Thinga.Me
Featuring “GrabCut” segmentation technology, developed at Microsoft Research Cambridge, Thinga.Me was an iPhone app that allowed people to take photos of the important physical items in their lives, quickly cut them out, and arrange them…
Autonomous car research with AirSim
AirSim, a Microsoft research project for developing autonomous vehicles, now includes car simulation. The new version is available now on GitHub as an open-source, cross-platform offering. Related: Autonomous car research with AirSim Microsoft shares open…
Importing 3rd Party Environments in Unreal Engine for AirSim
This video by Jim Piavis shows how you can take off-the-self environments available on websites such as TurboSquid.com or cgitrader.com and import into Unreal Engine. Once that’s done you can follow the instructions for using…
Celebrating 20 years of MSR in Asia with Dr. Hsiao-Wuen Hon
Episode 49, November 7, 2018 – Dr. Hon gives us a brief history of Microsoft Research Asia, from its humble beginnings to its significant role in the AI boom today, talks about Microsoft Research Asia’s…
Growing a generation of computer scientists – Microsoft Research Asia at 20 and going beyond technical achievement
Microsoft Research Asia celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and the milestone provided an occasion for many in the industry to reflect on an amazing journey, one not only replete with excellence and technological achievement,…
Computing in the 21st Century Conference & Asia Faculty Summit on MSRA’s 20th Anniversary
We live in an exciting time to witness one of the most powerful and disruptive revolutionary technological waves – the unfolding of digital transformation, empowered through the emergence of cloud and artificial intelligence. Major…