Design Expo Focus: Student Innovation
By Janie Chang, Writer, Microsoft Research Since 2003, Microsoft Research’s Faculty Summit Design Expo program has promoted interdisciplinary collaboration between the design and computer-science academic communities, while fostering closer ties between Microsoft and design schools. Each year, Microsoft Research invites…
Rashid, Hey Award 2010 Microsoft Research Faculty Fellows During Faculty Summit
By Tony Hey, corporate vice president, Microsoft External Research, a division of Microsoft Research This morning, on the second day of Faculty Summit 2010, we at Microsoft Research are proud to announce seven of the world's top university researchers as…
Microsoft Research unveils next generation of WorldWide Telescope at 11th Annual Faculty Summit
Great discoveries are often the result of collaboration, and for three days this week, during the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit 2010, more than 350 attendees representing various universities, industries, and governmental agencies are gathering to combine forces. Participants will be…
Terapixel Project: Lots of Data, Expertise
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research How can you achieve the impossible? Easy—as long as you have the right people and the right tools. The Terapixel project from Microsoft Research Redmond is proof positive. The effort—to create the largest,…
Microsoft Biology Foundation Available for Free Download
On July 10, in Boston, the External Research division of Microsoft Research will introduce the Microsoft Biology Initiative, resources designed to help biological scientists and programmers conduct research more efficiently and affordably. These include the first post-beta release of the…
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New ways to double phone battery life
A handful of universities and research labs are working on simple changes to Wi-Fi technology that they say would result in your mobile phone battery lasting two to five times as long as it does today.
2010年6月23日，故宫博物院、微软亚洲研究院和北京大学在故宫博物院举行发布仪式，宣布三方共同合作研发的“走进清明上河图”沉浸式数字音画展示项目正式完成。今后观众在参观故宫时，可以在故宫博物院的书画馆里借助这一创新的多媒体展示平台，在欣赏北宋著名画家张择端的《清明上河图》的同时，身临其境地感受800多年前盛极一时的北宋都城汴梁的社会盛况。 “走进清明上河图”沉浸式数字音画展示项目建设的宗旨是以观...
Microsoft Research and WorldWideScience.org Collaborate to Remove Language Barriers
In Helsinki, Finland, on June 11, during the International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) Annual Conference 2010, it was my honor to participate in the announcement of the official launch of multilingual WorldWideScience.org. This new, global resource is…
New Award Honors Significance of Open, Available Data
For several years, Microsoft External Research has been a proud sponsor of the BioMed Central Research Awards. The awards honor excellence in an approach to publishing known as "open access research," whereby content is available not only to subscribers but…