20th Anniversary Gets a Fitting Finale
Posted by Rob Knies “The sun never sets on Microsoft Research.” That’s Peter Lee, Microsoft distinguished scientist and managing director of Microsoft Research Redmond, making his introductory remarks September 27 during an event in Redmond…
Welcome to Microsoft Research Cambridge
Andrew Blake, Microsoft distinguished scientist and managing director of Microsoft Research Cambridge, welcomes staff and gives an overview of Microsoft Research’s global labs. The mission of those labs are to expand the state of the…
Six Provocations for Big Data
With big data come big responsibilities, specifically in the realm of social media. There is a hint an emergence of a philosophy that big data is all one needs and that other scientific methods and…
Algorithmic Pricing of Online Services
Cloud computing is a quickly growing business. Questions exist as to the proper business model, and this translates into how to model this, considering auction and game theory. Models exist to purchase on-demand and per-use,…
Changing World of Modern Science
Tony Hey, corporate vice president of Microsoft Research Connections, presents the emergence of a Fourth Paradigm of research. The evolution of research has progressed though experimental science, theoretical science, and computational science to present-day data-intensive…
InnerEye: Medical Image Research in the Hospital
Analysis of medical images is essential in modern medicine. With the increasing amount of patient data, new challenges and opportunities arise for different phases of the clinical routine, such as diagnosis, surgery and therapy. The…
Old World, NUI World: The Future of Digital Interaction
Shahram Izadi, Andrew Fitzgibbon, Jamie Shotton and Tom Rodden discuss and demonstrate Natural User Interfaces during the 20th Anniversary event in Cambridge, UK.
This is Microsoft Research
Rick Rashid, Chief Research Officer, Microsoft Research, makes opening remarks at the Microsoft Research Redmond’s 20th anniversary event.
Pursue the most important problem
Washington Research Foundation Entrepreneurship Professor Oren Etzioni of the University of Washington reflects on his approach to his research on fundamental challenges of artificial intelligence.
Health Care Decisions in the Information Age
Benjamin Handel of UC Berkley focuses on how individuals interact with the medical care sector to make important decisions. This involves using the information available and the incentives they face. The incentives can be financial…