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Juan Miguel Lavista is currently the Principal Data Scientist for Microsoft Data Science team (DnA), where he works with a team of data scientists searching for insights in petabytes of data. Juan joined Microsoft in…

Last week, Nate Silver posted a blog examining how much major US cities differ in terms of when they arrive at work. Using survey data collected by the American Community Survey, Silver showcased the average…

At Microsoft’s Silicon Valley Techfair last week, company researchers showed how they’re taking the PC in a new direction, combining machine vision with a new independence so they may recognize and interpret what the PC…

Desney Tan is a decorated computer scientist and principal researcher at Microsoft Research where he works on mobile and wearable devices. He’s done well enough to have “a couple extra dollars to toss around,” he…

Last week I made a plea for the less is more approach to working smart: maintaining quiet, focused time for yourself. I’ve warned about the downside staying busy for busy’s sake, of losing connection to…

As part of its commitment to basic research, Microsoft invests in creating joint research centers around the world.

The research initiative has produced sensor-equipped robots that can not only recognize multiple people, but infer their objectives and roles.

Eye Control makes Windows 10 more accessible by empowering people with disabilities to operate an onscreen mouse, keyboard, and text-to-speech experience using only their eyes. The experience requires a compatible eye tracker, like the Tobii…

Lauter compared the technique to ‘locking a gold brick in a safe with a pair of gloves attached to openings in the side. A jeweler could still use the gold to make jewelry without ever…

A free add-in makes it easier for .NET developers to search for and reuse code samples from across the coding community.