Human-computer interaction
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The Science of Managing Our Digital Stuff
Personal Information Management (PIM) is an activity in which an individual stores personal information items (e.g. files, emails and Web favorites) in order to retrieve them later. Despite the fact that PIM is a fundamental…
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Data and Visualization Literacy
In this new era of fake news, viral content and social media, data literacy is crucial. Modern citizens in our age of information need to be data literate in order to make informed decisions that may…
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Turing, von Neumann and Brenner in the Deciphering of Biology
We live in interesting times. Seers predict Utopian or Dystopian futures where Algorithms and data will be the gods that rule our destiny and that of the planet. These new gods have taken time arriving.…
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Project AVARE
India is home to the largest population of visually-impaired persons (VIPs) in the world, accounting for around 40% of the world’s total blind population as measured by the World Health Organization (WHO). AVARE (Augmented Virtual…
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Surfacing Small Worlds through Data-In-Place
Microsoft Research Blog
Microsoft Research PhD fellowships provide financial support to promising researchers
By Jim Pinkelman, Senior Director, Microsoft Research Since 2008, Microsoft Research has been awarding two-year PhD fellowships to computer science and related researchers at leading universities in the United States and Canada. These awards are…
Microsoft Research Blog
2017 Microsoft Research PhD scholarships support break-through projects in six countries
By Jim Pinkelman, Senior Director, Microsoft Research Since 2004, the Microsoft Research PhD Scholarship Programme in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) has supported groundbreaking PhD projects. This year we have 17 projects that span…
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C’est la vis: Visualization Literacy at Elementary School
This work advances our understanding of children’s visualization literacy, and aims to improve it with a novel approach for teaching visualization at elementary schools. We contribute an analysis of data graphics and activities employed in…