As part of the XC Planning and Research team, we’ve conducted unmoderated user sessions and held workshops to help us understand the tools that employees are using to organize and act on their work. The findings will help us build…
Physics matters: Haptic PIVOT, an on-demand controller, simulates physical forces such as momentum and gravity
| Mar Gonzalez Franco, Eyal Ofek, and Mike Sinclair
When you reach out an empty hand to pick an apple from a tree, you’re met with a variety of sensations—the firmness of the apple as you grip it, the resistance from the branch as you tug the apple free,…
In the news | Wired
The Effort to Build the Mathematical Library of the Future
Every day, dozens of like-minded mathematicians gather on an online forum called Zulip to build what they believe is the future of their field. They’re all devotees of a software program called Lean. It’s a “proof assistant” that, in principle,…
In the news | VentureBeat
Microsoft researchers develop assistive eye-tracking AI that works on any device
Gaze tracking has the potential to help people living with motor neuron diseases and disorders exert control over their environment and communicate with others. But estimating a person’s gaze isn’t a trivial task owing to variables including head pose, head…
In the news | VentureBeat
Microsoft researchers develop assistive eye-tracking AI that works on any device
Gaze tracking has the potential to help people living with motor neuron diseases and disorders exert control over their environment and communicate with others. But estimating a person’s gaze isn’t a trivial task owing to variables including head pose, head…
Awards | The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
Lorin Crawford awarded Packard Fellowship
Lorin Crawford, Senior Researcher at the Microsoft Research New England Lab, was one of 20 innovative early-career scientists and engineers, who will each receive $875,000 over five years to pursue their research. Packard Fellows are at the cutting edge of…
In the news | Empowering Azure CLI developers with AI
Empowering Azure CLI developers with AI
When we redesigned the Azure CLI in 2016, our goal was to create a simple, easy to use, tool for managing Azure. Since then, Azure has grown tremendously from supporting multiple clouds in various locations across the globe, on/off premises…
大有可为，大有作为：2020 铸星论坛“群星”闪耀
9 月 28 日上午，来自国内 7 所知名高校与研究所的 9 位青年学者齐聚微软亚洲研究院，作为微软亚洲研究院“铸星计划”候选人参加 2020 年铸星论坛。 铸星论坛与会者合影 入选后，他们将加入不同领域的科研团队，与资深研究员结成专属“星搭档”，在国际一流的企业科研平台一展身手，对于青年学者，这趟铸星之旅必将大有可为，相信在平台及项目的强力支撑下，他们也定会大有作为。 对 9 位候选人而言，论坛...
Podcast: Evaluating and validating research that aspires to societal impact in real world scenarios. With Tanuja Ganu
At Microsoft Research India, research focused on societal impact is typically a very interdisciplinary exercise that pulls together social scientists, technology experts and designers. But how does one evaluate or validate the actual impact of research in the real world? Today, we talk to Tanuja Ganu who manages the Societal Impact through Cloud…