Research
Below please find an index of news and awards that recognize Microsoft researchers’ contribution to scientific research and commitment to advancing computer science.
Jaime Teevan received the 2016 Karen Spärck Jones award (opens in new tab) from the British Computer Society Information Retrieval Specialist Group (BCS IRSG) for “technically strong and exceptionally creative contributions to the intersection of…
Microsoft Research has developed a new technology that uses a smartphone to detect and warn of factors that could increase the risk of accidents, such as speeding, drunk driving, or distractions.
Microsoft Translator is now supporting in-person machine translation technology, developed by the machine translation group at Microsoft’s research lab in Redmond, also can ease communications for travelers in a foreign country who need to speak…
Immersing yourself in an alternative universe is VRâs selling point. But how do the avatars that populate these worlds impact our experiences and our behaviour?
The 2016 Fellows have been cited for numerous contributions in areas including cloud computing, computer security, data science, Internet routing and security, large-scale distributed computing, mobile computing, spoken-language processing and theoretical computer science.
Five Microsoft researchers have been named as Distinguished Members of the Association of Computing Machinery (opens in new tab), the world’s largest computing society. The honors recognize the individuals’ significant contributions and impact to computer…
Eight computer scientists at Microsoft research labs around the world have been honored as Fellows of the Association of Computing Machinery (opens in new tab), the world’s largest computing society. The honors recognize the individuals’ significant…
Gaining an in-depth understanding of users is critical for building artificial intelligence systems. With the rapid development of positioning, sensing and social networking technologies, large quantities of human behavioral data are now readily available.
Desney Tan: Students and young professionals often ask: “What do I have to do to be successful?” “What do I have to do to have a good life?” It’s an amazingly important question. It’s a…
By 2027 we will have ubiquitous virtual reality systems that will provide such rich multisensorial experiences that will be capable of producing hallucinations which blend or alter perceived reality. Using this technology, humans will retrain,…