Partnerships propel computer science
As part of its commitment to basic research, Microsoft invests in creating joint research centers around the world. These collaborative engagements typically involve multi-year research programs across a broad range of projects that push the…
The Trill Incremental Analytics Engine
Urban Air
Using a diversity of big data to infer and predict fine-grained air quality throughout a city, and finally tackle air pollutions. http://urbanair.msra.cn/ Install Mobile Apps Many countries are suffering from air pollutions. Many cities…
Microsoft Research support for climate change studies
Last June, U.S. President Barack Obama announced a Climate Action Plan to help predict and address the impacts of climate change. To further this important effort, Microsoft Research is pleased to launch a special Climate…
Hekaton research makes significant speed improvements to SQL Server 2014
Paul Larson, Microsoft principal researcher, and Mike Zwilling, principal architect, Microsoft SQL Server, discuss how their collaboration led to the data-access improvements of the Hekaton component of SQL Server 2014, which has implications that improves…
Let’s HereHere It for NYC
If any city can be called opinionated, it would be New York City, so it’s somehow inevitable that HereHere is making its debut in the Big Apple. It’s Friday in Manhattan, and despite reports of…