Microsoft Technology Club is a student community program that promotes advanced technology through education, practice, and innovation. There are currently 30 technology clubs in China with approximately ten thousand members. Microsoft Technology Club membership is open to undergraduate and graduate students studying a wide range of topics at participating universities. Microsoft Research Asia provides technology and other support to the program.
Shining Light on the Lost Beauty of History
University students in China who are members of Microsoft Technology Clubs are using technology to save art forms that are becoming extinct. With passion, intelligence, and creativity, the students have developed projects that apply computing technology to protect and promote some the world’s oldest and richest cultural heritages, such as the art of Chinese paper cutting and shadow puppetry. Read more…
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Student Projects
Microsoft Research Asia provides university students with software and tools, distinguished lectures, and community resources to help them conduct projects that benefit others and solve real-world problems.
Featured Projects
- Dream Home, Chongqing University
This technology uses Microsoft Live Maps to alert citizens of hazards following an earthquake.
- 3-D Virtual Workstation for Dou Gong, Nankai University
This technology uses three-dimensional (3-D) imaging to represent a bracketing system that served to support ancient Chinese buildings.
- Intelligent Tactile Sticks with Phonetic GPS Navigation System, Xiandian University
This technology uses GPS data to help people who are blind navigate through a city.
Student Events
Dreams Ignite the Future: A Dialogue with Craig Mundie
Microsoft Research Asia hosted "Dreams Ignite the Future—A Dialogue between Craig Mundie and Chinese Students" to inspire students about the future and encourage them to pursue careers in information technology. The event recognized the achievements of Microsoft Student Technology Clubs.
2010 Microsoft Student Challenge: “Technology Sculpture History”
Since 2008, this Microsoft Student Technology Club contest has challenged the technical skills of club members and helped them improve their public presentation skills. In 2010, the Microsoft Student Challenge theme is “Technology Sculpture History." This eHeritage theme provides students the opportunity to help preserve cultural heritage while advancing their skills with Microsoft technologies.
Microsoft Student Summer Camp
Microsoft Research Asia and universities in the Asia-Pacific region offer Microsoft Summer Camp to support higher education and to cultivate IT skills of students in the region. Since 2000, more than 1,000 students from Microsoft Student Technology Clubs and other Chinese university clubs have benefited from this annual event.
