In the news | SIGIR
SIGIR Test of Time Awards
For the 1998 paper, Information Retrieval using a Singular Value Decomposition Model of Latent Semantic Structure.
Location, Location, Location
By Suzanne Ross, Writer, Microsoft Research Isn't it always about location, dahling? The Internet tribe might say, 'not in our backyard, the Web is a wild frontier without borders and laughs at geography.' But if you've ever searched the Web…
Awards | Microsoft Stories
A Classical Mind: Microsoft Researcher Receives Kyoto Prize
It’s been 50 years since Sir Anthony Hoare studied Latin and Greek as a schoolboy, but he still remembers the difficulty of mastering each tongue’s complicated grammar rules. As hard as he tried, he couldn’t avoid silly flubs — ones…
Awards | Microsoft Stories
Microsoft Research Professor Wins International Acclaim for Pioneering Work in Software Science
Professor Tony Hoare, a member of Microsoft Research’s lab in Cambridge UK, has been awarded this year’s Kyoto Prize by Japan’s Inamori Foundation for his pioneering and fundamental work in software science. One of the world’s most prestigious awards, Kyoto…
Tune In, Log On is an ethnographic study of an Internet soap opera fan group. Bridging the fields of computer-mediated communication and audience studies, the book shows how verbal and nonverbal communicative practices create collaborative interpretations and criticism, group humor,…
In Your Face: Stories from the Lives of Queer Youth is a groundbreaking and informative collection of real-life accounts that describe and express the hardships and triumphs of lesbian, gay, and bisexual teens.
In the news | Forbes
Spam killers
Researchers working at Microsoft's Redmond, Wash. headquarters have come up with intriguing ways to turn the computational power of a PC against the crap that people seek to put into it.
Awards | IEEE
Henrique Malvar named an IEEE Fellow
For contributions to the theory and practice of lapped transforms, fast multirate filter banks, and signal coding.
In the news | Graphics Interface
Buxton wins CHCCS Achievement Award
For the significant contribution over the many years that Bill has made to the field of human-computer interaction. Bill has demonstrated that he is a leader, a creative researcher and an excellent communicator who inspires enthusiasm among his students.