Prediction and explanation in social systems
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…
Fukushima Daiichi – Six Years Later
Following the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunamis off the northeastern coast of Japan, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant personnel encountered extraordinary challenges in managing the loss of electrical power, control, and instrumentation at…
Possible and Impossible Cells
Cells are the smallest complete units of self-replication, and all life is made up of them. It is becoming clear that cells are best studied as informational and computational units, not just physical machines. Many…