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In the news | the Stranger
What Only Artists Can Teach Us About Technology, Data, and Surveillance
The way one artist put it to me, if you think of Microsoft as a city, Microsoft Research is the university.
Awards | University of Washington
Rico Malvar receives IEEE 20th Century Landmark Award
UW Electrical Engineering Affiliate Professor Henrique (Rico) Malvar received an IEEE 20th Century Landmark Award for his contributions to multiresolution signal processing and media compression standards.
In the news | GenomeWeb
New Community Challenge seeks to Evaluate Methods of Computing on Encrypted Genomic Data
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Researchers from academia and industry have launched the second iteration of a community challenge that aims to evaluate the performance of methods of computing securely on genomic data in remote environments…
In the news | RISCS
Cormac Herley Addresses the UK Cyber Security Research Conference 2014
As a basic principle, science is self-correcting. Therefore, itâs essential to be able to find and identify mistakes and itâs equally important not to let errors accumulate.
In the news | The Guardian
Headset provides ‘3D soundscape’ to help blind people navigate cities
Microsoft’s GPS-enabled navigation headset provides directions and live transport information, and ‘paints a picture of the world through sound.’
In the news | The Telegraph
How 3D audio technology could ‘unlock’ cities for blind people
Microsoft’s 3D audio technology means that the sound is directional, so if the attraction in question is several metres ahead to the right, the sound will appear to come from that direction.
In the news | Wired Magazine
Eye-to-eye with Jason Salavon’s algorithm-produced art
These abstract artworks weren’t created by an artist — they were painted by an algorithm. These abstract artworks weren’t created by an artist — they were painted by an algorithm.
A Data-Driven Crystal Ball
“Scottish independence: polls show it’s too close to call.” “Scotland’s vote likely to be a nail-biter.” “Scottish independence vote on a knife edge as polls put both Yes AND No ahead.” If there was any consensus in the days running…
In the news | Singularity Hub
Virtual Reality May Become the Next Great Media Platform—But Can It Fool All Five Senses?
Jason Silva calls technologies of media “engines of empathy.” They allow us to look through someone else’s eyes, experience someone else’s story—and develop a sense of compassion and understanding for them, and perhaps for others more generally. But he says,…