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Microsoft awards $374k in bounties for Azure Sphere Security Research Challenge

March 6, 2021October 7, 2020 by Kareem Anderson

Over the course of 90-days the researchers found 40 exploits, 20 of which were considered "Critical or Important severity security vulnerabilities."

Microsoft experiments with haptic feedback on VR controllers - OnMSFT.com - February 28, 2018

Microsoft experiments with haptic feedback on VR controllers

February 28, 2018 by Kareem Anderson

Researchers have found a way manipulate haptic feedback to simulate forces between two individualized sensors.

How do you scan the giant jaws of a tyrannosaurus rex? With a Microsoft Kinect! - OnMSFT.com - July 6, 2017

How do you scan the giant jaws of a tyrannosaurus rex? With a Microsoft Kinect!

July 6, 2017 by Kit McDonald

What do professional researchers at (MIT) do when their 3D scanning equipment doesn't make the cut? They pull out the Microsoft Kinect.

Apple, not Microsoft, will be the biggest OS company in 2017 according to latest Gartner report - OnMSFT.com - January 9, 2017

Apple, not Microsoft, will be the biggest OS company in 2017 according to latest Gartner report

January 9, 2017 by Arif Bacchus

Gartner has found that Apple, and not Microsoft will be the biggest OS company in 2017

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Bing releases new experiences to help students learn and explore the universe, chemistry, and more

September 27, 2016 by Mark Coppock

Bing is releasing a new set of tools aimed at helping students research and learn about a number of topics, from constellations to molecules to words and more.

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Microsoft Research uses Azure Log Analytics to manage deep neural networks

September 21, 2016 by Kareem Anderson

Microsoft service engineer Kris Zenter explains in more detail how the Microsoft Research team makes use of Azure Log Analytics, Linux Server System Resource monitoring, and custom Python applications

Microsoft speech recognition achieves the lowest-ever error rate in recent study - OnMSFT.com - September 13, 2016

Microsoft speech recognition achieves the lowest-ever error rate in recent study

September 13, 2016 by Kareem Anderson

Ideally, the avenues of machine learning, speech recognition, and artificial intelligence will intersect and create a seamless experience for users

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Microsoft Research holds Data Science Summer School in New York with real-world hopes

August 26, 2016 by Kareem Anderson

For 2016, Microsoft Research held an intensive eight-week hands-on course which attempted to make use of machine learning algorithms for the first time to predict actual outcomes, for the first time as well as tracking over 13 million Yellow Cab taxi rides in New York City to provide a more efficient carpooling system.

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Microsoft Research looking at ways to improve the mobile browsing user experience

August 11, 2016 by Kareem Anderson

A new collaboration may point towards the research division addressing a more immediate concern by people and that is tackling the user experience when mobile browsing.

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Microsoft Research and Bill Gates look forward to the next 25 years of innovation

July 22, 2016 by Mark Coppock

Bill Gates and other Microsoft luminaries look forward to see what Microsoft Research might accomplish in its next 25 years.

Microsoft Research creates fellowship program to support women in computing - OnMSFT.com - July 15, 2016

Microsoft Research creates fellowship program to support women in computing

July 15, 2016 by Kareem Anderson

Microsoft Research’s distinguished scientist Susan Dumais is highlighting the recent announcement of the company’s efforts to support women in computing through its fellowship program.

Microsoft Research Alumni Network launched on LinkedIn as part of 25th Anniversary of Microsoft Research - OnMSFT.com - July 15, 2016

Microsoft Research Alumni Network launched on LinkedIn as part of 25th Anniversary of Microsoft Research

July 15, 2016 by Kareem Anderson

The launch of the Microsoft Research Alumni Network happens to involve the company’s recently purchased property of LinkedIn as part of its 25th Anniversary of Microsoft Research (MSR) announcement.

Microsoft Academic to focus on using intelligent bots to make knowledge more searchable and accessible - OnMSFT.com - May 20, 2016

Microsoft Academic to focus on using intelligent bots to make knowledge more searchable and accessible

May 20, 2016 by Mark Coppock

Microsoft is expanding the use of intelligent bots that work behind the scenes to locate and present pertinent knowledge in Microsoft Academic.

Two Microsoft researchers elected to National Academy of Sciences for work on machine learning and probability theory - OnMSFT.com - May 13, 2016

Two Microsoft researchers elected to National Academy of Sciences for work on machine learning and probability theory

May 13, 2016 by Kareem Anderson

Recently, Yuval Peres and Robert Schapire joined the long list of Microsoft employees and researchers who have been recognized by their peers for their achievements in their respective fields.

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Microsoft to showcase advances in virtual reality and more at CHI 2016

April 28, 2016 by Kit McDonald

Microsoft reveals a list of presentations for the upcoming AMC CHI 2016 conference.

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Microsoft is developing a "taxonomy of civic technology" to help guide the social impact of tech

April 27, 2016 by Kit McDonald

Matt Stempeck is collaborating to build a taxonomy of civic technology.

Microsoft invests in synthetic DNA to explore data storage alternatives - OnMSFT.com - April 27, 2016

Microsoft invests in synthetic DNA to explore data storage alternatives

April 27, 2016 by Michael Cottuli

Microsoft has just made a deal with Twist Bioscience to purchase what they call "synthetic DNA," which uses the concepts in organic DNA to store digital data.

Microsoft researcher Eric Horvitz wins ACM-AAAI award for work in artificial intelligence - OnMSFT.com - April 27, 2016

Microsoft researcher Eric Horvitz wins ACM-AAAI award for work in artificial intelligence

April 27, 2016 by Laurent Giret

Artificial intelligence researcher and Managing Director of Microsoft’s research lab Eric Horvitz has just won the ACM-AAAI Allen Newell Award, acknowledging his groundbreaking contributions in artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction.

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Big data and crowdsourcing can help improve medical research

April 13, 2016 by Kit McDonald

Yom-Tov and his colleagues have developed a technique to crowdsource data for medical research.

Microsoft giving developers tools to bring voice to all Windows 10 interconnected devices - OnMSFT.com - March 23, 2016

Microsoft giving developers tools to bring voice to all Windows 10 interconnected devices

March 23, 2016 by Michael Cottuli

Microsoft has been expanding the Internet of Things for a while now, and according to a presentation they did in China, they aren't going to be slowing down any time soon.

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Microsoft researcher Wolfram Schulte receives IEEE Computer Society award for research leadership

March 1, 2016 by Staff Writer

Microsoft director, Wolfram Schulte, was honored by the IEEE Computer Society for his contributions to software verification and research.

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