A brief history of networking (and a bit about the future too) with Dr. Victor Bahl
Episode 37, August 15, 2018 - In our first live podcast, Dr. Bahl shares some fascinating stories from his long and illustrious career, gives us an inside look at what’s new in networking, and, explains why, in an industry where…
PhD Scholarship Program: Recognizing great research across EMEA
The Microsoft Research PhD Scholarship Program in EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) was launched in 2004 by Microsoft Research Cambridge, United Kingdom and has so far supported more than 200 PhD students from more than 18 countries and 51 institutions.…
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How Microsoft drives exabyte analytics on the world’s largest YARN cluster
At Microsoft, like many companies using data for competitive advantage, opportunities for insight abound and our analytics needs were scaling fast – almost out of control. We invested in Yet Another Resource Manager (YARN) to meet the demands of an…
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Microsoft’s undersea data center now has a webcam with fish swimming past 27.6 petabytes of data
If you’ve always wanted to watch fish swim past a data center with 27.6 petabytes of storage, stop surfing around as today is your lucky day. Microsoft has taken the oppor-tuna-ty to install a webcam next to its undersea data…
A conversation with Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott
Episode 36, August 8, 2018 - In a wide-ranging interview, Microsoft's Chief Technology Officer, Kevin Scott shares his insights on both the history and the future of computing, talks about how his impulse to celebrate the extraordinary people “behind the…
Life in the FAST lane
Would you like to know how this user research team works at an extremely fast cadence but still manages to scale knowledge and build influence? One team member shares their successes and challenges and explains how they do it.