INRIA Researcher Wins Royal Society and Académie des sciences Microsoft Award
Nicholas Ayache, research director for the French national institute for research in computer science and automatic control, has been named the 2008 winner of the Royal Society and Académie des sciences Microsoft Award.

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Wanted: World-Class Scientists to Save Planet
As the Microsoft Imagine Cup finals kick off in Paris, Prof. Stephen Emmott of Microsoft Research discusses the critical need to inspire young people to pursue careers in science and technology.

Understanding Climate Change—One Tree at a Time
Drew Purves, scientist at Microsoft Research Cambridge, co-authored two papers published in the latest issue of Science, discussing new techniques for understanding forest dynamics and how that understanding could help combat climate change.

500,000,000 Years Later, Eating Patterns Persist
Rich Williams of Microsoft Research Cambridge is a member of a small team who have looked back a half-billion years to identify food-web patterns similar to those of today.

Microsoft scientists unveil new technology to give early warning of sensitive species’ response to changing environments
The new technology unveiled today by Microsoft enables scientists for the first time to obtain and analyse detailed behavioural information in real-time.

Scientists introduce new technique, set to revolutionise study of biology
November 2007 – In a paper published today in the scientific journal Nature Biotechnology, scientists outline a radical new technique for modelling biological systems that could profoundly transform our understanding of complex living systems.

Professor of Quantum theories wins major international prize
October 2007 – In Paris on Oct. 16, Giorgio Parisi, world-renowned for his research into complex systems, received the second annual Royal Society and Académie des sciences Microsoft European Science Award.
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Making Computer Systems Reveal Biological Secrets
March 2007 – Andrew Phillips, a scientist based at Microsoft Research Cambridge, is using programming-language techniques to explore the frontier of biological systems.

U.K. Professor Captures Inaugural European Science Award

International Computing Prize Goes to Cell Biologist
November 2006 – A computational cell biologist from the University of Cambridge has won one of the largest international prizes in science, the Royal Society and Académie des Sciences Microsoft European Science award, it was announced today.

Major new European science and computing award launched
April 2006 (The Royal Society) – The Royal Society and the Académie des Sciences have announced the Microsoft European Science Award, a prestigious new award sponsored by Microsoft Research designed to recognise and reward scientists in Europe who have made significant contributions to science by using computation.

Computing to Accelerate New Era of Scientific Discovery, Say Microsoft Research Cambridge and Top Scientists
March 2006 – Microsoft Research Cambridge to provide 2.5 million euro for new research in key areas called out by top scientists.

2020 – Future of Computing
March 2006 (Nature) – This Nature web focus combines commentaries from leading scientists and news features analysis from journalists assessing how computing-science concepts and techniques may transform mainstream science by 2020.

Computing the Future
March 2006 (Economist) – Thirty-four of the world’s leading biologists, physicists, chemists, Earth scientists and computer scientists, led by Stephen Emmott, of Microsoft Research in Cambridge, U.K., have spent the past eight months trying to understand how future developments in computing scien

Microsoft and INRIA to Establish New Institute for Computational Science in France
April 2005 – Research will focus on accelerating advances in IT security and reliability and on a next generation of computational tools for scientists.

ce might influence science as a whole.

Microsoft Invests in Europe Through European Science Initiative
February 2005 – New Programme for Accelerating Advances in Science Establishes Centres of Excellence, Extends Research Into New Areas and Helps Develop Europe’s Intellectual Capital.