News and Awards

The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected 111 new members and 22 international members, including Mary Czerwinski, “For the application of psychological principles to the design and understanding of human computer interaction.” Election to…

MPEG Systems, Working Group 3 of the ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 organization led by Gary Sullivan, Principal Standards Program Manager, is being recognized this year by the National Academy for Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS)…

Microsoft believes the telecom edge is the catalyst creating a new world where the telecom and cloud industries join forces to eliminate duplication while creating a new era of latency-sensitive applications and services. In this…

Strong democracies are built on an informed and compassionate citizenry. Disinformation campaigns, designed to mislead, persuade, and sow division, can disrupt our understandings, and fan the flames of discontent. We just hit a significant milestone…

As digital technologies become widespread in our lives, they have enormous potential to influence health and wellbeing. To get the most out of them, we need a new form of innovation focused on those who…

Bad weather threatens the future of a farm in a variety of ways. Rain, of course is welcome; a prolonged downpour, however, is liable to drown or wash away a newly sown crop. Rapid changes…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Microsoft, the satellite company Maxar, and other public- and private-sector partners are developing a system that automatically identifies marine mammals in satellite images. Called GAIA (Geospatial Artificial Intelligence…

Four Microsoft researchers were among those honored for 2021: Nikolaj Bjorner, Tie-Yan Liu, Ryen White, and Tom Zimmermann. ACM Fellows includes the top 1% of ACM members for their outstanding accomplishments in computing and information…

Microsoft believes in the power of gaming as a platform for AI, pointing to Project Paidia. “With projects like this, we’re showing how AI is shifting from competitive applications to being used to empower players…