Research
Advancing data systems and analytics that enable scalable insights, intelligent applications, and scientific discovery.
Microsoft builds and operates best-in-class data centers that contain 2,500 to more than 100,000 servers (per data center), which are connected by using cutting-edge networks within and across data centers. To meet the performance, cost,…
We live in a world that is increasingly alive with sensors and data. The Design Expo at the Faculty Summit challenges teams of students to use this data to improve life, local community, and the…
There has been a rapid expansion in the ability to gather and analyze communication data during acute events. As we saw most recently during Hurricane Sandy, people use social media services like Twitter and Facebook…
Main memory databases have become increasingly important as a way to provide high-performance OLTP (on-line transaction processing) capability. By restricting data to by main memory resident, rather than storing disk resident data entirely in the…
“Big Data” holds the promise of having a transformative effect for enterprises and consumers alike. In this session of the 2013 Microsoft Research Faculty Summit, leaders of our community discuss how data platforms must evolve…
Beyond keeping friends and family in touch or spreading the latest memes, social media has the ability to provide life-saving information during disasters and other crises. Leysia Palen of the University of Colorado, Boulder, discusses…
Haptic technology, which simulates the sense of touch through tactile feedback mechanisms, has been described as “doing for the sense of touch what computer graphics does for vision.” Haptics are already common in devices such…
