Posted by Rob Knies Have you heard of Colonel Blotto? Me, neither—at least not until a few days ago, when I ran into my friend and colleague Thore Graepel in the atrium of Building 99 on Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., campus,…
On October 5, 2011, on the stately campus of the University of Edinburgh, Sir Tim O’Shea, principal of the University of Edinburgh, and Rick Rashid, chief research officer of Microsoft Research, officially inaugurated a significant joint initiative in informatics. It…
Posted by Rob Knies Given the great strides taken in e-commerce over the past decade, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that such transactions are still in their infancy. Hence the need for the Academic Research Center for…
Astronomy is rapidly becoming exponentially data rich, with data management, data exploration, and knowledge discovering becoming central to the research enterprise. This has brought about great opportunity for growth and discovery in both astronomy and computational science. It has also…
As I read the Washington Post article by Anna Holmes entitled, “Technically, science will be less lonely for women when girls are spurred early,” I felt my heart grow heavy when I encountered the following quote from Jennifer Skaggs, a…
Awards | IEEE
Steve Hodges and Andrew Fitzgibbon was awarded the ISMAR 2021 Impact Paper Award for the paper they published 10 years ago. It was the second most highly cited ISMAR paper.
Nearly a million children die from pneumonia each year, making it a leading cause of death and the single most important health issue facing children under the age of five. The standard vaccination schedule calls for three doses of pneumonia…
With the anniversary behind us, we wanted to take a moment to thank all of you for the congratulations and well wishes sent to us. We also want to thank those of you who joined us in our locations to…
Posted by Rob Knies “The sun never sets on Microsoft Research.” That’s Peter Lee, Microsoft distinguished scientist and managing director of Microsoft Research Redmond, making his introductory remarks September 27 during an event in Redmond commemorating Microsoft Research’s 20th anniversary.…