Rick Rashid, senior vice president, Microsoft Research, delivers this opening keynote presentation at the 2011 Microsoft Research Latin American Faculty Summit.

Tony Hey, corporate vice president, Microsoft Research Connections, delivers this keynote presentation at the 2011 Microsoft Research Latin American Faculty Summit.

Dr. Jaime Restrepo Cuartas, general director, Department of Science, Technology, and Innovation (COLCIENCIAS) in Colombia, delivers this keynote presentation at the 2011 Microsoft Research Latin American Faculty Summit.

John Hopcroft, professor of Engineering and Applied Mathematics, Cornell University, and 1986 Turing Award Recipient, delivers this plenary session at the 2011 Microsoft Research Latin American Faculty Summit.

Philip Bourne, professor at the University of California, San Diego, delivers this plenary session at the 2011 Microsoft Research Latin American Faculty Summit.

This session of the 2011 Microsoft Research Latin American Faculty Summit was part of the Cloud Computing in eScience research track at the summit. Harold Javid, director, Microsoft Research Connections, delivers the presentation on behalf of Catharine van Ingen, partner architect, Microsoft Research.

Evelyne Viegas, director of Semantic Computing at Microsoft Research Connections, delivers this presentation at the 2011 Microsoft Research Latin American Faculty Summit. This presentation was part of the Computing in eScience research track at the summit.

Hrvoje Benko, researcher at Microsoft Research, delivers this presentation at the 2011 Microsoft Research Latin American Faculty Summit. This presentation was part of the Computer Science research track at the summit.

Dr. Steven Johnston and Prof. Simon Cox, Microsoft Institute for HPC, Computational Engineering, and Design; Faculty of Engineering and the Environment; University of Southampton, deliver this presentation at the 2011 Microsoft Research Latin American Faculty Summit. This session was part of the Cloud Computing in eScience research track at the summit.

This session of the 2011 Microsoft Research Latin American Faculty Summit includes the following presentations:

• Live Andes (Advanced Network for the Distribution of Endangered Species): A New Tool for Wildlife Conservation: Cristian Bonacic, professor, Ecosystems and Environment Department, Catholic University of Chile (PUC-Chile)
• ANURA: Sensor Networks for Classifying and Monitoring Frogs Based on Their Vocalizations as an Early Indicator for Ecological Stress in Rain Forests: Eduardo Freire Nakamura, assistant professor, Research and Technological Innovation Center (FUCAPI), Brazil
• The Brazilian Biodiversity Database and Information System SinBIOTA: The 10 Years Integration with the BIOTA/FAPESP Program and the Re-development for the Next Decade: Tiago Duque Estrada, executive manager, BIOTA/FAPESP Program State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)

This session was part of the Computing in eScience research track at the summit.

Kristin Tolle, director of Natural User Interface at Microsoft Research Connections, delivers this presentation at the 2011 Microsoft Research Latin American Faculty Summit. This presentation was part of the Computer Science research track at the summit.

Sean Mortazavi, partner architect from the Microsoft Computing Group, and Felipe Ayora, program manager from the Microsoft High Performance Computing Group, deliver this presentation at the 2011 Microsoft Research Latin American Faculty Summit. This presentation was part of the Cloud Computing in eScience research track at the summit.

This session of the Microsoft Research 2011 Latin American Faculty Summit is presented by Lee Dirks, director, Microsoft Research Connections, and Camilo Acosta, director Center for Robotics and Informatics (CERI), Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Colombia. This session was part of the Computer Science research track at the summit.

This session of the 2011 Microsoft Research Latin American Faculty Summit includes the following presentations:

• Bridging the Gap Between Formal and Informal Learning with Mobile Devices: Nelson Baloian, Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Chile
• Counting People Waiting in Service Lines Using Computer Vision and Machine Learning Techniques: Alvaro Soto, Professor, Department of Computer Science, Catholic University of Chile

These presentations were part of the Computer Science research track at the summit.

This session of the 2011 Microsoft Research Faculty Summit includes the following presentations:

• Cloud Computing for Science in Europe and VENUS-C: Fabrizio Gagliardi, EMEA director, Microsoft Research Connections
• Towards Exaflop Supercomputers: Prof. Mateo Valero, scientific director, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain

These presentations were part of theCloud Computing in eScience research track at the summit.

Simon Mercer, director, and Michael Zyskowski, senior research program manager, Microsoft Research Connections, present this session of the 2011 Microsoft Research Latin American Faculty Summit. This presentation was part of the Computing in eScience research track at the summit.

This session of the 2011 Microsoft Research Latin American Faculty Summit includes the following presentations:

• The Microsoft .NET Gadgeteer Hardware Prototyping Platform: Nicolas Villar, researcher Microsoft Research Cambridge
• Sharing Research Worldwide: Advances in Automatic Translation: Chris Wendt, principal group program manager, Microsoft Research

These presentations were part of the Computer Science research track at the summit.

Wolfram Schulte, research area manager, Microsoft Research, presents this research talk at the 2011 Microsoft Research Latin American Faculty Summit.

Alex Acero, research area manager, Microsoft Research, presents this research talk at the 2011 Microsoft Research Latin American Faculty Summit.

Derick Campbell, director of engineering, Microsoft Research Connections, delivers this plenary presentation at the 2011 Microsoft Research Latin American Faculty Summit.

P. Anandan, distinguished scientist and managing director, Microsoft Research India, delivers this keynote presentation at the 2011 Microsoft Research Latin American Faculty Summit.

Jeff Dozier, professor, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, delivers this closing plenary session at the 2011 Microsoft Research Latin American Faculty Summit. The closing plenary was chaired by Tony Hey, corporate vice president, Microsoft Research Connections.