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Fostering innovative research to advance social and human potential worldwide

Microsoft Research Faculty Summit 2009
Features Computer Science Presentations

In July 2009, the tenth Microsoft Research Faculty Summit brought together more than 400 thought leaders to reflect on how computing disciplines open new opportunities for research and development. Topics ranged from robots teaching programming to energy-efficient computing and beyond. View the presentations...

Spotlight on Beyond Search: Semantic Computing
and Internet Economics 2009 Workshop

Microsoft External Research, in collaboration with adCenter, gathered the winners of the Request for Proposal (RFP) “Beyond Search – Semantic Computing and Internet Economics.” The RFP directly addresses the need for more large-scale data by making additional real-world search data available to academia, under a limited data license agreement. In addition, it encourages further academic research and innovation in search and ads by increasing the availability of relevant, large, current data sets from Live Search and adCenter; new data analysis; and algorithm development in Internet search. Learn more...

Collaboration Initiatives and Projects

Reports and Resources

About the Computer Science Theme and Projects

Computer Science collaboration projects in Microsoft's External Research division focus on applying computer science to break down social barriers, inventing the future for an exciting, safe, and secure world.

We collaborate with researchers across a range of computer science technologies, such as artificial intelligence, mathematics, data mining, cognitive science, visualization, and semantics.