{"id":248516,"date":"2016-07-13T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T16:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-academic-program&#038;p=248516"},"modified":"2022-03-16T10:51:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T17:51:54","slug":"outstanding-collaborator-award","status":"publish","type":"msr-academic-program","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/academic-program\/outstanding-collaborator-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Outstanding Collaborator Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<p>In the 25 years since its founding in 1991, Microsoft Research has grown to be a worldwide symbol of excellence in computer science. Our over 1,000 scientists, engineers, and designers produce technologies that change the lives of people every day through their innovative software, systems, and designs. We are proud of our accomplishments, but in reality they are all founded on a model of open collaboration with academia. The Microsoft Research Outstanding Collaborator Award 2016 highlight and celebrate some of the amazing academics who have worked with us over the years.<\/p>\n<p>We salute all our academic collaborators over the years and thank them warmly for their contributions to making Microsoft Research great.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Lee and Jeannette M. Wing<br \/>\nCorporate Vice Presidents<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MSR_AwardWinnersBooklet_PageLayout_SinglePagesForWeb.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-250958 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Booklet-Thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Outstanding Collaborator Award Booklet\" width=\"192\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><em>For full stories read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MSR_AwardWinnersBooklet_PageLayout_SinglePagesForWeb.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Outstanding Collaborator Award Booklet<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 20px\"><\/div>\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" cellspacing=\"15\" cellpadding=\"15\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248825 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Athey-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Susan Athey\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Athey-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Athey-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Athey-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Athey.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><strong>Susan Athey<\/strong><br \/>\nStanford University<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248828 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Bhargavan2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Karthikeyan Bhargavan\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Bhargavan2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Bhargavan2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Bhargavan2-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Bhargavan2.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><strong>Karthikeyan Bhargavan<\/strong><br \/>\nINRIA<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248831 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Blass3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Andreas Blass\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Blass3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Blass3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Blass3-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Blass3.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Andreas Blass<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Michigan<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248834 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Cipolla4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Roberto Cipolla\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Cipolla4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Cipolla4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Cipolla4-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Cipolla4.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Roberto Cipolla<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Cambridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248837 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Druschel5-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Druschel\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Druschel5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Druschel5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Druschel5-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Druschel5.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Peter Druschel<\/strong><br \/>\nMax Planck Institute for Software Systems<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248840 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Hopcroft6-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"John Hopcroft\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Hopcroft6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Hopcroft6-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Hopcroft6-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Hopcroft6.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>John Hopcroft<\/strong><br \/>\nCornell University<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248843 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Horspool7-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Nigel Horspool\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Horspool7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Horspool7-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Horspool7-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Horspool7.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Nigel Horspool<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Victoria<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248846 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Hwang8-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Seung-won Hwang\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Hwang8-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Hwang8-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Hwang8-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Hwang8.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Seung-won Hwang<\/strong><br \/>\nYonsei University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248849 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Kazhdan9-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Misha Kazhdan\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Kazhdan9-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Kazhdan9-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Kazhdan9-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Kazhdan9.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><strong>Misha Kazhdan<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Johns Hopkins University<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248852 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Lazowska10-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ed Lazowska\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Lazowska10-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Lazowska10-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Lazowska10-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Lazowska10.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Ed Lazowska<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Washington<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248855 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Maier11-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"David Maier\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Maier11-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Maier11-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Maier11-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Maier11.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>David Maier<\/strong><br \/>\nPortland State University<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248858 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Meng12-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Helen Mei-Ling Meng\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Meng12-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Meng12-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Meng12-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Meng12.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Helen Mei-Ling\u00a0Meng<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Chinese University of Hong Kong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248861 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Millstein13-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Todd Millstein\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Millstein13-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Millstein13-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Millstein13-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Millstein13.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Todd Millstein<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of California\u2013Los Angeles<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248864 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Muller14-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Mu\u0308ller\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Muller14-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Muller14-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Muller14-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Muller14.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Peter Mu\u0308ller<\/strong><br \/>\nETH Zurich<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248867 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Patel15-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Shwetak Patel\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Patel15-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Patel15-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Patel15-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Patel15.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Shwetak Patel<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Washington<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248870 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Patterson16-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"David A. Patterson\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Patterson16-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Patterson16-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Patterson16-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Patterson16.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>David A. Patterson<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of California\u2013Berkeley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248873 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Piterman17-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Nir Piterman\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Piterman17-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Piterman17-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Piterman17-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Piterman17.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><strong>Nir Piterman<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Leicester<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248876 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Plotkin18-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Gordon Plotkin\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Plotkin18-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Plotkin18-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Plotkin18-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Plotkin18.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Gordon Plotkin<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Edinburgh<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248879 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Rahm19-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Erhard Rahm\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Rahm19-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Rahm19-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Rahm19-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Rahm19.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Erhard Rahm<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Leipzig<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248882 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Reddy20-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Raj Reddy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Reddy20-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Reddy20-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Reddy20-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Reddy20.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Raj Reddy<\/strong><br \/>\nCarnegie Mellon University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248885 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Rodden21-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Rodden\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Rodden21-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Rodden21-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Rodden21-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Rodden21.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Tom Rodden<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Nottingham<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248888 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Rogers22-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Yvonne Rogers\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Rogers22-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Rogers22-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Rogers22-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Rogers22.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Yvonne Rogers<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity College London<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248891 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Sagiv23-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Mooly Sagiv\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Sagiv23-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Sagiv23-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Sagiv23-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Sagiv23.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Mooly Sagiv<\/strong><br \/>\nTel Aviv University<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248894 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Seeling24-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Georg Seelig\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Seeling24-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Seeling24-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Seeling24-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Seeling24.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Georg Seelig<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Washington<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248897 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Stocia25-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ion Stoica\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Stocia25-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Stocia25-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Stocia25-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Stocia25.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><strong>Ion Stoica<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of California\u2013Berkeley<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248900 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Szalay26-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Alexander Szalay\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Szalay26-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Szalay26-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Szalay26-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Szalay26.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Alexander Szalay<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Johns Hopkins University<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248903 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_vanDam27-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Andy van Dam\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_vanDam27-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_vanDam27-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_vanDam27-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_vanDam27.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Andy van Dam<\/strong><br \/>\nBrown University<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248906 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Walker28-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Bruce D. Walker\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Walker28-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Walker28-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Walker28-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Walker28.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Bruce D. Walker<\/strong><br \/>\nHarvard Medical School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248909 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Weirich29-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Stephanie Weirich\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Weirich29-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Weirich29-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Weirich29-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Weirich29.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Stephanie Weirich<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Pennsylvania<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248912 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Williams30-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Laurie Williams\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Williams30-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Williams30-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Williams30-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Williams30.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Laurie Williams<\/strong><br \/>\nNorth Carolina State University<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248915 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Xie31-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Tao Xie\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Xie31-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Xie31-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Xie31-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Xie31.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Tao Xie<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248918 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_ZHANG32-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Bo ZHANG\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_ZHANG32-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_ZHANG32-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_ZHANG32-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_ZHANG32.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Bo ZHANG<\/strong><br \/>\nTsinghua University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>*<\/em><em>For full stories read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MSR_AwardWinnersBooklet_PageLayout_SinglePagesForWeb.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Outstanding Collaborator Award Booklet<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":248822,"template":"","meta":{"msr-url-field":"","msr-podcast-episode":"","msrModifiedDate":"","msrModifiedDateEnabled":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","msr_hide_image_in_river":0,"footnotes":""},"msr-opportunity-type":[187426],"msr-region":[256048],"msr-locale":[268875],"msr-program-audience":[],"msr-post-option":[],"msr-impact-theme":[],"class_list":["post-248516","msr-academic-program","type-msr-academic-program","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","msr-opportunity-type-challenges","msr-region-global","msr-locale-en_us"],"msr_description":"The Microsoft Research Outstanding Collaborator Award 2016 highlight and celebrate some of the amazing academics who have worked with us over the years.","msr_social_media":[],"related-researchers":[],"tab-content":[{"id":0,"name":"About","content":"In the 25 years since its founding in 1991, Microsoft Research has grown to be a worldwide symbol of excellence in computer science. Our over 1,000 scientists, engineers, and designers produce technologies that change the lives of people every day through their innovative software, systems, and designs. We are proud of our accomplishments, but in reality they are all founded on a model of open collaboration with academia. The Microsoft Research Outstanding Collaborator Award 2016 highlight and celebrate some of the amazing academics who have worked with us over the years.\r\n\r\nWe salute all our academic collaborators over the years and thank them warmly for their contributions to making Microsoft Research great.\r\n\r\nPeter Lee and Jeannette M. Wing\r\nCorporate Vice Presidents\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MSR_AwardWinnersBooklet_PageLayout_SinglePagesForWeb.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-250958 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Booklet-Thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Outstanding Collaborator Award Booklet\" width=\"192\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><em>For full stories read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MSR_AwardWinnersBooklet_PageLayout_SinglePagesForWeb.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Outstanding Collaborator Award Booklet<\/a><\/em><\/p>\r\n<div style=\"height: 20px\"><\/div>\r\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" cellspacing=\"15\" cellpadding=\"15\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248825 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Athey-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Susan Athey\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><strong>Susan Athey<\/strong>\r\nStanford University<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248828 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Bhargavan2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Karthikeyan Bhargavan\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><strong>Karthikeyan Bhargavan<\/strong>\r\nINRIA<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248831 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Blass3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Andreas Blass\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Andreas Blass<\/strong>\r\nUniversity of Michigan<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248834 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Cipolla4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Roberto Cipolla\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Roberto Cipolla<\/strong>\r\nUniversity of Cambridge<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248837 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Druschel5-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Druschel\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Peter Druschel<\/strong>\r\nMax Planck Institute for Software Systems<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248840 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Hopcroft6-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"John Hopcroft\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>John Hopcroft<\/strong>\r\nCornell University<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248843 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Horspool7-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Nigel Horspool\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Nigel Horspool<\/strong>\r\nUniversity of Victoria<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248846 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Hwang8-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Seung-won Hwang\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Seung-won Hwang<\/strong>\r\nYonsei University<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248849 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Kazhdan9-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Misha Kazhdan\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><strong>Misha Kazhdan<\/strong>\r\nThe Johns Hopkins University<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248852 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Lazowska10-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ed Lazowska\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Ed Lazowska<\/strong>\r\nUniversity of Washington<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248855 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Maier11-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"David Maier\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>David Maier<\/strong>\r\nPortland State University<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248858 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Meng12-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Helen Mei-Ling Meng\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Helen Mei-Ling\u00a0Meng<\/strong>\r\nThe Chinese University of Hong Kong<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248861 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Millstein13-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Todd Millstein\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Todd Millstein<\/strong>\r\nUniversity of California\u2013Los Angeles<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248864 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Muller14-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Mu\u0308ller\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Peter Mu\u0308ller<\/strong>\r\nETH Zurich<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248867 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Patel15-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Shwetak Patel\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Shwetak Patel<\/strong>\r\nUniversity of Washington<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248870 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Patterson16-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"David A. Patterson\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>David A. Patterson<\/strong>\r\nUniversity of California\u2013Berkeley<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248873 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Piterman17-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Nir Piterman\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><strong>Nir Piterman<\/strong>\r\nUniversity of Leicester<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248876 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Plotkin18-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Gordon Plotkin\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Gordon Plotkin<\/strong>\r\nUniversity of Edinburgh<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248879 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Rahm19-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Erhard Rahm\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Erhard Rahm<\/strong>\r\nUniversity of Leipzig<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248882 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Reddy20-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Raj Reddy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Raj Reddy<\/strong>\r\nCarnegie Mellon University<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248885 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Rodden21-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Rodden\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Tom Rodden<\/strong>\r\nUniversity of Nottingham<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248888 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Rogers22-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Yvonne Rogers\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Yvonne Rogers<\/strong>\r\nUniversity College London<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248891 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Sagiv23-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Mooly Sagiv\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Mooly Sagiv<\/strong>\r\nTel Aviv University<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248894 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Seeling24-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Georg Seelig\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Georg Seelig<\/strong>\r\nUniversity of Washington<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248897 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Stocia25-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ion Stoica\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><strong>Ion Stoica<\/strong>\r\nUniversity of California\u2013Berkeley<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248900 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Szalay26-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Alexander Szalay\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Alexander Szalay<\/strong>\r\nThe Johns Hopkins University<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248903 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_vanDam27-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Andy van Dam\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Andy van Dam<\/strong>\r\nBrown University<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248906 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Walker28-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Bruce D. Walker\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Bruce D. Walker<\/strong>\r\nHarvard Medical School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248909 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Weirich29-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Stephanie Weirich\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Stephanie Weirich<\/strong>\r\nUniversity of Pennsylvania<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248912 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Williams30-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Laurie Williams\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Laurie Williams<\/strong>\r\nNorth Carolina State University<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248915 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_Xie31-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Tao Xie\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Tao Xie<\/strong>\r\nUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 175px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top\"><strong><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248918 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Circle-CropHeadShots_ZHANG32-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Bo ZHANG\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Bo ZHANG<\/strong>\r\nTsinghua University<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>*<\/em><em>For full stories read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MSR_AwardWinnersBooklet_PageLayout_SinglePagesForWeb.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Outstanding Collaborator Award Booklet<\/a><\/em><\/p>"}],"msr_impact_theme":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-academic-program\/248516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-academic-program"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/msr-academic-program"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-academic-program\/248516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":855282,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-academic-program\/248516\/revisions\/855282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"msr-opportunity-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-opportunity-type?post=248516"},{"taxonomy":"msr-region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-region?post=248516"},{"taxonomy":"msr-locale","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-locale?post=248516"},{"taxonomy":"msr-program-audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-program-audience?post=248516"},{"taxonomy":"msr-post-option","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-post-option?post=248516"},{"taxonomy":"msr-impact-theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-impact-theme?post=248516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}