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May 5, 2014

Microsoft Research New York City open house includes presentations, panel discussion

Two years after the founding of Microsoft Research New York City — and nine months since the lab established a permanent home in the Flatiron District — an open house was held Monday to show off its new space.

May 2, 2014

Microsoft explores intersection of entertainment and technology at Creativity Conference

Microsoft Research scientists Mary Czerwinski and Kati London are at the second annual Creativity Conference, being held Friday at The Newseum in Washington, D.C., speaking about the Oscar-winning movie “Her” and the influence of technology on consumers.

April 30, 2014

Collaboration Workshop conference explores role of software in reproducible research

April 23, 2014

Microsoft researchers amongst 2014 Fellows of American Academy of Arts & Sciences

The American Academy of Arts & Sciences has elected Microsoft Research’s Jennifer Chayes and Leslie Lamport as Fellows.

April 21, 2014

New features for Office Remote improve video play, presenter control

In November, Microsoft announced the availability of Office Remote, the product of collaboration between Microsoft Research and the Microsoft Office engineering team that enables a number of useful features for delivering business presentations. Now, an updated version is available in the Windows Phone Store that gives presenters better feedback at a glance and more control at their fingertips.

April 21, 2014

Brazilian professor inspires students to participate in the International Women’s Hackathon 2014

In her desire to increase the number of women in computer science programs, professor Rosiane de Freitas made sure the Institute of Computing of the Federal University of Amazonas (ICOMP/UFAM) was the first Brazilian university to take part in last year’s inaugural International Women’s Hackathon, mentoring a group of girls who participated in the event. This year, de Freitas has inspired other female students to participate in the International Women’s Hackathon 2014.

April 18, 2014

WorldWide Telescope events and installations bring stars to life for children

Thanks to Microsoft Research’s WorldWide Telescope (WWT), anyone can see the night sky in all its glory. Last fall, Microsoft Research helped bring the excitement of astronomy to Asian schoolchildren with the installation of a WWT-driven planetarium at the Shixinlu primary school in China and family events at Miraikan, Japan’s national science museum in Tokyo.

April 18, 2014

Holograph project brings interactive 3D platform to big data

Curtis Wong, the Microsoft Research scientist who gave the world the WorldWide Telescope, demonstrated a project called Holograph during Microsoft Research’s Silicon Valley TechFair Thursday. It’s an interactive, 3D data-visualization research platform that can render static and dynamic data above or below the plane of a display, using a variety of 3D stereographic techniques.

April 18, 2014

Programmers: Naiad platform makes it easy to get data into Azure

During Microsoft Research’s recent Silicon Valley TechFair, the “Naiad on Azure: Rich, Interactive Cloud Analytics” project showcased an aspect of the big-data movement that focuses on enabling data analysts to develop an application and then deploy it seamlessly to the cloud.

April 17, 2014

Silicon Valley TechFair reveals Microsoft Research’s inner workings

Thursday, the Microsoft Research Silicon Valley lab hosts the Silicon Valley TechFair, an open-door event for customers, academia, and partners to learn more about the inner workings of Microsoft Research.