Programming languages and software engineering
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Faculty Summit 2016 – Supporting Big Tasks Through Microtasks
Online, networked societies have embarked on a massive shift to take work online. Increasingly, computers are not just helping people get work done, but also helping them figure out what to do, with whom, and…
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Faculty Summit 2016 – Recognizing Achievements and Collaborations
Rick Rashid recognizes the Microsoft Research Outstanding Collaborator Award. People Speaker: Rick Rashid, Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft Applications and Services Group
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How to Write a Great Research Paper
Writing papers and giving talks are key skills for any researcher, but they aren’t easy. In this pair of presentations, I’ll describe simple guidelines that I follow for writing papers and giving talks, which I…
Publication
Types from data
Publication
Types from data
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The Resurgence of Software Performance Engineering
Today, most application developers write code without much regard for how quickly it will run. Moreover, once the code is written, it is rare for it to be reengineered to run faster. But two technology…
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How to Give a Great Research Talk
Writing papers and giving talks are key skills for any researcher, but they aren’t easy. In this pair of presentations, I’ll describe simple guidelines that I follow for writing papers and giving talks, which I…
Project
Code Hunt Contests
Cambridge Code Hunt Contest 2016 Date: 6 July 2016 Time: 17:30-19:30 Run by: Kenji Takeda, Judith Bishop (MSR) and Nigel Horspool (University of Victoria). Thanks for additional puzzles to: Rhodes Brown, University of Victoria, Canada…