Below please find an index of news and awards that recognize Microsoft researchers’ contribution to scientific research and commitment to advancing computer science.
Victor Bahl and Venkat Padmanabhan awarded ACM SIGMOBILE Test of Time Paper Award for RADAR: An in-building RF-based user location and tracking system. RADAR was a pioneering system for locating and tracking mobile devices using wireless LAN…
A breakthrough in sound engineering models how sound moves through any environment in Gears of War 4.
The work we do these days on F* is often in service of Project Everest. The goal of Everest is to verify and deploy a drop-in replacement for the HTTPS stack, the protocol using which…
Venkat Padmanabhan received the 2016 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Engineering Sciences from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research India for his pioneering work on indoor localization, smartphone-based sensing and mobile communication. The award recognizes outstanding…
Microsoft Research says it is close to perfecting software that can measure tumours accurately in 3D from normal Computerised Tomography (CT) scans. The job of determining the extent of tumours is currently done by hand…
Bill Thies was named a 2016 Fellow of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for his work creating communication and digital technologies to advance the social and economic well-being of low-income communities in the…
Josh Benaloh received the 2016 Pioneer Award in August 2016 from the Electronic Frontier Foundation for his contribution to the “Keys Under Doormats” report. The publication argues against requests from Congress and law enforcement agencies for exceptional…
