Research
Below please find an index of news and awards that recognize Microsoft researchers’ contribution to scientific research and commitment to advancing computer science.
Volunteers will “teach” the program to better identify people walking and biking. Despite signing onto Vision Zero, a campaign that aims to eliminate traffic-related deaths and serious injuries, Washington, D.C. and other large cities have…
The plan is to generate data about crashes and use it to improve roadways and prevent collisions between cars, trucks, bikes and pedestrians.
Susan Dumais and colleagues received the Test of Time Award (opens in new tab) from the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (opens in new tab) (SIGIR) for their 1988 paper, Information Retrieval Using a Singular…
Leslie Lamport received an honorary degree (opens in new tab) from Brandeis University, where he earned both his master’s (’63) and PhD (’72) in mathematics. Lamport’s pioneering work in principled distributed computing includes the development of protocols…
The Association for Computing Machinery, the world’s largest computing society, named Sharad Agarwal, Meredith Ringel Morris and Thomas Zimmermann to the 2017 class of ACM Distinguished Members (opens in new tab) for their outstanding contributions to the…
The 2017 Canadian Human Computer Communications Society Achievement Award (opens in new tab) was presented to Kori Inkpen at Graphics Interface 2017 (opens in new tab) for her many contributions to the field of human-computer interaction. Throughout her career,…
Microsoft has created a watch that the company says can help people with Parkinson’s disease write more clearly. The Emma Watch sends vibrations to the brain that help control hand tremors.
The Award for Internet of Things (IoT) Innovation was presented to Ranveer Chandra, Principal Researcher at Microsoft for his work helping small farms increase their production and move from sustenance to production using the cloud…
Haiyan Zhang, a Microsoft researcher, to spend months studying Parkinson’s disease while building and testing prototypes that could, she hoped, temporarily short-circuit the hand tremors, allowing Lawton to write her own name again.
Today at Build 2017, Microsoft unveiled many cool new technologies, one particular announcement touched the hearts of many. Called ‘Emma,’ it is a wrist wearable that can help people suffering with Parkinson’s disease.