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In ML, What They Know Can Hurt You
Imagine you own a restaurant in a city (any city but not Seattle*). From inside the restaurant there’s no way to see the outside. You come up with a marketing plan that if it rains,…
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.
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Be There: 3D Audio Virtual Presence [Video]
Demonstration of spatial audio techniques during TechFest 2015 – Microsoft Research Labs.
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Cryptographerâs challenge: Keeping genetic secrets while advancing genetic research
Kristin Lauter is solving a problem you may not even know you have: Sheâs working to keep your most personal data private and secure.
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George Varghese receives Distinguished Alumnus Award from IIT Bombay
George Varghese received Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay for his Technology Innovation Excellence.
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Kristing Lauter on Cryptography and Mathematics
There are unique challenges posed by cryptography research. This interview examines potential threats to modern security techniques and how to overcome them.
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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.
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How to inkjet-print an electronic circuit
Steve Hodges, head of the sensors and devices group at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, wants to make it easy to prototype electronic devices, so he’s found a way to print circuits with an inkjet printer…
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Eric Horvitz awarded AAAI Feigenbaum Prize
Eric Horvitz was awarded the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Feigenbaum Prize for his sustained and high-impact contributions to the field of artificial intelligence through the development of computational models of perception,…
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Power up! The hunt is on to extend battery life for mobile devices
While users are certainly relying more heavily on their devices, some observers hold that until battery capacity and efficiency evolve, mobile devices will fall short of being the command center of users’ lives.
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SIGKDD Data Science/Data Mining PhD Dissertation Award Winner
ACM SIGKDD dissertation awards recognize outstanding work done by graduate students in the areas of data science, machine learning and data mining.