News and Awards
Below please find an index of news and awards that recognize Microsoft researchers’ contribution to scientific research and commitment to advancing computer science.
ETH, EPFL and Microsoft are extending their research collaboration
ETH, EPFL and Microsoft are extending their highly successful research collaboration, which has been known as the Swiss Joint Research Center since its inception in 2013. The projects selected for the upcoming third research phase…
What This Local Man Is Doing About SIDS
Heather and John Kahan could have been forever crushed when their son Aaron Matthew, seeming to have been born healthy, died soon after birth. Kahan has turned his family’s profound heartbreak into an opportunity to…
Bongshin Lee, Roland Fernandez receive IEEE VIS 2018 Test of Time Award
George Robertson, Danyel Fisher, Bongshin Lee, John Stasko, and Roland Fernandez received the 2018 Test of Time Award from the IEEE Information Visualization (InfoVis) conference for their 2008 paper, Effectiveness of Animation in Trend Visualization. This…
Designing the future with the help of the past with Bill Buxton
In addition to his pioneering work in computer science and design, Bill Buxton has spent the past several decades amassing a collection of more than a thousand artifacts that chronicle the history of human computer…