Data platforms and analytics
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Faculty Summit 2012: Welcome and Introduction
In the thirteenth year of the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit, we seek to share insights and create an open discussion on two broad themes: how computing is blending physical and virtual reality, and generating new…
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Data-Parallel String-Manipulating Programs
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Datalog: A perspective and the potential
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Segmentation of Urban Areas Using Road Networks
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GNM2012: Harvesting the Wisdom of Crowds
Conventional wisdom has it that a crowd is smarter than a single individual, and that many opinions are better than one. Several successful businesses have been formed based on this crowdsourcing theme, such as Wikipedia,…
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SCOPE: parallel databases meet MapReduce
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In the Mood for Social Media
By Janie Chang, Writer, Microsoft Research When an oil spill happens, are we annoyed, angry, or furious? When the jobless rate drops, are we relieved, happy, or ecstatic? If these topics are being discussed on…