Microsoft awards $374k in bounties for Azure Sphere Security Research Challenge
Over the course of 90-days the researchers found 40 exploits, 20 of which were considered "Critical or Important severity security vulnerabilities."
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Microsoft experiments with haptic feedback on VR controllers
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!
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
Gartner has found that Apple, and not Microsoft will be the biggest OS company in 2017
Bing releases new experiences to help students learn and explore the universe, chemistry, and more
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.
Microsoft Research uses Azure Log Analytics to manage deep neural networks
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
Ideally, the avenues of machine learning, speech recognition, and artificial intelligence will intersect and create a seamless experience for users
Microsoft Research holds Data Science Summer School in New York with real-world hopes
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.
Microsoft Research looking at ways to improve the mobile browsing user experience
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.
Microsoft Research and Bill Gates look forward to the next 25 years of innovation
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
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
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
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
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.
Microsoft to showcase advances in virtual reality and more at CHI 2016
Microsoft reveals a list of presentations for the upcoming AMC CHI 2016 conference.
Microsoft is developing a "taxonomy of civic technology" to help guide the social impact of tech
Matt Stempeck is collaborating to build a taxonomy of civic technology.
Microsoft invests in synthetic DNA to explore data storage alternatives
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
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.
Big data and crowdsourcing can help improve medical research
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
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.
Microsoft researcher Wolfram Schulte receives IEEE Computer Society award for research leadership
Microsoft director, Wolfram Schulte, was honored by the IEEE Computer Society for his contributions to software verification and research.