Research
Below please find an index of news and awards that recognize Microsoft researchers’ contribution to scientific research and commitment to advancing computer science.
With an estimated 1.25 million fatalities each year, road accidents are definitely right up there when it comes to the top causes of deaths in the world. It is particularly important to know, middle-income and…
Philip Bernstein has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (opens in new tab) (AAAS). The association’s Section on Information, Computing and Communication selected Bernstein for his distinguished contributions to database…
Microsoft Translator is now powering all speech translation through state-of-the-art neural networks. All speech translation apps that use this service, such as Skype Translator and the Microsoft Translator app for mobile devices, are now using…
The Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (opens in new tab) recognized Lucas Joppa with the 2016 USERN Prize (opens in new tab) in Formal Science at a ceremony in Tehran, Iran. The early career award recognizes scientists…
Meredith Ringel Morris and A.J. Bernheim Brush of Microsoft along with their co-author Brian R. Meyers received the 2016 10-year Impact Award (opens in new tab) at the Association for Computing Machinery International Conference on…
For HoloLens, a mixed reality headset that places holograms in your immediate environment, Dr. Ivan Tashev’s team worked on a sound system that creates the illusion of 3D audio to bring virtual objects to life.
Ant Rowstron received the 2016 Mark Weiser Award (opens in new tab) from the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Operating Systems (SIGOPS). The annual award, notes SIGOPS, honors an individual who has demonstrated…
On Tuesday, a team of scientists from Microsoft Research Asia, Microsoft’s research lab in Beijing, China, announced the public release of technology designed to help computers conceptualize in a humanlike fashion. The Microsoft Concept Graph,…
An interactive experience of artwork augmented with sound that allows one to ‘hear’ a large format drawing. Scottish landscape painter Keith Salmon, who is legally blind, debuted an installation with innovative research from Microsoft that…
The team behind the Oregon Project have created an art installation that allows people who are visually impaired (and those who aren’t) to ‘hear’ a painting.