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The live broadcast of the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit provides a unique opportunity to hear from leading scientific and academic researchers who are making social and scientific

Learn about the many great women in computing careers at Microsoft. Meet Jaime Teevan, a senior researcher at Microsoft Research who specializes in information retrieval research.

A capture using BLINK on windows phone

We consider the tradeoffs between two versions of a UI for working with data on a touch tablet.

Designing ICT systems for rural users in the developing world can be very hard.

Learn about the many great women in computing careers at Microsoft. Meet Alicia Edelman Pelton, senior program manager in the advanced development team at Microsoft Research.

Silvia Chiappa, Post-doc Researcher, Microsoft Research Cambridge, is using machine learning to analyze factors such as smoking, COPD, and asthma that can affect lung function.

Learn about the many great women in computing careers at Microsoft. Meet Kris Hunter, senior product planner at Xbox Hardware.

Learn about the many great women in computing careers at Microsoft.

Talk by Prof. Katsushi Ikeuchi, University of Tokyo at TechVista 2012, Kolkata, India.

Breaking down the barrier between the real world and the virtual world is a staple of science fiction, but technology is coming closer to actually blurring the line.

Follow up to Andrew BlakeΓÇÖs session and question and answer session with Christopher Bishop.

IllumiRoom is a proof-of-concept system that augments the area surrounding a television with projected visualiza­tions to enhance traditional gaming experiences.

Learn about the many great women in computing careers at Microsoft.

Video of the motivation behind Whoo.ly. Photo by viriyincy on Flickr (CC BY-SA)

This is a more complete demonstration of the SandDance Project.

David Breashears, founder and executive director of GlacierWorks, delivers this keynote presentation at the 2012 Microsoft Research Faculty Summit.

The goal of Zero-Effort Payments (ZEP) is to rethink mobile payments.

In the thirteenth year of the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit, we seek to share insights and create an open discussion on two broad themes: how computing is blending physical and virtual reality

Julie Strauss of Microsoft PowerPivot presents an overview of Microsoft Excel with PowerPivot and examples of geo-science applications.

This is an early demo of inferno

The video shows 'Virtual Choir', our latest and most comprehensive demo in 'Facing Interaction' series. It's the combination of 'Face Walrus' and 'Spatial Instrument'.

This video demonstrate musical instruments based on facial expression. There are total of 8 different channels, each is spatialized on a large display.

Wenming Ye of Microsoft Technical Computing introduces and demos the Microsoft Technical Computing Platform. This presentation was part of the 2011 Open Data for Open Science Workshop.

Can you imagine your body serving as an antenna, your skin as a touchscreen, or your biceps controlling an electric guitar?

By 2018, there will be 1.4 million open technology jobs in the United States, yet at the current rate of job growth, only 29 percent of future computer scientists will be women.

Talk by Prof. Frans Kaashoek, MIT, at TechVista 2012, Kolkata, India. Anstract: Multicore chips with hundreds of cores will likely be available soon.

Although researchers are able to collect, store, and analyze tremendous volumes of data, technological and storage limitations can severely impact the speed at which these data can be analyzed.

This tutorial shows you how to install the DataUp Add-in for Microsoft Excel, and how to use its features to create and manage metadata, create a unique data citation, and post your files to a

The NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing honors young women in high school for their computing-related achievements and interests. Get inspired by women who are Aspiration Award winners.