Microsoft Research has contributed almost 19 percent of the papers accepted for presentation during SIGIR 2008, underscoring the organization’s commitment to make search a much more compelling experience than it is today.
India Project Addresses Location Search from a New Direction
Robust Location Search, a research project from Microsoft Research India, takes a new approach to solve unstructured or error-laden geospatial queries.
Image Crisis: Inspiring a New Generation of Computer Scientists
Rick Rashid, senior vice president of Microsoft Research, urges the technology industry to consider what can be done to encourage young people to pursue technology-related career paths.
Worldwide Telescope: Two Months Old, a Million Downloads Strong
Twenty-nine years after man first walked on the moon, astronomical exploration retains an irresistible allure, as evidenced by Microsoft Research’s Worldwide Telescope, which attained its millionth download less than two months after being released.
Emmott Named Trustee for the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
Stephen Emmott, director of Computational Science for Microsoft Research Cambridge, has been appointed a trustee of Britain's National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts.
Luca Cardelli of Microsoft Research Cambridge discusses why Modula-3 played a major role in popularizing the notion of type-safe programming and why Modula-3 is still vastly superior to programs such as Java.
Making Sense of Data Overload: An Innovative Approach to Progressive Data Analysis
With the help of Microsoft Research, USC's Cyrus Shahabi is working to help scientists manage data to provide better results, reliability, and overall accuracy of data analysis.
Software incompatibility is a major concern for developers and users. In the project Tark, researchers at Microsoft Research India are attempting to alleviate this problem by discovering contracts in software.
Microsoft Research Extends Reach Through Partnerships
Microsoft Research collaborates with researchers across the globe on projects that support environmental initiatives—such as helping Indian farmers protect their land and helping scientists develop new tools to analyze the large volume of environmental data.
Q&A: As the Microsoft Imagine Cup finals kick off in Paris, Stephen Emmott of Microsoft Research discusses the critical need to inspire young people to pursue careers in science and technology.
Special Reports: Jennifer Chayes (registration required)
The director of the new Massachusetts-based Microsoft Research lab wants to use mathematics to design better search engines, recommendation systems, and online auctions.
Feverish Foray into Satisfiability Proves Satisfying
Youssef Hamadi of Microsoft Research Cambridge found himself working at a breakneck pace toward SAT-Race 2008, but his efforts paid off when his project was declared the world’s best parallel solver.
Digital Green Reaps Honor for Helping Improve Agricultural Efficiency
Digital Green, a project from Microsoft Research India, won an award in the Stockholm Challenge for novel attempts to use digital video and mediated instruction to popularize the adoption of effective agricultural practices in the developing world.
Creative Young Engineers Selected to Participate in NAE's 2008 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
Michael Isard and Vivek Narasayya of Microsoft Research have been chosen to take part in the National Academy of Engineering's 14th annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium, which features engineers aged 30 to 45 who are performing exceptional engineering research and technical work in a variety of disciplines.
Human v2.0 is due out this century. Read an IM interview with Microsoft Research computer scientist Desney Tan, who wants to use technology to augment your operating system.
Association for Computing Machinery Honors Randy Wang and Digital Study Hall Team for Using Community-Generated Video to Improve Education in India
The Association for Computing Machinery will present the 2007 Eugene Lawler Award to Randy Wang and the Digital Study Hall team from Microsoft Research India for innovative use of cost-effective digital technology that helps improve the education of underserved children in South Asia.
Drew Purves, scientist at Microsoft Research Cambridge, co-authored two papers published in the latest issue of Science, discussing new techniques for understanding forest dynamics and how that understanding could help combat climate change.
While sitting upon mega-collections of social media, new-media artists are asking themselves, how can we leverage the amazing amount of social activity and content sharing happening online? Microsoft Research's Scott Counts has some answers.
Microsoft Research's Dan Reed, a computational scientist known for his leadership in developing technology and science policy, envisions a device in every pocket, hooked into a distributed data infrastructure, that can alert users to urgent public health information.
From the Ground Up: Piore Award Highlights Rashid’s Foundational Career
Microsoft Research senior vice president honored at 45th Design Automation Conference for contributions to modern operating systems and leadership in industrial research.
Task Market, a technology preview from Microsoft Research Asia, enables small businesses to get more done by connecting with document experts for Microsoft Office-related tasks.
Is Your Group Seeking Information? SearchTogether!
SearchTogether, a project from Microsoft Research Redmond, is available as an Internet Explorer plug-in, enabling members of a group to investigate subjects of mutual interest in collaborative fashion.
Video: Cool Instant Translations from Microsoft Research
Microsoft researchers show the state of the art in translation software. Did you know you can translate from Chinese to English in near real time while you instant message with people around the world?
Programming-language guru Erik Meijer chats with Microsoft Research's Wolfram Schulte, Rustan Leino, and Peter Mueller about the Spec# programming system..
A Tribute to Jim Gray: Sometimes Nice Guys Do Finish First
During a tribute in honor of the accomplishments of computing legend Jim Gray on May 31 at the University of California at Berkeley, the impact of both his technical contributions and who he was as a person really struck home.
Microsoft: Tech Transfer Sparked by Talented People
Successful technology transfer stems from a pool of talented people with smart ideas supported by right incentives to help their companies thrive, said Andrew Herbert, managing director of Microsoft Research Cambridge.
Josh Benaloh,senior cryptographer at Microsoft Research, discusses how cryptography could enable voters to check the accuracy and integrity of an election tally without having to trust election equipment, software, or personnel.
Digital Green Project Wins Stockholm Challenge Award
Digital Green, a project from Microsoft Research India to share effective farming practices via video technologies, has won the Culture Category of the Stockholm Challenge Awards 2008.
