{"id":1203,"date":"2013-07-15T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/msr_er\/2013\/07\/15\/the-future-of-computing\/"},"modified":"2016-07-20T07:31:27","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T14:31:27","slug":"the-future-of-computing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/the-future-of-computing\/","title":{"rendered":"The future of computing"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is becoming increasingly apparent to us all that computers are everywhere, even in our cell phones, and can help us accomplish many tasks from finding information on the Internet to analyzing large genomic data sets. This morning, Bill Gates will address how computing contributes to improving our world as he kicks off the 2013 Microsoft Research Faculty Summit (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. His topic reminds me of how much our conception of the role of computing has changed since the days of mainframe computers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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One of the highlights of the Faculty Summit is the introduction of the latest Microsoft Research Faculty Fellows (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. This year, we present seven new faculty members, bringing the total to 60 Faculty Fellowships awarded since 2005. The fellowship provides them with the freedom to focus on their research courageously early in their careers. The Faculty Fellowships are just one of many programs of grants, fellowships, and internships (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> that we offer worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n