Human-computer interaction
Redefining human experiences through innovations in research, design, and technology.
Publication
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…
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Technology for Enhancing Conversations
2011-2015 Face to face or remote conversations can sometimes be challenging, be it for the language barriers or because of lack of topics that may keep a conversation smoothly flowing. We look at technology solutions…
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Productivity and Wellbeing in the Workplace
Our team of researchers has been investigating how online and offline social interactions of information workers affect their productivity and sense of well-being.
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Microproductivity
As people’s time becomes increasingly fragmented, getting tasks accomplished becomes more and more challenging. In this project we are investigating ways of decomposing larger tasks into smaller microtasks that leverage the micromoments that exist sporadically…
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IntelliDrive – Intelligent Management of Attention in Automotive Environments
Driver attention is a valuable commodity in maintaining driving safety. However, with the proliferation of many interactive devices that place demands on the driver’s attention while driving, effectively allocating attention with the primary goal of…
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VideoKheti- Video Search for Low-Literate Users
VideoKheti is a multimodal video search system for low-literate farmers that combines local language speech, graphics and touch interaction to help find and watch agriculture extension videos (of digitalGreen), in the farmer’s own language and dialect.
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KrishiPustak- Social Networking for Low-Literate Farmers
With the wide penetration of mobile internet, social networking systems are becoming increasingly popular in the developing world. However, most social networking sites contain medium to heavy text, and are therefore unusable by low-literate populations. KrishiPustak (CSCW’15)…