University and institute collaborations in the United States and Canada

We are building partnerships with academia, industry, and government to advance computer science, education, and scientific research that relies on advanced computing.


 

Spotlight on eScience Workshop 2009

Registration is now open for the eScience Workshop, to be held October 15-17, 2009. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to share experiences, learn new techniques, and influence the domain of scientific computing. Scientists and researchers will explore the evolution, challenges, and potential of computing in scientific research. Learn more and register for the workshop...

Academic and Research Awards

• Awards  We sponsor programs to promote and recognize talent and innovative achievement in academia and research. In 2008:
  • ACM Student Research Competition 
  • A Richard Newton Breakthrough Research Award  
• Fellowships and Scholarships  We sponsor several fellowship programs to support outstanding students and faculty: 
  • Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship
    • Meet the Fellows
  • Microsoft Research Graduate Women's Scholarship
    • Meet the Scholars
  • Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship Program 
    • Meet the Faculty Fellows
• Learn more about academic and research awards in North America...

Projects and Institutes

We sponsor research institutes in partnership with universities in North America to support basic research and advance the curriculum for computer sciences. We also sponsor specific research projects at  universities.

• Current Collaborative Projects: Supported Research in North America
• Case Studies: Results from Collaborative Projects in North America
• Collaborative Institutes in North America:
  • Center for Collaborative Technologies, University of Washington
  • Games for Learning Institute, New York University
  • IPRE - Institute for Personal Robots in Education at Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Microsoft-Carnegie Mellon Center for Computational Thinking, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Microsoft Center for Interaction Design and Visualization at the University of Maryland
  • Microsoft Center for Research on Pen-Centric Computing, Brown University
  • UPCRC - Universal Parallel Computing Research Center, University of California, Berkeley
  • UPCRC - Universal Parallel Computing Research Center, University of Illinois

Highlights

• NYU and Consortium of University Partners Create First Scientific-Based Game Research Alliance to Transform Learning
• Microsoft Research Supports Exploration into Energy-Efficient Computing

Conferences and Workshops

• Microsoft Research Faculty Summit
  July 13–14, 2009, Redmond, WA, United States
• Beyond Search: Semantic Computing and Internet Economics 2009 Workshop
  June 10–11, 2009, Redmond, WA, United States
• Microsoft Open Repositories Conference May 18–21, 2009, Atlanta, GA, United States
• More conferences...

Collaboration Links

• Conferences and Workshops
• Microsoft Research Faculty Summits
• Conversations