Four from Microsoft Research Named ACM Fellows
On Jan. 8, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) announced that it had recognized 41 of its members for their contributions. Four of these new ACM fellows are from Microsoft Research.
In the news | IEEE
Elected IEEE Fellow, 2007
For contributions to architecture, protocols, and performance of wireless networks.
2006年12月1日,香港--今天,在中国教育部的大力支持下,由微软亚洲研究院,香港中文大学主办的首届"微软亚洲研究院联合实验室"研讨会于香港召开。来自清华大学,浙江大学,哈尔滨工业大学,中国科技大学,北京大学,上海交通大学,以及香港中文大学和香港科技大学等大陆及香港地区八所知名高校的代表们齐聚一堂,共同分享了其联合实验室的经验与成果,并就发展规划,科研课题,人才培养等展开了讨论。该研讨会旨在加强...
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