UIST a showcase for innovation and an opportunity for professional growth
Thirteen years ago, researchers Shamsi Iqbal, Jaime Teevan, and Meredith Ringel Morris met for the first time. They were graduate students participating in the Doctoral Symposium at the 2005 ACM User Interface Software and Technology Symposium. Teevan and Morris were slightly…
In the news | Microsoft Research Blog
UIST a showcase for innovation and an opportunity for professional growth
One of the top-tier conferences in human-computer interaction, UIST has a reputation for embracing invention, creativity, and some of the most novel emerging technologies, making it no surprise that Microsoft has been a big contributor over the years.
Awards | User Interface Software and Technology (UIST)
Meredith Ringel Morris receives UIST 2018 Lasting Impact Award
Meredith (Merrie) Ringel Morris, a Principal Researcher and Research Manager at Microsoft Research, received the UIST 2018 Lasting Impact Award for her 2007 paper, co-authored by Eric Horvitz, entitled: “SearchTogether: An interface for collaborative web search.” The award was presented at the 31st ACM User…
Awards | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2018 Young Alumni Achievement Award
For exceptional leadership in diversity and changing the face of engineering while leading research in machine learning, robotics and autonomous systems, and applied neuroscience.
In the news | NZZ on Sunday
How Zurich has become a mecca for sighted computers
Microsoft’s new lab here in Zurich focuses on longer-term machine vision issues,” says ETH Professor Marc Pollefeys, who will lead the team in a 50% capacity. The team will initially comprise about 15 people.
In the news | NZZ on Sunday
Microsoft boss: One should explain the privacy of the data to the human right
Satya Nadella says why the US $ 860 billion US group has opened a research center in Zurich. He is a fan of the European Data Protection Regulation and wants to apply it worldwide.
Workshop yields concrete AI solutions for advancing societal good
| Amit Sharma
Artificial intelligence has made tremendous strides in recent years, but oftentimes, its potential to help tackle some of the world’s most pressing issues is overshadowed by concerns and misunderstandings surrounding this growing technology. To focus on AI’s potential for enabling…