WorldWide Telescope finds a new home at the American Astronomical Society
By Jonathan Fay, Principal Software Development Engineer, Microsoft Research Founded in 2007, WorldWide Telescope (WWT) began as a “dream project” for Jim Gray, Curtis Wong, and myself. In July 2015, WWT was classified as an open source project. Now, in…
2016 Microsoft Research PhD Scholarship Projects Announced
By Daron Green, Director, Microsoft Research Every year since 2004, the Microsoft Research PhD Scholarship Programme has awarded scholarships to fund PhD students’ work on selected projects in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region. We are pleased to…
In the news | The Register
Microsoft researchers smash homomorphic encryption speed barrier
Microsoft researchers, in partnership with academia, have published a paper detailing how they have dramatically increased the speed of homomorphic encryption systems.
Awards | Leiden University
Jennifer Chayes receives Honorary Doctorate from Leiden University
Jennifer Tour Chayes receives Honorary Doctorate from Leiden University for numerous breakthroughs in the study of phase transitions, in particular percolation theory and the theory of particle systems.
Predicting ocean chemistry using Microsoft Azure
By Daron Green, Deputy Director, Microsoft Research Shellfish farmer Bill Dewey remembers the first year he heard of ocean acidification, a phrase that means a change in chemistry for ocean water. It was around 2008, and Dewey worked for Taylor Shellfish,…
In the news | ComputerWorld
Microsoft tests underwater data center
The company is testing underwater data centers with an eye to reducing data latency for the many users who live close to the sea and also to enable rapid deployment of a data center.
Awards | Room2Room: Enabling Life-Size Telepresence in a Projected Augmented Reality Environment
Best Paper, CSCW 2016
Bringing together history and data science with Microsoft Azure
By Winnie Cui, Senior Research Program Manager, Microsoft Research Asia Andrea Nanetti is a historian and associate professor at the School of Art, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Some might think that, as a historian, he’d…
微软连续10年荣获教育部最佳合作伙伴奖
2016年1月26日，北京——在中华人民共和国教育部（以下简称：教育部）2016年跨国公司新春答谢会上，微软因长期对中国教育界的卓越贡献，连续10年荣获教育部最佳合作伙伴奖。此次微软公司和微软亚洲研究院分别获颁该奖项，充分表明了教育部对微软在提升教育信息化以及推动计算机科研、人才培养等各方面所做努力的高度认可。 微软亚洲研究院学术合作总监潘天佑博士和微软（中国）有限公司大中华区教育行业合作总监汤伟...