{"id":815140,"date":"2019-05-24T03:43:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T10:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-group&#038;p=815140"},"modified":"2025-12-09T14:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T22:39:08","slug":"msr-asia-shanghai","status":"publish","type":"msr-group","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/group\/msr-asia-shanghai\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Research Asia &#8211; Shanghai"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"mb-3 moray-highlight\">\n\t<div class=\"card-img-overlay mx-lg-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"card-background  has-background-catalina-blue card-background--full-bleed\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MSRA-SH-2-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"a large body of water with a city in the background\" style=\"object-position: 4% 45%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MSRA-SH-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MSRA-SH-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MSRA-SH-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MSRA-SH-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MSRA-SH-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MSRA-SH-2-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MSRA-SH-2-1066x600.jpg 1066w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MSRA-SH-2-655x368.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MSRA-SH-2-343x193.jpg 343w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MSRA-SH-2-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MSRA-SH-2-scaled-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MSRA-SH-2-scaled-960x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MSRA-SH-2-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MSRA-SH-2-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- Foreground -->\n\t\t<div class=\"card-foreground d-flex mt-md-n5 my-lg-5 px-g px-lg-0\">\n\t\t\t<!-- Container -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container d-flex mt-md-n5 my-lg-5 align-self-center\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Card wrapper -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 w-lg-col-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Card -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card material-md-card py-5 px-md-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"microsoft-research-asia-shanghai\">Microsoft Research Asia &#8211; Shanghai<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The goal of research on <em>Microsoft Research Asia &#8211; Shanghai<\/em> (MSRA Shanghai) is to design advanced algorithms and systems to help solve cutting-edge challenges closely related to our life. The research in this area cares about the accessing of ubiquitous signals with diverse sensing approaches, the information extraction and mining through advanced signal processing and machine learning algorithms, and technologies that builds efficient computing and sensing systems on the cloud and edge. &nbsp;The algorithms and systems could help to solve the big challenges we face in healthcare, biology, and sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"research-topics\">Research Topics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wireless-sensing-and-networking\">Wireless Sensing and Networking<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wireless sensing for next generation Human Computer Interaction (HCI)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sensing and other technology for healthcare and environmental monitoring<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5G\/6G wireless communication<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"advanced-machine-learning\">Advanced Machine 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