This was the 10th annual edition of Design Expo<\/p>\n
Design Expo Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n About Design Expo<\/a> Each year, Microsoft Research sponsors a semester-long class at leading design schools. Students are asked to form interdisciplinary teams of two to four students to design a user experience prototype that solves a real-world problem. From these groups, a representative team from each school presents its work to Microsoft.<\/p>\n Making Data Useful: Improving Your Life, Community, and World<\/strong><\/p>\n We live in a world that is increasingly alive with sensors and data. The big data, sensor networks and transparency movements have left us with a glut of potentially useful free data that is lying fallow. How can we use this to improve life, local community, and the world at large?<\/p>\n People and devices collect and share data both passively\u2014monitoring environmental change\u2014and actively\u2014explicitly capturing and sharing information, combining data with other information, and using in unexpected ways. Today, we are only starting to understand how best to put this data to work to improve our lives and the world around us.<\/p>\n How might data\u2014particularly information that makes civic society run, like bus schedules, election cycles, political information, first-hand reporting, volunteer logistics, and sporting and media events\u2014make for a better and more community-oriented place to live?<\/p>\n How might this data help us understand the past and present and predict the future with more precision, and how might an individual\u2019s personal data be used to help filter and make information more relevant in different contexts or situations?<\/p>\n What are key problems this data can be used to help solve, what new troubles can we anticipate it creates?<\/p>\n Research in Focus: Designing a Better Tomorrow. Interview with Lili Cheng and Clay Shirky (NYU ITP).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This was the 10th annual edition of Design Expo Design Expo Links: About Design Expo Design Expo 2017 Design Expo 2016 Design Expo 2015 Design Expo 2014 Design Expo 2012 Design Expo 2011 Design Expo 2010Opens in a new tab Each year, Microsoft Research sponsors a semester-long class at leading design schools. 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Students are asked to form interdisciplinary teams of two to four students to design a user experience prototype that solves a real-world problem. From these groups, a representative team from each school presents its work to Microsoft.<\/p>\n Making Data Useful: Improving Your Life, Community, and World<\/strong><\/p>\n We live in a world that is increasingly alive with sensors and data. The big data, sensor networks and transparency movements have left us with a glut of potentially useful free data that is lying fallow. How can we use this to improve life, local community, and the world at large?<\/p>\n People and devices collect and share data both passively\u2014monitoring environmental change\u2014and actively\u2014explicitly capturing and sharing information, combining data with other information, and using in unexpected ways. Today, we are only starting to understand how best to put this data to work to improve our lives and the world around us.<\/p>\n How might data\u2014particularly information that makes civic society run, like bus schedules, election cycles, political information, first-hand reporting, volunteer logistics, and sporting and media events\u2014make for a better and more community-oriented place to live?<\/p>\n How might this data help us understand the past and present and predict the future with more precision, and how might an individual\u2019s personal data be used to help filter and make information more relevant in different contexts or situations?<\/p>\n What are key problems this data can be used to help solve, what new troubles can we anticipate it creates?<\/p>\n Research in Focus: Designing a Better Tomorrow. Interview with Lili Cheng and Clay Shirky (NYU ITP).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n","tab-content":[{"id":0,"name":"About","content":"Each year, Microsoft Research sponsors a semester-long class at leading design schools. Students are asked to form interdisciplinary teams of two to four students to design a user experience prototype that solves a real-world problem. From these groups, a representative team from each school presents its work to Microsoft.\r\n
\nDesign Expo 2017<\/a>
\nDesign Expo 2016<\/a>
\nDesign Expo 2015<\/a>
\nDesign Expo 2014<\/a>
\nDesign Expo 2012<\/a>
\nDesign Expo 2011<\/a>
\nDesign Expo 2010<\/a>Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n2013 Design Challenge<\/h2>\n
Participating schools and projects<\/h2>\n
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\nProfessor: Clay Shirky
\nProject: Mine – See yourself the way data miners see you<\/li>\n
\nProfessors: Peter Scupelli, Bruce Hanington
\nProject: SeedLinks – Empowering people who care to contribute to their local communities<\/li>\n
\nProfessors: Oren Zuckerman and Noa Morag
\nProject: Clashers – A new way to search for music<\/li>\n
\nProfessors: Bibhudutta Baral and Rupeshkumar Vyas
\nProject: Policiti – Creating a citizen-centric and transferable policing system in India<\/li>\n
\nProfessor: Trevor Duncan
\nProject: Living Memory – Digital data in physical objects<\/li>\n
\nProfessor: Berry Eggen
\nProject: AMP – Sharing social data<\/li>\n
\nProfessor: Jorge Meza Aguilar
\nProject: Greenery – Grow your own food in a fun way<\/li>\n
\nProfessor: Christian Moeller
\nProject: Real-time advanced sound analysis for the LA philharmonic<\/li>\n
\nProfessor: Axel Roesler
\nProject: Community Slate – Improving public participation in open planning<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nRelated Links<\/h3>\n
\nDesign Expo 2017<\/a>
\nDesign Expo 2016<\/a>
\nDesign Expo 2015<\/a>
\nDesign Expo 2014<\/a>
\nDesign Expo 2012<\/a>
\nDesign Expo 2011<\/a>
\nDesign Expo 2010<\/a>Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n2013 Design Challenge<\/h2>\n
Participating schools and projects<\/h2>\n
\n
\nProfessor: Clay Shirky
\nProject: Mine – See yourself the way data miners see you<\/li>\n
\nProfessors: Peter Scupelli, Bruce Hanington
\nProject: SeedLinks – Empowering people who care to contribute to their local communities<\/li>\n
\nProfessors: Oren Zuckerman and Noa Morag
\nProject: Clashers – A new way to search for music<\/li>\n
\nProfessors: Bibhudutta Baral and Rupeshkumar Vyas
\nProject: Policiti – Creating a citizen-centric and transferable policing system in India<\/li>\n
\nProfessor: Trevor Duncan
\nProject: Living Memory – Digital data in physical objects<\/li>\n
\nProfessor: Berry Eggen
\nProject: AMP – Sharing social data<\/li>\n
\nProfessor: Jorge Meza Aguilar
\nProject: Greenery – Grow your own food in a fun way<\/li>\n
\nProfessor: Christian Moeller
\nProject: Real-time advanced sound analysis for the LA philharmonic<\/li>\n
\nProfessor: Axel Roesler
\nProject: Community Slate – Improving public participation in open planning<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nRelated Links<\/h3>\n
2013 Design Challenge<\/h2>\r\nMaking Data Useful: Improving Your Life, Community, and World<\/strong>\r\n\r\nWe live in a world that is increasingly alive with sensors and data. The big data, sensor networks and transparency movements have left us with a glut of potentially useful free data that is lying fallow. How can we use this to improve life, local community, and the world at large?\r\n\r\nPeople and devices collect and share data both passively\u2014monitoring environmental change\u2014and actively\u2014explicitly capturing and sharing information, combining data with other information, and using in unexpected ways. Today, we are only starting to understand how best to put this data to work to improve our lives and the world around us.\r\n\r\nHow might data\u2014particularly information that makes civic society run, like bus schedules, election cycles, political information, first-hand reporting, volunteer logistics, and sporting and media events\u2014make for a better and more community-oriented place to live?\r\n\r\nHow might this data help us understand the past and present and predict the future with more precision, and how might an individual\u2019s personal data be used to help filter and make information more relevant in different contexts or situations?\r\n\r\nWhat are key problems this data can be used to help solve, what new troubles can we anticipate it creates?\r\n
Participating schools and projects<\/h2>\r\n
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Related Links<\/h3>\r\nResearch in Focus: Designing a Better Tomorrow. Interview with Lili Cheng and Clay Shirky (NYU ITP).\r\n\r\n<\/div>"}],"msr_startdate":"2013-07-16","msr_enddate":"2013-07-16","msr_event_time":"","msr_location":"Redmond, WA","msr_event_link":"","msr_event_recording_link":"","msr_startdate_formatted":"July 16, 2013","msr_register_text":"Watch now","msr_cta_link":"","msr_cta_text":"","msr_cta_bi_name":"","featured_image_thumbnail":null,"event_excerpt":"Each year, Microsoft Research sponsors a semester-long class at leading design schools. Students are asked to form interdisciplinary teams of two to four students to design a user experience prototype that solves a real-world problem. From these groups, a representative team from each school presents its work to Microsoft. 2013 Design Challenge Making Data Useful: Improving Your Life, Community, and World We live in a world that is increasingly alive with sensors and data. The…","msr_research_lab":[],"related-researchers":[],"msr_impact_theme":[],"related-academic-programs":[],"related-groups":[],"related-projects":[],"related-opportunities":[],"related-publications":[],"related-videos":[],"related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-event\/262851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/msr-event"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-event\/262851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1147311,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-event\/262851\/revisions\/1147311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"msr-research-area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research-area?post=262851"},{"taxonomy":"msr-region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-region?post=262851"},{"taxonomy":"msr-event-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-event-type?post=262851"},{"taxonomy":"msr-video-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-video-type?post=262851"},{"taxonomy":"msr-locale","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-locale?post=262851"},{"taxonomy":"msr-program-audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-program-audience?post=262851"},{"taxonomy":"msr-post-option","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-post-option?post=262851"},{"taxonomy":"msr-impact-theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-impact-theme?post=262851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}