Translating the Web for the Entire World
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research People all over the world use the Internet every day, to purchase goods or services, to search for information, to find diversions. But is the World Wide Web truly worldwide? It’s difficult to…
Go Fishing for Ink with InkSeine
Ken Hinckley always thought that searching for information on his computer was like going on a fishing expedition. Every so often, he’d even catch whatever it was he wanted. Hinckley, a senior researcher in the Adaptive Systems and Interaction group…
Microsoft Research New England’s Focus: Research Relationships
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research On Feb. 4, Microsoft Research unveiled its latest lab, to be called Microsoft Research New England and to be based in Cambridge, Mass., in the midst of the Boston region’s bustling academic environment.…
领跑下一个十年的创新——洪小文博士荣升微软亚洲研究院新一任院长
10月30日，北京---今天，微软公司宣布任命洪小文博士为微软亚洲研究院新一任院长。下午，微软亚洲研究院在北京举行了主题为“梦想绽放，领跑创新”的活动，洪小文院长携郭百宁、王坚两位副院长亮相，并宣布微软亚洲研究院进入十周年倒计时。活动期间微软亚洲研究院的研究员们还展示了他们在各自领域的多项最新研究成果。 微软亚洲研究院前任院长、微软全球资深副总裁沈向洋博士在致辞时表示，“早在1998年洪小文博士就...
Indian Team Applies Rigor to Solving Software Challenges
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research For Sriram Rajamani, the opportunity to work on improving software performance for Microsoft Research has been a productive, rewarding experience. And getting a chance to do so while stationed in his native India…
Spec#: Producing High-Quality Software
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research Modern-day software development is notoriously challenging. Programs have become highly complex. Customer expectations have never been higher. Meeting quality standards is increasingly difficult. Challenging, yes. Difficult, perhaps. But such hurdles are not insurmountable,…
Microsoft Research’s Dwork Wins 2007 Dijkstra Prize
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research Cynthia Dwork, a principal researcher for Microsoft Research Silicon Valley, has been honored as co-winner of the 2007 Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing. The award, one of the most prestigious in…
Cardelli Receives 2007 Senior Dahl-Nygaard Prize
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research Luca Cardelli, a principal researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge, has been named winner of the 2007 Senior Dahl-Nygaard Prize, presented annually to a senior researcher with outstanding career contributions. Cardelli, who heads the…
Microsoft Research Cambridge Puts Visual Studio Beta on Fast Track
With help from Microsoft Research Cambridge, Microsoft’s Developer Division will be offering an entirely new method for obtaining the latest beta of Visual Studio® 2008, Microsoft’s next-generation development tool for Windows Vista®, the 2007 Office System, and the Web. Microsoft…