{"id":204065,"date":"2016-03-01T01:19:40","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T09:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-academic-program&#038;p=204065"},"modified":"2023-10-04T12:54:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T19:54:21","slug":"data-science-microsoft-research","status":"publish","type":"msr-academic-program","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/academic-program\/data-science-microsoft-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Science for Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft Research provides a continuously refreshed collection of free datasets, tools, and resources designed to advance academic research in many areas of computer science, such as natural language processing and computer vision. Access these datasets at <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/msropendata.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/msropendata.com<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Our programs over the years have supported academics to push the state-of-the-art with data science and cloud:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/workshop-on-data-science-innovation-with-nsf-big-data-hubs\/#!abstracts\">NSF Big Data Hubs Innovation collaboration<\/a> that brought together top academic data scientists from universities around the U.S.<\/li>\n<li>Azure for Research programs that trained thousands of researchers using <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/a4ronline.azurewebsites.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">training labs<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> on how to use Azure for Data Science.<\/li>\n<li>Cloud AI Research Challenge that highlighted projects that best show how Microsoft AI services can be used. View the winners <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/academic-program\/microsoft-cloud-ai-research-challenge\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/academic-program\/data-science-microsoft-research\/#!news-and-blog\">News and Blog<\/a> to learn more about these and other initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The collection of free Microsoft Research datasets can be accessed from the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/microsoftopendata.com\">Microsoft Open Data Repository<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Download or copy directly to a cloud-based Data Science Virtual Machine for a seamless development experience.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Learning resources:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/get-started\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Get started with Azure<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hands-on labs\u00a0based on research datasets:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/aka.ms\/learncloud\">Microsoft Azure for Research Online<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ms-grid \">\n<div class=\"ms-row\">\n<p><span style=\"float: none;background-color: transparent;color: #333333;cursor: text;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"msr-light-gray-bgc m-col-12-24 l-col-8-24 bg-clip-content white-bgc margin-bottom-sp3 msr-project-card\" data-bi-slot=\"29\">\n<div class=\"padding-horizontal padding-vertical-sp2\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.scistarter.com\/2019\/05\/citizen-scientists-set-new-record-for-accelerating-alzheimers-research\/\" class=\"semibold\">Citizen scientists set new record for accelerating Alzheimer\u2019s research<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<div class=\"gray-d1-c\">\n<div class=\"body-alt tight\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMay 6, 2019 | A team of researchers at the Human Computation Institute and Cornell University seek to understand what causes a 30% reduction of blood flow to the brain in Alzheimer\u2019s patients. Preliminary findings from the Schaffer-Nishimura Biomedical Engineering Lab suggest&#8230;\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<article class=\"msr-light-gray-bgc m-col-12-24 l-col-8-24 bg-clip-content white-bgc margin-bottom-sp3 msr-project-card\" data-bi-slot=\"30\">\n<div class=\"padding-horizontal padding-vertical-sp2\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/calling-all-aspiring-women-in-data-science\/\" class=\"semibold\">Calling all aspiring women in Data Science<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<div class=\"gray-d1-c\">\n<div class=\"body-alt tight\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMarch 12, 2019 | What started as a one-day conference organized by Stanford University in 2015, Women in Data Science (WiDS) has blossomed into a movement bringing together women data scientists and aspiring data scientists via a series of over 150 virtual and in-person events worldwide, ultimately culminating in the March 4, 2019 main event at Stanford&#8230;\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"msr-light-gray-bgc m-col-12-24 l-col-8-24 bg-clip-content white-bgc margin-bottom-sp3 msr-project-card\" data-bi-slot=\"31\">\n<div class=\"padding-horizontal padding-vertical-sp2\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/cloud-computing-aids-researchers-in-solving-the-unsolvable-in-medical-data-labeling\/\" class=\"semibold\">Cloud computing aids researchers in solving the unsolvable in medical data labeling<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<div class=\"gray-d1-c\">\n<div class=\"body-alt tight\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMarch 1, 2019 | It\u2019s not uncommon for physicians to disagree about a diagnosis. That\u2019s why people often seek a second or third opinion when faced with a serious or complex health concern. What if instead of a second opinion, hundreds of expert opinions could be collated&#8230;\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"ms-grid \">\n<div class=\"ms-row\">\n<article class=\"msr-light-gray-bgc m-col-12-24 l-col-8-24 bg-clip-content white-bgc margin-bottom-sp3 msr-project-card\" data-bi-slot=\"32\">\n<div class=\"padding-horizontal padding-vertical-sp2\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/announcing-microsoft-research-open-data-datasets-by-microsoft-research-now-available-in-the-cloud\/\" class=\"semibold\">Announcing Microsoft Research Open Data \u2013 Datasets by Microsoft Research now available in the cloud<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<div class=\"gray-d1-c\">\n<div class=\"body-alt tight\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJune 21, 2018 | The Microsoft Research Outreach team has worked extensively with the external research community to enable adoption of cloud-based research infrastructure over the past few years. Through this process, we experienced&#8230;\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"msr-light-gray-bgc m-col-12-24 l-col-8-24 bg-clip-content white-bgc margin-bottom-sp3 msr-project-card\" data-bi-slot=\"33\">\n<div class=\"padding-horizontal padding-vertical-sp2\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/microsoft-partners-with-national-science-foundation-to-empower-data-science-breakthroughs\/\" class=\"semibold\">Microsoft partners with National Science Foundation to empower data science breakthroughs<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<div class=\"gray-d1-c\">\n<div class=\"body-alt tight\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJune 21, 2018 | Over the past decade, Microsoft has partnered with the National Science Foundation (NSF) on three separate programs, first in 2010, and more recently through a commitment of $6M in cloud credits across two NSF supported data science programs&#8230;\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"msr-light-gray-bgc m-col-12-24 l-col-8-24 bg-clip-content white-bgc margin-bottom-sp3 msr-project-card\" data-bi-slot=\"34\">\n<div class=\"padding-horizontal padding-vertical-sp2\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/helping-proteomics-scientists-share-peptide-data-azure-does-the-heavy-lifting\/\" class=\"semibold\">Helping proteomics scientists share peptide data: Azure does the heavy lifting<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<div class=\"gray-d1-c\">\n<div class=\"body-alt tight\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"body-alt x-hidden-focus\">July 11, 2018<\/span> | Scientific research breakthroughs are often achieved when many different scientists, in different labs and organizations, work together on a single task. That happened at the turn of the 21st century with the Human Genome Project, where human DNA was mapped for future reference and is now key to many breakthroughs in medicine&#8230;\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"ms-grid \">\n<div class=\"ms-row\">\n<article class=\"msr-light-gray-bgc m-col-12-24 l-col-8-24 bg-clip-content white-bgc margin-bottom-sp3 msr-project-card\" data-bi-slot=\"35\">\n<div class=\"padding-horizontal padding-vertical-sp2\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/creating-intelligent-water-systems-unlock-potential-smart-cities\/\" class=\"semibold\">Creating intelligent water systems to unlock the potential of Smart Cities<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<div class=\"gray-d1-c\">\n<div class=\"body-alt tight\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"body-alt x-hidden-focus\">July 31, 2017<\/span> | The newspaper headlines about \u201cBangalore\u2019s looming water crisis\u201d have been ominous, with one urban planning expert proclaiming that Bangalore will become \u201cunlivable\u201d in a few years because of water scarcity. This is a critical issue that threatens the future of one of India\u2019s fastest-growing cities. In fact, water availability is a cause for worry in the entire country. According to an estimate by The Asian Development&#8230;\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"msr-light-gray-bgc m-col-12-24 l-col-8-24 bg-clip-content white-bgc margin-bottom-sp3 msr-project-card\" data-bi-slot=\"36\">\n<div class=\"padding-horizontal padding-vertical-sp2\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/democratizing-ai-improve-citizen-health\/\" class=\"semibold\">Democratizing AI to improve citizen health<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<div class=\"gray-d1-c\">\n<div class=\"body-alt tight\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"body-alt x-hidden-focus\">March 13, 2017<\/span> | Doctors make life-saving \u2014 and life-changing \u2014 decisions every day. But how do they know that they are making the best decisions? Can artificial intelligence (AI) help? \u201cBefore evidence-based medicine, decision-making in health care was heavily reliant on the expertise and knowledge of the health professional, usually a doctor. What has happened in the last 20, 30 years is that the health\u2026\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"msr-light-gray-bgc m-col-12-24 l-col-8-24 bg-clip-content white-bgc margin-bottom-sp3 msr-project-card\" data-bi-slot=\"37\">\n<div class=\"padding-horizontal padding-vertical-sp2\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/grassroots-data-science-education-uc-berkeley\/\" class=\"semibold\">A new understanding of the world through grassroots Data Science education at UC Berkeley<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<div class=\"gray-d1-c\">\n<div class=\"body-alt tight\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"body-alt x-hidden-focus\">March 9, 2017<\/span> | While some may regard data science as an easy passport to a job for the tech savvy, Luis Macias has different ideas. The fourth-year undergraduate student, who is majoring in American Studies at University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), wants to turn the hype of data science into hope for low-income\u2026\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"ms-grid \">\n<div class=\"ms-row\">\n<article class=\"msr-light-gray-bgc m-col-12-24 l-col-8-24 bg-clip-content white-bgc margin-bottom-sp3 msr-project-card\" data-bi-slot=\"38\">\n<div class=\"padding-horizontal padding-vertical-sp2\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/cloud-computing-changes-way-practice-public-speaking\/\" class=\"semibold\">Cloud computing changes the way we practice public speaking<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<div class=\"gray-d1-c\">\n<div class=\"body-alt tight\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"body-alt x-hidden-focus\">June 16, 2016<\/span> | People often rank public speaking as the number one fear that they face. New cloud-based technology from researchers at the University of Rochester lets speakers polish and practice at home in front of their computer camera, while the analysis provides instant feedback about improvement. Leading this effort known as ROC Speak is M. Ehsan Hoque, an assistant professor of\u2026\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"msr-light-gray-bgc m-col-12-24 l-col-8-24 bg-clip-content white-bgc margin-bottom-sp3 msr-project-card\" data-bi-slot=\"39\">\n<div class=\"padding-horizontal padding-vertical-sp2\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/preventing-flood-disasters-with-cortana-intelligence-suite-2\/\" class=\"semibold\">Preventing flood disasters with Cortana Intelligence Suite<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<div class=\"gray-d1-c\">\n<div class=\"body-alt tight\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"body-alt x-hidden-focus\">May 5, 2016<\/span> | On October 31, 2013, the city of Austin, Texas, faced a destructive flood. At the time, I was visiting David Maidment, Chaired Professor of the Civil Engineering Center for Research in Water Resources on site at the University of Texas at Austin. The day before the flood, we had been discussing research and analytics around the long-standing drought conditions across western Texas. Overnight\u2026\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"msr-light-gray-bgc m-col-12-24 l-col-8-24 bg-clip-content white-bgc margin-bottom-sp3 msr-project-card\" data-bi-slot=\"40\">\n<div class=\"padding-horizontal padding-vertical-sp2\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/securing-safe-water-through-cortana-intelligence\/\" class=\"semibold\">Securing safe water through Microsoft\u2019s Intelligent Cloud<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<div class=\"gray-d1-c\">\n<div class=\"body-alt tight\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"body-alt x-hidden-focus\">April 14, 2016<\/span> | Jacob Katuva used to get up at dawn to cycle 12 miles from his village to collect water with his uncles and cousins when he was growing up in Kenya. Now he is part of a research team at the University of Oxford using cloud computing and mobile sensors to monitor water wells and help ensure that thousands of villages in rural Africa and Asia have a safe, secure supply of water. Millions of people across the world fear not having\u2026\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"ms-grid \">\n<div class=\"ms-row\">\n<article class=\"msr-light-gray-bgc m-col-12-24 l-col-8-24 bg-clip-content white-bgc margin-bottom-sp3 msr-project-card\" data-bi-slot=\"41\">\n<div class=\"padding-horizontal padding-vertical-sp2\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/buckled-up-and-ready-to-go-untangling-airports-using-open-source-tools-on-microsoft-azure\/\" class=\"semibold\">Buckled up and ready to go? Untangling airports using open source tools on Microsoft Azure<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<div class=\"gray-d1-c\">\n<div class=\"body-alt tight\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"body-alt x-hidden-focus\">February 24, 2016<\/span> | Nobody likes a delay at the airport. Many of us have spent time buckled up, ready for takeoff, wondering why our plane is stuck on its way between the gate and the runway. Scientists in the United Kingdom are working hard to help untangle these airport operations, to help save fuel, money, and impact on the environment\u2026\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"msr-light-gray-bgc m-col-12-24 l-col-8-24 bg-clip-content white-bgc margin-bottom-sp3 msr-project-card\" data-bi-slot=\"42\">\n<div class=\"padding-horizontal padding-vertical-sp2\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/predicting-ocean-chemistry-using-microsoft-azure\/\" class=\"semibold\">Predicting ocean chemistry using Microsoft Azure<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<div class=\"gray-d1-c\">\n<div class=\"body-alt tight\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"body-alt x-hidden-focus\">February 2, 2016<\/span> | 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, a company that farms oysters in ocean waters off the coast of Washington. That year, thousands of tiny \u201cseed\u201d oysters died off suddenly. Today, a cloud-based predictive system from the University of Washington\u2026\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"msr-light-gray-bgc m-col-12-24 l-col-8-24 bg-clip-content white-bgc margin-bottom-sp3 msr-project-card\" data-bi-slot=\"43\">\n<div class=\"padding-horizontal padding-vertical-sp2\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/all-that-raas-saving-lives-and-transforming-healthcare-economics\/\" class=\"semibold\">All that RaaS: saving lives and transforming healthcare economics<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<div class=\"gray-d1-c\">\n<div class=\"body-alt tight\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"body-alt x-hidden-focus\">August 28, 2015<\/span> | Stuart, a 66-year-old man with diabetes, felt lousy\u2014constantly fatigued, nauseated, and short of breath after just the slightest exertion. His daughter, worried by his increasing frailty, took him to the emergency room at the local hospital. Her concern was amply justified: Stuart was suffering from heart failure. Like 5.1 million other\u2026\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"ms-grid \">\n<div class=\"ms-row\">\n<article class=\"msr-light-gray-bgc m-col-12-24 l-col-8-24 bg-clip-content white-bgc margin-bottom-sp3 msr-project-card\" data-bi-slot=\"44\">\n<div class=\"padding-horizontal padding-vertical-sp2\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/microsoft-azure-helps-researchers-predict-traffic-jams\/\" class=\"semibold\">Microsoft Azure helps researchers predict traffic jams<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<div class=\"gray-d1-c\">\n<div class=\"body-alt tight\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"body-alt x-hidden-focus\">April 2, 2015<\/span> | More than half of the world\u2019s population now lives in cities and suburbs, and as just about any of these billions of people can tell you, urban traffic can be a nightmare. Cars stack up bumper-to-bumper, clogging our highways, jangling our nerves, taxing our patience, polluting our air, and taking a toll on our productivity. In short, traffic jams impair on our emotional, physical, and economic&#8230;\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"msr-light-gray-bgc m-col-12-24 l-col-8-24 bg-clip-content white-bgc margin-bottom-sp3 msr-project-card\" data-bi-slot=\"45\">\n<div class=\"padding-horizontal padding-vertical-sp2\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/cloud-computing-helps-make-sense-of-cloud-forests\/\" class=\"semibold\">Cloud computing helps make sense of cloud forests<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<div class=\"gray-d1-c\">\n<div class=\"body-alt tight\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"body-alt x-hidden-focus\">December 16, 2014<\/span> | The forests that surround Campos do Jordao are among the foggiest places on Earth. 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Access these datasets at <a href=\"https:\/\/msropendata.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/msropendata.com<\/a>.\r\n\r\nOur programs over the years have supported academics to push the state-of-the-art with data science and cloud:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/workshop-on-data-science-innovation-with-nsf-big-data-hubs\/#!abstracts\">NSF Big Data Hubs Innovation collaboration<\/a> that brought together top academic data scientists from universities around the U.S.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Azure for Research programs that trained thousands of researchers using <a href=\"https:\/\/a4ronline.azurewebsites.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">training labs<\/a> on how to use Azure for Data Science.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Cloud AI Research Challenge that highlighted projects that best show how Microsoft AI services can be used. View the winners <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/academic-program\/microsoft-cloud-ai-research-challenge\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nCheck the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/academic-program\/data-science-microsoft-research\/#!news-and-blog\">News and Blog<\/a> to learn more about these and other initiatives."},{"id":1,"name":"Dataset Directory","content":"The collection of free Microsoft Research datasets can be accessed from the <a href=\"http:\/\/microsoftopendata.com\">Microsoft Open Data Repository<\/a>.\r\n\r\nDownload or copy directly to a cloud-based Data Science Virtual Machine for a seamless development experience.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;"},{"id":2,"name":"Learn","content":"Learning resources:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/get-started\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Get started with Azure<\/a>\r\n\r\nHands-on labs\u00a0based on research datasets:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/aka.ms\/learncloud\">Microsoft Azure for Research Online<\/a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;"},{"id":3,"name":"News and Blog","content":"[row]\r\n\r\n<span style=\"float: none;background-color: transparent;color: #333333;cursor: text;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px\">[card title=\"Citizen scientists set new record for accelerating Alzheimer\u2019s research\" url=\"https:\/\/blog.scistarter.com\/2019\/05\/citizen-scientists-set-new-record-for-accelerating-alzheimers-research\/\" ]May 6, 2019 | A team of researchers at the Human Computation Institute and Cornell University seek to understand what causes a 30% reduction of blood flow to the brain in Alzheimer\u2019s patients. Preliminary findings from the Schaffer-Nishimura Biomedical Engineering Lab suggest...[\/card]<\/span>\r\n\r\n[card title=\"Calling all aspiring women in Data Science\" url=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/calling-all-aspiring-women-in-data-science\/\" ]March 12, 2019 | What started as a one-day conference organized by Stanford University in 2015, Women in Data Science (WiDS) has blossomed into a movement bringing together women data scientists and aspiring data scientists via a series of over 150 virtual and in-person events worldwide, ultimately culminating in the March 4, 2019 main event at Stanford...[\/card]\r\n\r\n[card title=\"Cloud computing aids researchers in solving the unsolvable in medical data labeling\" url=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/cloud-computing-aids-researchers-in-solving-the-unsolvable-in-medical-data-labeling\/\" ]March 1, 2019 | It\u2019s not uncommon for physicians to disagree about a diagnosis. That\u2019s why people often seek a second or third opinion when faced with a serious or complex health concern. What if instead of a second opinion, hundreds of expert opinions could be collated...[\/card]\r\n\r\n[\/row]\r\n[row]\r\n\r\n[card title=\"Announcing Microsoft Research Open Data \u2013 Datasets by Microsoft Research now available in the cloud\" url=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/announcing-microsoft-research-open-data-datasets-by-microsoft-research-now-available-in-the-cloud\/\" ]June 21, 2018 | The Microsoft Research Outreach team has worked extensively with the external research community to enable adoption of cloud-based research infrastructure over the past few years. Through this process, we experienced...[\/card]\r\n\r\n[card title=\"Microsoft partners with National Science Foundation to empower data science breakthroughs\" url=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/microsoft-partners-with-national-science-foundation-to-empower-data-science-breakthroughs\/\" ]June 21, 2018 | Over the past decade, Microsoft has partnered with the National Science Foundation (NSF) on three separate programs, first in 2010, and more recently through a commitment of $6M in cloud credits across two NSF supported data science programs...[\/card]\r\n\r\n[card title=\"Helping proteomics scientists share peptide data: Azure does the heavy lifting\" url=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/helping-proteomics-scientists-share-peptide-data-azure-does-the-heavy-lifting\/\" ]<span class=\"body-alt x-hidden-focus\">July 11, 2018<\/span> | Scientific research breakthroughs are often achieved when many different scientists, in different labs and organizations, work together on a single task. That happened at the turn of the 21st century with the Human Genome Project, where human DNA was mapped for future reference and is now key to many breakthroughs in medicine...[\/card]\r\n\r\n[\/row]\r\n[row]\r\n\r\n[card title=\"Creating intelligent water systems to unlock the potential of Smart Cities\" url=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/creating-intelligent-water-systems-unlock-potential-smart-cities\/\" ]<span class=\"body-alt x-hidden-focus\">July 31, 2017<\/span> | The newspaper headlines about \u201cBangalore\u2019s looming water crisis\u201d have been ominous, with one urban planning expert proclaiming that Bangalore will become \u201cunlivable\u201d in a few years because of water scarcity. This is a critical issue that threatens the future of one of India\u2019s fastest-growing cities. In fact, water availability is a cause for worry in the entire country. According to an estimate by The Asian Development...[\/card]\r\n\r\n[card title=\"Democratizing AI to improve citizen health\" url=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/democratizing-ai-improve-citizen-health\/\" ]<span class=\"body-alt x-hidden-focus\">March 13, 2017<\/span> | Doctors make life-saving \u2014 and life-changing \u2014 decisions every day. But how do they know that they are making the best decisions? Can artificial intelligence (AI) help? \u201cBefore evidence-based medicine, decision-making in health care was heavily reliant on the expertise and knowledge of the health professional, usually a doctor. What has happened in the last 20, 30 years is that the health\u2026[\/card]\r\n\r\n[card title=\"A new understanding of the world through grassroots Data Science education at UC Berkeley\" url=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/grassroots-data-science-education-uc-berkeley\/\" ]<span class=\"body-alt x-hidden-focus\">March 9, 2017<\/span> | While some may regard data science as an easy passport to a job for the tech savvy, Luis Macias has different ideas. The fourth-year undergraduate student, who is majoring in American Studies at University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), wants to turn the hype of data science into hope for low-income\u2026[\/card]\r\n\r\n[\/row]\r\n[row]\r\n\r\n[card title=\"Cloud computing changes the way we practice public speaking\" url=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/cloud-computing-changes-way-practice-public-speaking\/\" ]<span class=\"body-alt x-hidden-focus\">June 16, 2016<\/span> | People often rank public speaking as the number one fear that they face. New cloud-based technology from researchers at the University of Rochester lets speakers polish and practice at home in front of their computer camera, while the analysis provides instant feedback about improvement. Leading this effort known as ROC Speak is M. 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Overnight\u2026[\/card]\r\n\r\n[card title=\"Securing safe water through Microsoft\u2019s Intelligent Cloud\" url=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/securing-safe-water-through-cortana-intelligence\/\" ]<span class=\"body-alt x-hidden-focus\">April 14, 2016<\/span> | Jacob Katuva used to get up at dawn to cycle 12 miles from his village to collect water with his uncles and cousins when he was growing up in Kenya. Now he is part of a research team at the University of Oxford using cloud computing and mobile sensors to monitor water wells and help ensure that thousands of villages in rural Africa and Asia have a safe, secure supply of water. Millions of people across the world fear not having\u2026[\/card]\r\n\r\n[\/row]\r\n[row]\r\n\r\n[card title=\"Buckled up and ready to go? 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Scientists in the United Kingdom are working hard to help untangle these airport operations, to help save fuel, money, and impact on the environment\u2026[\/card]\r\n\r\n[card title=\"Predicting ocean chemistry using Microsoft Azure\" url=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/predicting-ocean-chemistry-using-microsoft-azure\/\" ]<span class=\"body-alt x-hidden-focus\">February 2, 2016<\/span> | 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, a company that farms oysters in ocean waters off the coast of Washington. That year, thousands of tiny \u201cseed\u201d oysters died off suddenly. 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Like 5.1 million other\u2026[\/card]\r\n\r\n[\/row]\r\n[row]\r\n\r\n[card title=\"Microsoft Azure helps researchers predict traffic jams\" url=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/microsoft-azure-helps-researchers-predict-traffic-jams\/\" ]<span class=\"body-alt x-hidden-focus\">April 2, 2015<\/span> | More than half of the world\u2019s population now lives in cities and suburbs, and as just about any of these billions of people can tell you, urban traffic can be a nightmare. Cars stack up bumper-to-bumper, clogging our highways, jangling our nerves, taxing our patience, polluting our air, and taking a toll on our productivity. 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