In the news | the Stranger
The way one artist put it to me, if you think of Microsoft as a city, Microsoft Research is the university.
Sign language has long been a tool used by many of the world’s estimated 360 million people with severe hearing loss. But since the majority of hearing individuals do not understand sign language, the hearing world does not always have…
A new technology called Haven could provide unprecedented protection for data stored in the cloud When you store data in the cloud, you entrust the cloud provider with your data. You essentially cross your fingers and hope the provider won't…
When it comes to research, the concept of “head-banging” most likely conjures images of researchers banging their heads against walls or dry-erase boards. But for Microsoft researcher Andrew Fitzgibbon, it’s about inspiration. “I was on a 10-hour flight recently,” he…
Awards | University of Washington
UW Electrical Engineering Affiliate Professor Henrique (Rico) Malvar received an IEEE 20th Century Landmark Award for his contributions to multiresolution signal processing and media compression standards.
The Third International Women’s Hackathon is now in full swing, having launched on October 11, 2014. A unique crowdsourcing event designed to empower young women leaders in computer science, the hackathon provides a fun and safe environment in which participants…
In the news | GenomeWeb
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Researchers from academia and industry have launched the second iteration of a community challenge that aims to evaluate the performance of methods of computing securely on genomic data in remote environments...
It seems that everybody today wants to employ machine learning in their research. And why not? Machine learning promises to transform our ability to understand, model, and predict the world around us. It is pushing boundaries in areas as diverse…
In the news | RISCS
As a basic principle, science is self-correcting. Therefore, itâs essential to be able to find and identify mistakes and itâs equally important not to let errors accumulate.