{"id":229816,"date":"2016-07-13T07:46:07","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T14:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-event&p=229816"},"modified":"2025-08-06T12:00:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:00:13","slug":"faculty-summit-2014","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/faculty-summit-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Summit 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n

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Leading academic researchers and educators joined Microsoft researchers and engineers to explore future technology trends that will define the twenty-first century at the fifteenth annual Microsoft Research Faculty Summit. Topics included computing devices and the Internet of Things, hardware-software co-design, data visualization, crowdsourcing applications, machine learning, and the algorithms that underlie emerging fields, such as computational neuroscience. Watch the Faculty Summit on demand\u00a0> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Faculty Summit chairs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"JudithJudith Bishop<\/td>\n\"HaroldHarold Javid<\/td>\n\"KathrynKathryn S. McKinley<\/td>\n\"ArjmandArjmand Samuel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Together with researchers around the world, we aspire to generate groundbreaking ideas, techniques, and tools that enable us to gain the greatest benefit of the data revolution for the good of society. Presentations and demonstrations are key to the summit experience.<\/p>\n

Monday, July 14<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Time<\/th>\nSession<\/th>\nSpeaker<\/th>\nLocation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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8:00 \u2013 9:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Breakfast<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Hood\/Baker<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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9:00 \u2013 10:15<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Opening Keynote<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Harry Shum, executive vice president, Microsoft Technology and Research | video (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> | slides<\/a><\/td>\nKodiak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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10:15 \u2013 10:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Break<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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10:30 \u2013 11:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Hot Topics<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Chair:<\/strong> Jeannette Wing, corporate vice president, Microsoft Research | video (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> | combined slides<\/a><\/td>\nKodiak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Back to the Future: The Second Age of Computing Is Ending<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Doug Burger, Microsoft Research<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Quantum Leaps in Computing<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Krysta Svore, Microsoft Research<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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“Mobilizing” Healthcare<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Desney Tan, Microsoft Research<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Crowds Are People Too!<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Mary L. Gray, Microsoft Research<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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11:30 \u2013 12:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Lunch<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
McKinley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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11:30 \u2013 12:30<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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When Data Science & Human Subject Research Collide: Ethics, Implications, Responsibilities<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Chair:<\/strong> Mary L. Gray, Microsoft Research
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  • Amy Bruckman, Georgia Institute of Technology<\/li>\n
  • Jeff Hancock, Cornell University<\/li>\n
  • Christian Sandvig, University of Michigan \u2013 Ann Arbor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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Baker<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:30 \u2013 2:00<\/td>\n\n
Impossibly Small Devices<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Chair:<\/strong> Desney Tan, Microsoft Research | video<\/a>
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Cascade<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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The Future of Crowdsourcing and the Sharing Economy\u2014Part I<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Chair:<\/strong> Andr\u00e9s Monroy-Hern\u00e1ndez, Microsoft Research | video<\/a>
\nSpeakers:<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Rainier<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Deep Learning for Text Processing<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Chairs: <\/strong>Li Deng, Microsoft Research; Christopher Manning, Stanford University | video<\/a>
\nSpeakers:<\/strong><\/div>\n
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St. Helens<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Big Dream, Campaign to Unite & Grow More Women in Computing<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Chair:<\/strong> Rane Johnson, Microsoft Research | video<\/a> | combined slides<\/a>
\nSpeakers:<\/strong><\/div>\n
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  • Jennifer Breslin, UN Women<\/li>\n
  • Kelly Cox, Iron Ways Film<\/li>\n
  • Karen Peterson, National Girls Collaborative Project<\/li>\n
  • Lucy Sanders, National Center for Women and Information Technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Baker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2:00 \u2013 2:15<\/td>\n\n
Break<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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2:15 \u2013 3:45<\/td>\n\n
In-situ Research Using Connected Devices\u2014Challenges and Opportunities<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Chair:<\/strong> Arjmand Samuel, Microsoft Research | video<\/a>
\nSpeakers:<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Cascade<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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The Future of Crowdsourcing and the Sharing Economy\u2014Part II<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Chair:<\/strong> Ben Livshits, Microsoft Research | video<\/a>
\nSpeakers:<\/strong><\/div>\n
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  • Jeffrey P. Bigham, Carnegie Mellon University<\/li>\n
  • Eric Horvitz, Ben Livshits, Microsoft Research<\/li>\n
  • Haoqi Zhang, Northwestern University – Evanston<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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Rainier<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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New Perspectives on Machine Learning and Science<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Chair:<\/strong> Evelyne Viegas, Microsoft Research | video<\/a>
\nSpeakers:<\/strong><\/div>\n
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St. Helens<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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The Coming Genomics Software Revolution<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Chair:<\/strong> Ravi Pandya, Microsoft Research | video<\/a>
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Baker<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:45 \u2013 4:30<\/td>\n\n
Demonstrations<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Hood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4:30 \u2013 5:30<\/td>\n\n
Thinking Above the Code<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Leslie Lamport, Turing Award winner, Microsoft Research | video (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> | slides<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Kodiak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5:30 \u2013 6:30<\/td>\n\n
Travel to Seattle<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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6:30 \u2013 9:00<\/td>\n\n
Dinner Event at Museum of History and Industry<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Tuesday, July 15<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Time<\/th>\nSession<\/th>\nSpeaker<\/th>\nLocation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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8:00 \u2013 9:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Breakfast<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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9:00 \u2013 10:00<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Is the grass any greener? Pervasive awareness, social media, and well-being<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Keith N. Hampton, Associate Professor, Rutgers University | video<\/a> | slides<\/a><\/td>\nKodiak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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10:00 \u2013 10:15<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Break<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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10:15 \u2013 11:45<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Networked Publics as Third Places<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Chair:<\/strong> Shelly Farnham, Microsoft Research | video<\/a>\u00a0| slides<\/a>
\nSpeakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n		Cascade<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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From Exceptional to Everyone: Microsoft’s Efforts to Democratize Blended Learning<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Chair:<\/strong> Anoop Gupta, Microsoft Research | video<\/a>
\nSpeakers:<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Rainier<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Frontiers in Speech and Language<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Chair:<\/strong> Geoffrey Zweig, Microsoft Research | video<\/a>
\nSpeakers:<\/strong><\/div>\n
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St. Helens<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Challenges in Geo-Distributed Data Center and Application Design<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Chair:<\/strong> Aman Kansal, Microsoft Research | video<\/a>
\nSpeakers:<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Baker<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:15 – 12:45<\/td>\n\n
Design Expo<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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In a world with a billion sensors, how will we make sense of it all?<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Kodiak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Escola Superior De Desenho Industrial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | video<\/a> | slides<\/a>
\nProfessors:<\/strong> Rodolfo Capeto, Noni Geiger, Elianne Jobim, Marcos Martins
\nStudents:<\/strong> Raquel Cordeiro, Clara Juliano, Nikita Vidal<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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New York University, Interactive Telecommunications Program, New York, NY, United States | video<\/a> | slides<\/a>
\nProfessor:<\/strong> Liesje Ann Hodgson
\nStudents:<\/strong> Carolyn Concepcion, Haylee Hongeun Jung, Adarsh Kosuru, Zhuoying Li<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Media Innovation Lab, Herzliya, Israel | video<\/a> | slides<\/a>
\nProfessors:<\/strong> Guy Hoffman, Noa Morag, Oren Zuckerman
\nStudents:<\/strong> Asaf Blatt, Amit Gilat, Tali Gueta, Adi Yarden, Roy Zanbel<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Carnegie Mellon University, School of Design, Pittsburgh, PA, United States | video<\/a> | slides<\/a>
\nProfessors:<\/strong> Bruce Hanington, Peter Scupelli
\nStudents:<\/strong> Leslie Bloomfield, Shannon Impellicceiri, Alex Sciuto<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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University of Washington, Interaction Design Program, Seattle, WA, United States | video<\/a> | slides<\/a>
\nProfessor:<\/strong> Axel Roesler
\nStudents:<\/strong> Mason Catt, Kristina Colleen, Dan Doan, Courtney Dutton, Gwenyth Hardiman, Abigail Steinem<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design, Copenhagen, Denmark | video<\/a> | slides<\/a>
\nProfessor:<\/strong> Troels Degn Johansson
\nStudents:<\/strong> Patrick Fritz, Monika Havn\u00f8, Nikoline H\u00f8gh, Jalte Windum<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, Copenhagen, Denmark | video<\/a> | slides<\/a>
\nProfessors:<\/strong> Simona Maschi, Alie Rose
\nStudents:<\/strong> Claudia Ciarpella, Simon Herzog<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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University of London, Goldsmiths, London, United Kingdom | video<\/a> | slides<\/a>
\nProfessor:<\/strong> Tobie Kerridge
\nStudents:<\/strong> Samantha Miller, Anuradha Reddy<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, United States | video<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0slides<\/a>
\nProfessors:<\/strong> Anne Burdick, Ben Hooker, Phil van Allen
\nStudents:<\/strong> Kristina Ortega, Jenny Rodenhouse<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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11:45 – 12:45<\/td>\nLunch<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:45 – 2:15<\/td>\nMeet the Crowd: Political Economies and Cultural Meanings of Digital Labor<\/td>\n\n
Chair:<\/strong> Mary L. Gray, Microsoft Research | video<\/a>
\nSpeakers:<\/strong><\/div>\n
Cascade<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nScience in the Cloud<\/td>\n\n
Chair:<\/strong> Dennis Gannon, Microsoft Research | video<\/a> | slides<\/a>
\nSpeakers:<\/strong><\/div>\n
Rainier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRecent Advances in Parallel Algorithms<\/td>\n\n
Chair:<\/strong> Madan Musuvathi, Microsoft Research | video<\/a>
\nSpeakers:<\/strong><\/div>\n
St. Helens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2:15 – 3:00<\/td>\nDemonstrations<\/td>\n\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Hood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:00 – 4:30<\/td>\nTowards Scalable Quantum Computation<\/td>\n\n
Chair:<\/strong> Krysta Svore, Microsoft Research | video<\/a>
\nSpeakers:<\/strong><\/div>\n
Cascade<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSpecialized Computing in the Cloud<\/td>\n\n
Chair:<\/strong> Eric Chung, Microsoft Research | video<\/a> | slides<\/a>
\nSpeakers:<\/strong><\/div>\n
Rainier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd how does that make you feel?<\/td>\n\n
Chair:<\/strong> Andrew Begel, Microsoft Research | video<\/a>
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St. Helens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4:30 – 5:00<\/td>\nAcademic Industry Collaboration\u2014a Dialog<\/td>\n\n
Speakers:<\/strong><\/div>\n
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  • P. Anandan, Distinguished Scientist-Managing Director<\/li>\n
  • Peter Lee, Corporate Vice President and Head of Microsoft Research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Kodiak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5:00 – 7:00<\/td>\nReception<\/td>\n\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Rainier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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