Human-computer interaction
Designing technology that is more intuitive, accessible, and useful across the full range of human experiences.
Microsoft @ PPoPP/HPCA/CGO 2019
Microsoft is excited to be part of the PPoPP/HPCA/CGO 2019 co-located conferences and is a Gold sponsor of PPoPP 2019 and HPCA 2019. Stop by our booth to learn about our latest research and find…
I Chose STEM | Applying STEM – a journey to Ikigai
Kitty Yeung, creative technologist manager at the Garage at Microsoft, speaks on applying STEM – a journey to Ikigai.
World Scale VR
New Virtual Reality (VR) headsets will allow users to wander large environments using continuous inside-out optical tracking. This technology opens up the opportunity to see applications spread over large spaces and time intervals, in a World…
Putting the “human” in human computer interaction with Haiyan Zhang
Episode 62, February 6, 2019 – Haiyan talks about her unique “brain hack” approach to the human-centered design process, and discusses a wide range of projects, from the connected play experience of Zanzibar, to Fizzyo,…
Urban Innovation
Researchers working on the Urban Innovation Initiative study and build technology to help shape the future of urban environments. Expertise in design, hardware and software prototyping and deployment, electrical engineering, biology, chemistry and social and…
Enable(ing) people to do more with Dr. Rico Malvar
Episode 61, January 30, 2019 – Dr. Rico Malvar recalls his early years at a fledgling Microsoft Research, talks about the exciting work he oversees now, explains why designing with the user is as important…
Lessons From the Fifty-Year Quest to Turn Programmers into Software Engineers
The term “software engineering” was first used in the title of a 1968 conference organized by NATO, at which academics and industry professionals met and agreed that software needed more engineering focus. A follow-up conference…
