South by Software—Microsoft’s Excellent Austin Adventure
Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of attending South by Southwest Interactive, one of the largest conferences on emerging technology in the world. The event is held in Austin, Texas, as part of the family of South by Southwest…
Confronting Global Grand Challenges
On March 12 and 13, I had the privilege of joining with more than 450 leading thinkers drawn from around the world and across disciplines at the inaugural Global Grand Challenges Summit in London. Organized by the UK’s Royal Academy…
Buildings Go Green…in the Cloud
As I listened to U.S. President Barack Obama’s second inaugural address in January, I was struck by the emphasis he placed on addressing global climate change and the need for clean energy. “The path toward sustainable energy sources will be…
Kinect Fusion Boosts Kinect for Windows SDK Update
On Monday, March 18, 2013, Microsoft rolled out the latest release of the Kinect for Windows software development kit (SDK). This represents the largest update to the technology since the SDK was first commercially released in February last year, and…
H(app)athon Project: Smiles Sure to Ensue
Posted by Rob Knies What makes you happy? Mary Czerwinski is performing some research on that very topic.Czerwinski, a principal researcher at Microsoft Research Redmond and manager of the Visualization and Interaction for Business and Entertainment Research Group, is participating…
Computerworld Honors Microsoft Research for Breakthroughs in Pneumonia and HIV
Today is a proud day for Microsoft Research Connections and our academic collaborators, as two of our research efforts have been named 2013 IDG's Computerworld Honors Program Laureates. The Computerworld Honors program, founded in 1988, recognizes organizations and individuals who…
“语飞云行”带新加坡学生乐学中文
编者按：“语飞云行”(MyCLOUD）是业内首款交互型中文移动学习平台。近日微软教育研究与应用中心的四家合作伙伴——微软新加坡、微软亚洲研究院、南侨小学和国立教育学院联合宣布，它们共同开发的中文移动学习工具“语飞云行”将于2014年推广到新加坡除南侨小学之外的另四所小学，让更多新加坡学生快乐学中文！ 为加强资讯通信教学的推广和研究，微软教育研究与应用中心（CERA）的四家合作伙伴——微软新加坡、微...
ChronoZoom Named Top Educational Resource at 2013 SXSW Interactive
When Microsoft Research teamed up with the University of California Berkeley to create a digital tool for exploring the history of everything, we knew we had the potential to build a killer educational app. After all, a tool that can…
SXSW Interactive Hall of Fame Inducts danah boyd
Posted by Rob Knies It’s no surprise, really, that danah boyd, senior researcher at Microsoft Research New England, has been named the second inductee into the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival Hall of Fame.After all, boyd has established herself…