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Agenda

Microsoft Research Faculty Summit 2010

Monday, July 12, 2010

Time	Event/Topic	Room
8:00–9:00	Breakfast	Hood
9:00–10:30	Opening Plenary Sessions
9:00–9:30	Welcome and Introduction \| Transcript Tony Hey, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Research Presentation: Tony Hey, Welcome and Introduction	Kodiak
9:30–10:30	Kinect for Xbox 360 – The Innovation Journey—Andrew Fitzgibbon, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research, Cambridge; Kudo Tsunoda, Creative Director – Kinect, Microsoft Presentation: Andrew Fitzgibbon and Kudo Tsunoda, Kinect for Xbox 360 – The Innovation Journey Webcast: Welcome and Introduction; Kinect for Xbox 360 – The Innovative Journey	Kodiak
10:30–10:45	Break
10:45–12:15	Breakout Sessions
	Natural User Interaction Visualization and Interaction Today—Selected Perspectives Session Chair: Mary Czerwinski, Microsoft Research Rob Deline, Microsoft Research; Danyel Fisher, Microsoft Research; Jeffrey Heer, Stanford University; George Robertson, Microsoft Research Presentation: Danyel Fisher, Collaborative Visualization, Tabletop Touch Presentation: George Robertson, Use of Animation in Information Visualization Webcast: Visualization and Interaction Today—Selected Perspectives	Cascade
	Data–Driven Software Engineering Software Ecosystems: A New Research Agenda Session Chair: Judith Bishop, Microsoft Research Anthony Finkelstein, University College London; Fred Wurden, Microsoft Presentation: Anthony Finkelstein, Software Ecosystems: A New Research Agenda Presentation: Fred Wurden, Making an Open Ecosystem Webcast: Software Ecosystems: A New Research Agenda	Rainier
	Future Web: Intelligence, Ubiquity, and Trust Bing Dialog Model: Intent, Knowledge, and User Interaction Session Chair: Evelyne Viegas, Microsoft Research Yu-Ting Kuo, Microsoft; Harry Shum, Microsoft; Kuansan Wang, Microsoft Research Presentation: Harry Shum, Bing Dialog Model: Intent, Knowledge, and User Interaction Webcast: Bing Dialog Model: Intent, Knowledge, and User Interaction	St. Helens
	The Challenge of Large Data Environmental Data Management—Deb Agarwal, University of California, Berkeley; William Michener, University of New Mexico Presentation: Deb Agarwal, Environmental Data Management Presentation: William Michener, Environmental Data Management Webcast: Environmental Data Management	Baker
	Special Topics Cutting Edge Education Update—Andrew Phelps, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jesse Schell, Carnegie Mellon University Presentation: Andrew Phelps, Cutting Edge Education Update Presentation: Jesse Schell, The Future Is Beautiful Webcast: Cutting Edge Education Update	Lassen
12:15–1:15	Lunch	Hood
12:15–1:15	Lunchtime Sessions
	Design Mind + Engineering Mind: Secrets to Designing Compelling Product Experiences—Surya Vanka, Microsoft Presentation: Surya Vanka, Design Mind+ Engineering Mind: Secrets to Designing Compelling Product Experiences Webcast: Design Mind + Engineering Mind: Secrets to Designing Compelling Product Experiences	Rainier
	Memento: Time Travel for the Web—Michael L. Nelson, Old Dominion University Presentation: Michael L. Nelson, Memento: Time Travel for the Web Webcast: Memento: Time Travel for the Web	Lassen
1:15–2:45	Breakout Sessions
	Natural User Interaction Beneath the Surface—Introduction—Daniel Wigdor, Microsoft Beneath the Surface Projects—Mark Bolas, University of Southern California; Steve Feiner, Columbia University Presentation: Daniel Wigdor, Beneath the Surface Presentation: Mark Bolas, The Surface in Creative Production Environments Webcast: Beneath the Surface: Introduction and Projects	Cascade
	Data-Driven Software Engineering Code Contracts and Pex: Infrastructure for Dynamic and Static Analysis for .NET Session Chair: Tom Ball, Microsoft Research Mike Barnett, Microsoft Research; Christoph Csallner, University of Texas at Arlington; Peli de Halleux, Microsoft Research Presentation: Christoph Csallner, Code Contracts and Pex: Infrastructure for Dynamic and Static Analysis for .NET Webcast: Code Contracts and Pex: Infrastructure for Dynamic and Static Analysis for .NET	Rainier
	Future Web: Intelligence, Ubiquity, and Trust Privacy and Trust in Future Web Session Chair: Evelyne Viegas, Microsoft Research Jeffrey Friedberg, Microsoft; Moni Naor, Weizmann Institute of Science Presentation: Jeffrey Friedberg, Delivering End to End Trust Presentation: Moni Naor, Privacy of Dynamic Data: Continual Observation and Pan Privacy Presentation: Evelyne Viegas, Future Web – Intelligence, Ubiquity, and Trust Webcast: Privacy and Trust in Future Web	St. Helens
	The Challenge of Large Data Dataset Citation, Curation, and Management—Mercè Crosas, Harvard University; Liz Lyon, UKOLN/University of Bath; John Wilbanks, Science Commons Presentation: Mercè Crosas, The Dataverse Network – Combining Preservation with Scholarly Recognition Presentation: Liz Lyon, UK Digital Curation Centre: Enabling Research Data Management at the Coalface Presentation: John Wilbanks, Towards a "Data Web" Webcast: Dataset Citation, Curation, and Management	Baker
	Special Topics Computational Science Research in Latin America—Ricardo Vencio, Universidade de São Paulo; Celso von Randow, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais Presentation: Celso von Randow, Network of Environmental Sensors in Tropical Rain Forest Webcast: Computational Science Research in Latin America	Lassen
1:15–4:15	Design Expo	Kodiak
	*Steps—Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, CA Kevin Kwok, Wayne Tang, Rachel Thai, Winnie Yuen GURU—Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA Aliya Baptista, Sarah Calandro, Stephanie Meier, Eric Spaulding, Cheryl Templeton *Data Hungry Skin \| Connections in Faraday—Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London, UK Amy Congdon and Natsai Chieza Farmbridge—New York University, New York City, NY Noah Waxman, Julio Terra, Tianwei Liu, Cindy Wong Kueponi—Universidad Iberoamerica, Mexico City, Mexico Francisco Martinez Weil, Valeria Narro, Maria Jose Saint Martin Open Door—University of Washington, Seattle, WA Andrew Battenburg, Minnie Bredouw, Tim Damon, Sophie Milliotte, Jon Sandler, Tanya Tes Presentation: Design Expo Webcast:** Design Expo
2:45–4:15	Breakout Sessions
	Natural User Interaction A Whole NUI World: A New Fantastic Point of View Session Chair: Desney Tan, Microsoft Research Scott Hudson, Carnegie Mellon University; Johnny Lee, Microsoft; Michael Medlock, Microsoft; Dan Morris, Microsoft Research; Daniel Wigdor, Microsoft Research Presentation: Scott Hudson, Natural Interaction Research: Uncertainty Is Our Future Presentation: Johnny Chung Lee, "Natural" Is Not in the Technology Presentation: Michael Medlock, Why Won't You Use My Great NUI Idea!!! Presentation: Dan Morris, On-Body Sensing for Always-Available Interaction Presentation: Daniel Wigdor, A Whole NUI World: A New Fantastic Point of View Webcast: A Whole NUI World: A New Fantastic Point of View	Cascade
	Data-Driven Software Engineering A New Approach to Concurrency and Parallelism Session Chair: Judith Bishop, Microsoft Research Tom Ball, Microsoft Research; Ade Miller, Microsoft Presentation: Ade Miller, A New Approach to Concurrency and Parallelism (Part 1) Presentation: Tom Ball, A New Approach to Concurrency and Parallelism (Part 2) Webcast: A New Approach to Concurrency and Parallelism	Rainier
	Future Web: Intelligence, Ubiquity, and Trust Latest Advances in Bing Maps User Experience and Ecosystem—Eyal Ofek, Microsoft; Greg Schechter, Microsoft Webcast: Latest Advances in Bing Maps User Experience and Ecosystem	St. Helens
	The Challenge of Large Data Azure for Science Research: from Desktop to the Cloud—Roger Barga, Microsoft Research; Catharine van Ingen, Microsoft Research Presentation: Roger Barga and Catharine van Ingen, Azure for Science Research: from Desktop to the Cloud Webcast: Azure for Science Research: from Desktop to the Cloud	Baker
	Special Topics The Future of Reading, Writing + Scholarship—Tara McPherson, University of Southern California; Amit Ray, Rochester Institute of Technology Presentation: Tara McPherson, Animating the Archive: New Modes of Scholarly Publishing Presentation: Amit Ray, Planet-Wiki? Translation, Language and Power on Wikipedia Webcast: The Future of Reading, Writing + Scholarship	Lassen
4:15–4:30	Break
4:30–5:30	Closing Plenary Session
	RARE: Rethinking Architectural Research and Education \| Transcript Chuck Thacker, Technical Fellow, Microsoft Research, Silicon Valley Presentation: Chuck Thacker, RARE: Rethinking Architectural Research and Education Webcast: RARE: Rethinking Architectural Research and Education	Kodiak
5:45–6:15	Board buses and travel to Kirkland
6:30–9:00	Dinner cruise on Lake Washington

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Time	Event	Room
8:00–9:00	Breakfast	Hood
9:00–10:15	Opening Plenary Session
	Fundamental Transformations in Research \| Transcript Richard DeMillo, Distinguished Professor of Computing and Management, Georgia Institute of Technology; Wolfgang Gentzsch, Professor, The Deisa Project and OGF; Tony Hey, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Research; Ed Lazowska, Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington; Rick Rashid, Senior Vice President, Microsoft Research Presentation: Richard DeMillo, Fundamental Transformations in Research Webcast: Fundamental Transformations in Research	Kodiak
10:15–12:45	DemoFest	McKinley
11:45–12:45	Lunch	Hood
11:45–12:45	Lunchtime Sessions
	Project Hawaii: Resources for Teaching Mobile + Cloud Computing—Victor Bahl, Microsoft Research; Stewart Tansley, Microsoft; Brian Zill, Microsoft Research Presentation: Stewart Tansley, Project Hawaii: Resources for Teaching Mobile + Cloud Computing Presentation: Brian Zill, Hawaii Project Technical Overview Webcast: Project Hawaii: Resources for Teaching Mobile + Cloud Computing	St. Helens
	Microsoft Biology Foundation—Simon Mercer, Microsoft Research Presentation: Simon Mercer, The Microsoft Biology Foundation Webcast: Microsoft Biology Foundation	Rainier
12:45–2:15	Breakout Sessions
	Natural User Interaction The Future of Direct Input and Interaction—Selected Perspectives Session Co-Chairs: Ken Hinckley, Microsoft Research; Andy Wilson, Microsoft Research Patrick Baudisch, Hasso Plattner-Institute for software systems engineering GmbH, Potsdam; Saul Greenberg, University of Calgary; Andy van Dam, Brown University Presentation: Saul Greenberg, Proxemic Interaction Presentation: Andy van Dam, Hands-On Math Presentation: Andy Wilson, LightSpace Webcast: The Future of Direct Input and Interaction—Selected Perspectives	Cascade
	Data–Driven Software Engineering Large Scale Debugging Session Chair: Judith Bishop, Microsoft Research Galen Hunt, Microsoft Research; Ben Liblit, University of Wisconsin; Ed Nightingale, Microsoft Research Presentation: Galen Hunt, Debugging the (Very) Large: Ten Years of Implementation and Experience Presentation: Ben Liblit, Cooperative Debugging with One Million of Your Closest Friends Presentation: Ed Nightingale, Cycles, Cells, and Platters: An Empirical Analysis of Hardware Failures on a Million Commodity PCs Webcast: Large Scale Debugging	Rainier
	Operating in the Cloud Cloud Data Center Architectures Session Chair: Dennis Gannon, Microsoft Research Dileep Bhandarkar, Microsoft; Yousef Khalidi, Microsoft Presentation: Dileep Bhandarkar, Watt Matters in Datacenters? Presentation: Yousef Khalidi, Cloud Computing – Challenges and Opportunities Webcast: Cloud Data Center Architectures	St. Helens
	The Challenge of Large Data Opportunities for Libraries—Paul Courant, University of Michigan; Michael Keller, Stanford University; James Mullins, Purdue University Presentation: Paul Courant, Economic Transformation of Libraries and Scholarship in the Digital Age Presentation: Michael Keller, New Modes of Discovery & Analysis Presentation: James Mullins, Opportunities for Libraries: Bringing Data to the Fore in Scholarly Communication Webcast: Opportunities for Libraries	Baker
	Special Topics NodeXL – Social Network Analysis in Excel—Natasa Milic Frayling, Microsoft Research; Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland; Marc Smith, Connected Action Presentation: Natasa Milic Frayling, NodeXL – Social Network Analysis in Excel Presentation: Ben Shneiderman, NodeXL – Social Network Analysis in Excel Webcast: NodeXL – Social Network Analysis in Excel	Lassen
2:15–2:30	Break
2:30–4:00	Natural User Interaction Natural Language Interaction Today—Selected Perspectives—Alex Acero, Microsoft Research; Alexander I. Rudnicky, Carnegie Mellon University Presentation: Alex Acero, Natural User Interfaces with Speech Presentation: Alexander Rudnicky, Language Based Communications between Humans and Robots Webcast: Natural Language Interaction Today—Selected Perspectives	Cascade
	Data-Driven Software Engineering Dynamic Languages and the Browsers of the Future Session Chair: Wolfram Schulte, Microsoft Research Judith Bishop, Microsoft Research; Steve Lucco, Microsoft; Ben Zorn, Microsoft Research Presentation: Judith Bishop, Introduction to Dynamism on .NET Presentation: Ben Zorn, JSMeter: Characterizing the Behavior of JavaScript Web Applications Webcast: Dynamic Languages and the Browsers of the Future	Rainier
	Operating in the Cloud Programming in the Cloud Session Chair: Dennis Gannon, Microsoft Research Jim Larus, Microsoft Research; Jimmy Lin, University of Maryland – College Park Presentation: Jim Larus, Cloud Programming Webcast: Programming in the Cloud	St. Helens
	The Challenge of Large Data Visualizing a Universe of Data—Walter Alvarez and Roland Saekow, University of California, Berkeley; Curtis Wong, Microsoft Research Presentation: Walter Alvarez, Visualizing All of History with ChronoZoom Webcast: Visualizing a Universe of Data	Baker
	Special Topics What We Know and What You Can Do: Learning How to Turn Gender Research into Diversity Action—Joanne Cohoon, University of Virginia; Carla Ellis, Duke University; Lucy Sanders, National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT); Telle Whitney, Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology Presentation: Carla Ellis, What We Know and What You Can Do, Learning How to Turn Gender Research into Diversity Action Webcast: What We Know and What You Can Do: Learning How to Turn Gender Research into Diversity Action	Lassen
4:00–5:30	Closing Plenary Sessions
4:00–5:15	*The Making of Avatar: Magnificent Graphics, Multitudinous Files, Massive Storage*—Richard Baneham, Animation Supervisor, Avatar; Yuri Bartoli, Virtual Art Director, Avatar; Tim Bicio, Chief Technical Officer, Avatar; Nadine Kano, Senior Director, Solution Management, Microsoft; Matt Madden, Motion Capture Supervisor, Avatar	Kodiak
5:15–5:30	Conference Conclusion and Call to Action—Tony Hey, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Research	Kodiak

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