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More than 500 students from 17 Seattle schools participated in App Day 2013 -- a fun opportunity for students to gain first-hand computer programming experience with the help of Microsoft's

Microsoft Research is committed to investing in the future of computer science research through its Joint Research Center program as illustrated through the story of the Microsoft Research - FAPESP

Microsoft Research is committed to investing in the future of computer science research through its Faculty Fellow program as illustrated through the story of Fei-Fei Li.

Microsoft Research is committed to investing in the future of computer science research through its Internship program as illustrated through the story of Pushmeet Kohli.

Microsoft Research interns describe the distinct advantages of having an intern experience at Microsoft, including direct interaction with product groups and invaluable impact on their PhD studies.

Michel Pahud demonstrates the research project of an Actuated 3-D Display with Haptic Feedback.

From Microsoft Research's FUSE Labs, Socl create experiences allow you to express your ideas through collages, videos, memes and dynamic media that take seconds to create and are easy to collect

Learn how to use layers to freeze multiple portions of a video clip with BLINK Cliplets. More information: research.microsoft.com/blink

Learn how to use BLINK Cliplets, and app that lets you freeze a portion of a video clip. More information: research.microsoft.com/blink

Watch this brief tutorial to learn how to capture and share the perfect photo with the new BLINK application. More information: research.microsoft.com/blink

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

Hermann Hauser speaks about the 6th wave of computing at the Microsoft Research Machine Learning Summit, April 24, 2013.

Las especies en peligro de extinción en Latinoamérica se estudian poco en la actualidad, en comparación con las de Norteamérica y Europa.

Currently, endangered species in Latin America are insufficiently studied compared to North America and Europe.

The live broadcast of the Microsoft Research Machine Learning Summit will include keynotes from machine learning experts and enlightening discussions with leading scientific and academic researchers

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

Until recently, the wet lab has been a crucial component of every biologist.

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

Bill Buxton, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, shares his perspectives on the premise that in this emerging world of ubiquitous computing, it is vital that devices, applications, and

BodyAvatar is a natural interface that lets players create imaginary 3-D avatars of any shape, using their bodies as the only input in front of a Kinect camera.

SandDance is a web-based visualization system that uses 3-D hardware acceleration to explore the relationships between hundreds of thousands of items.

Rick Rashid, Microsoft Chief Research Officer, opens TechFest 2013 addressing a shift towards more intelligent technology in an era defined by a proliferation of data, devices and services.

The Computational Ecology and Environmental Science (CEES) group at Microsoft Research Cambridge has developed the CEES Distribution Modeler, a browser app that enables users to visualize data

SketchInsight is an interactive whiteboard system for storytelling with data by using real-time sketching. Creating personalized, expressive data charts becomes quick and easy.

Direct processing of real-time data can provide a crucial edge in the software-and-services industry.

What does it mean for online content to "go viral"?

One promising direction in the evolution of Kinect for Windows is enabling hand-gesture recognition.

By representing a collection of text, image, or other documents as a grid of keywords of various font sizes indicating the words' weights, the documents' relatedness is revealed.

Real-time business information, such as current occupancy level and music loudness, can be invaluable to mobile users planning an outing.

See examples from TechFest 2013 of how Microsoft researchers are finding new ways to help transform the way people use computing technology, particularly in the realm of touchscreens and