Systems & networking
Researching next-generation systems and networks that power reliable, scalable, and efficient computing.
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Stratus: Energy-efficient mobile communication using cloud support
Stratus enables efficient connectivity to mobile devices by reducing bytes transferred as well as saving energy during cellular data communication. Stratus leverages resources in the cloud to achieve energy savings by modulating incoming and outgoing…
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Designing Auction-Based Marketplaces: Research and Practice at MSR
Platform markets have two groups of users, and these have both direct and indirect network effects throughout the market as a whole. Platform markets include media markets, credit cards, dating, and video games. There are…
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Privacy: Issues and Perspectives
Moderator Ethan Zuckerman hosts a panel in Cambridge, Mass., discussing issues of human rights, as well as individual and public privacy. Difficult questions on privacy include personal privacy and marketing data, and technology and tagging…
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Advancing the State of the Art: 20th Anniversary and Beyond
At Microsoft Research, we are celebrating over 20 years of turning ideas into products that continuously improve the way people interact with technology. We advance the state of the art in computer science through exploration…
Project
Drawbridge
Note: This project has reached its conclusion. These pages are maintained for reference and archival purposes. Drawbridge is a research prototype of a new form of virtualization for application sandboxing. Drawbridge combines two core technologies:…