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In the news | Microsoft Research Podcast
Hearing in 3D with Dr. Ivan Tashev
Dr. Ivan Tashev, a Partner Software Architect in the Audio and Acoustics Group at Microsoft Research, is no small part of the revolution, having both published papers and shipped products at the forefront of the science of sound.
In the news | VentureBeat
Why Microsoft, Tencent, and Intel are growing cucumbers in autonomous greenhouses
Researcher teams led by employees at Microsoft, Intel, and Tencent are participating in a cucumber-growing competition to operate autonomous greenhouses to explore artificial intelligence applications in indoor farming. Researcher teams led by employees at Microsoft, Intel, and Tencent are participating…
In the news | The Verge
Microsoft Word is getting a to-do feature to help people manage documents
Microsoft is starting to test a new to-do feature in Word today. The software maker found that a lot of people leave notes in their Word documents as placeholders to add more text, images, or charts. Microsoft is now making…
In the news | Engadget
Microsoft Word will automatically create to-do lists for you
Microsoft will start turning the notes you leave in Word documents into to-do lists. The company is testing a new feature in its word processor that will automatically detect notes and messages left for yourself and others and turn them…
Awards | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Microsoft Researchers named Distinguished Members of the Association for Computing Machinery
Jaime Teevan, Stefan Saroiu, and Jingdong Wang have been named Distinguished Members of the Association for Computing Machinery (opens in new tab) (ACM) for their significant contributions that have revolutionized how we live, work and play. This is an important honor as…
Designing the future with the help of the past with Bill Buxton
Episode 46, October 17, 2018 – In a wide-ranging interview, Bill Buxton explains why Marcel Proust and TS Eliot can be instructive for computer scientists, why the long nose of innovation is essential to success in technology design, why problem-setting…
In the news | Microsoft Research Podcast
Designing the future with the help of the past with Bill Buxton
In addition to his pioneering work in computer science and design, Bill Buxton has spent the past several decades amassing a collection of more than a thousand artifacts that chronicle the history of human computer interaction for the very purpose…
Awards | User Interface Software and Technology (UIST)
Meredith Ringel Morris receives UIST 2018 Lasting Impact Award
Meredith (Merrie) Ringel Morris, a Principal Researcher and Research Manager at Microsoft Research, received the UIST 2018 Lasting Impact Award (opens in new tab) for her 2007 paper, co-authored by Eric Horvitz, entitled: “SearchTogether: An interface for collaborative web search.” The award was presented…
In the news | GeekWire
How Microsoft and Adaptive Biotech became ‘a single team’ to build groundbreaking AI diagnostic
Every day, thousands of people cross the 520 bridge between Seattle and Bellevue, Wash. But for some of those people, the daily journey is more than just a commute: It is part of a years-long project to create a completely…