversary. The JLP brings together the resources of Microsoft Research and major Chinese universities, facilitating…
微软研究员在ImageNet计算机视觉识别挑战中实现里程碑式突破
本文翻译自：Microsoft Researchers' Algorithm Sets ImageNet Challenge Milestone (opens in new tab) 一直以来，计算科学家一直在为建立世界上最精确的计算机视觉系统孜孜不倦地努力着，但取得进展的过程却一直如马拉松竞赛般漫长而艰辛。近期，微软亚洲研究院视觉计算组实现的突破让他们成为了这场竞赛的最新领跑者。该团队所开发的基...
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Jade Alglave receives Brian Mercer Award for Innovation
Jade Alglave received the Royal Society's Brian Mercer Award for Innovation for her work on multiprocessor technology, which led to the development of .cat, a standard verification format for hardware chips.
Microsoft Researchers’ Algorithm Sets ImageNet Challenge Milestone
Posted by Richard Eckel The race among computer scientists to build the world’s most accurate computer vision system is more of a marathon than a sprint. The race’s new leader is a team of Microsoft researchers in Beijing, which this…
Computer model of blood development could speed up search for new leukemia drugs
Microsoft researcher Jasmin Fisher credits multidisciplinary approach By Microsoft Research and the University of Cambridge Editor’s note: This press release is reprinted with the permission of the University of Cambridge, and is followed by a Q&A with Dr. Jasmin Fisher,…