Research
Below please find an index of news and awards that recognize Microsoft researchers’ contribution to scientific research and commitment to advancing computer science.
What if we could use technology to predict where vehicle collisions involving people who walk or bike will occur, then take steps to prevent them? Would you want to help? Well, now you can.
After months of collaboration with Microsoft and the University of Washington, the city of Bellevue premiered its crowd-sourced video analytics project Thursday morning in the hopes of making the streets safe for everybody.
The city of Bellevue is asking for the public’s help to make streets safer using new technology. Bellevue is working with Microsoft and the University of Washington on a cutting-edge effort to help prevent traffic…
The Association for Computing Machinery, the world’s largest computing society, named Sharad Agarwal, Meredith Ringel Morris and Thomas Zimmermann to the 2017 class of ACM Distinguished Members (opens in new tab) for their outstanding contributions to the…
The plan is to generate data about crashes and use it to improve roadways and prevent collisions between cars, trucks, bikes and pedestrians.
Volunteers will “teach” the program to better identify people walking and biking. Despite signing onto Vision Zero, a campaign that aims to eliminate traffic-related deaths and serious injuries, Washington, D.C. and other large cities have…
Leslie Lamport received an honorary degree (opens in new tab) from Brandeis University, where he earned both his master’s (’63) and PhD (’72) in mathematics. Lamport’s pioneering work in principled distributed computing includes the development of protocols…
Susan Dumais and colleagues received the Test of Time Award (opens in new tab) from the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (opens in new tab) (SIGIR) for their 1988 paper, Information Retrieval Using a Singular…
The 2017 Canadian Human Computer Communications Society Achievement Award (opens in new tab) was presented to Kori Inkpen at Graphics Interface 2017 (opens in new tab) for her many contributions to the field of human-computer interaction. Throughout her career,…
Microsoft has created a watch that the company says can help people with Parkinson’s disease write more clearly. The Emma Watch sends vibrations to the brain that help control hand tremors.