Matt Scott is a senior development lead in the Innovation Engineering Group at Microsoft Research Asia. He works to enhance and develop Microsoft products with technical innovation from research. His interests include Natural Language Processing, Human-Computer Interaction, and Computer-Assisted Language Learning. He leads the Microsoft Research Asia “Engkoo” cloud-based linguistics projects (language assistance, translation, language learning, input method) that directly led to the creation of two new Microsoft products used by millions of people in China: Bing Dictionary and Bing Pinyin IME. Matt is a member of the IEEE.

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Publications

Journals

• Lijuan Wang, Yao Qian, Matthew R. Scott, Gang Chen, Frank Soong. Computer-Assisted Audiovisual Language Learning. IEEE Computer, Vol. 45, No. 6, pp. 38-47, Apr. 2012
• Matthew R. Scott, Xiaohua Liu, Ming Zhou. Towards a Specialized Search Engine for Language Learners. Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol.99, No.9, pp.1462-1465, Sept. 2011
• John J. Magee, Margrit Betke, James Gips, Matthew R. Scott, Benjamin N. Waber. A Human-Computer Interface Using Symmetry Between Eyes to Detect Gaze Direction. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. Part A: Systems and Humans, Vol. 18, No. 8, pp. 1248-1261, Nov. 2008

Conferences

• Duo Ding, Xingping Jiang, Matthew R. Scott, Ming Zhou. Tulsa: Web Search for Writing Assistance. In Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM SIGIR Conference (SIGIR 2011), Beijing, China, July 2011
• Matthew R. Scott, Xiaohua Liu, Ming Zhou, Microsoft Engkoo Team. Engkoo: Mining the Web for Language Learning. In Proceedings of the The 49th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies (ACL HLT 2011), Portland, Oregon, June 2011
• Dechao Liu, Matthew R. Scott, Rongrong Ji, Wei Jiang, Hongxun Yao, Xing Xie. Location Sensitive Indexing for Image-Based Advertising. In Proceedings of the 17th ACM International Conference on Multimedia 2009 (ACM MM 2009), Beijing, China, Oct. 2009
• Gonglue Jiang, Chen Zhao, Matthew R. Scott, Fang Zou. Combinable Tabs: An Interactive Method of Information Comparison using a Combinable Tabbed Document Interface. In Proceedings of the 12th IFIP TC13 Conference in Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT 2009), Uppsala, Sweden, Aug. 2009
• Matthew R. Scott, Wei Jiang, Xing Xie, Jonathan Tien, Gang Chen, Dong Xiang. VisiAds: A Vision-based Advertising Platform for Camera Phones. In Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2009), New York City, USA, Jun. 2009
• Wei Jiang, Dechao Liu, Xing Xie, Matthew R. Scott, Jonathan Tien, Dong Xiang. An Online Advertisement Platform Based on Image Content Bidding. In Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2009), New York City, USA, Jun. 2009
• Raman Chandrasekar, Matthew R. Scott, Dean Slawson, A.R.D. Rajan, Daniel Makoski. Measuring Search Experience Satisfaction using Explicit Context-Aware Feedback. In Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval (HCIR 2008), Redmond, WA, USA Oct. 2008
• Shuyi Zheng, Matthew R. Scott, Ruihua Song, Ji-Rong Wen. Pictor: An Interactive System for Importing Data from a Website. In Proceedings of the Fourteenth ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (SIGKDD 2008), Las Vegas, USA, Aug. 2008
• John J. Magee, Matthew R. Scott, Benjamin N. Waber, Margrit Betke. EyeKeys: A Real-Time Vision Interface Based on Gaze Detection from a Low-Grade Video Camera, In Proceedings of the 2004 Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshop (CVPRW 2004), Washington, D.C., USA, June 2004

Book Chapters

• John J. Magee, Margrit Betke, Matthew R. Scott, Benjamin N. Waber, "A Real-Time Vision Interface Based on Gaze Detection -- EyeKeys" in "Real-Time Vision for Human-Computer Interaction," Kisacanin, Branislav; Pavlovic, Vladimir; Huang, Thomas S. (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, 2005, pp. 141-157
• Matthew R. Scott, “Chapter 2: The Chinese Chess Generals Problem” in “The Beauty of Programming,” Xin Zou, Electronic Industry Press, 2008, pp. 13-18 (published in Chinese, citation translated)

Patents

• Zhiwei Gu; Matthew R. Scott, Gang Chen, Jonathan Y. Tien; QR CODE DETECTION; U.S. Patent Publication #20110290882; 12/1/2011
• Henry Li, Matthew R. Scott, Xiaohua Liu, Hao Wei, Ming Zhou; Interactive Multilingual Word-Alignment Techniques; U.S. Patent Publication #20110246173; 10/6/2011
• Matthew R. Scott, Ruochi Zhang, Ruihua Song, Ji-Rong Wen; INTERACTIVE SYNCHRONIZATION OF WEB DATA AND SPREADSHEETS; U.S. Patent Publication #20110209048; 8/25/2011
• Chao Huang, Xuguang Xiao, Jing Zhao, Gang Chen, Frank Kao-Ping Soong, Matthew Robert Scott; Phonetic Suggestion Engine; U.S. Patent Publication #20110184723; 7/28/2011
• Shuyi Zheng, Ruihua Song, Matthew Robert Scott, Ji-Rong Wen; Interactive System for Extracting Data from a Website; U.S. Patent Publication #20110191381; 8/4/2011
• Xing Xie, Matthew R. Scott, Dechao Liu, Wei Jiang, Jonathan Tien; Image-Based Advertisement Platform; U.S. Patent Publication #20100208997; 8/19/2010
• Matthew R. Scott, Chen Zhao, Gonglue Jiang, Fang Zou; COMBINABLE TABS FOR A TABBED DOCUMENT INTERFACE; U.S. Patent Publication #20100115450; 5/6/2010
• Xiaohua Liu, Ming Zhou, Hao Wei, Jing Zhao, Matthew R. Scott, Long Jiang, Gang Chen; RETRIEVAL USING A GENERALIZED SENTENCE COLLOCATION; U.S. Patent Publication #20100114574; 5/6/2010
• Matthew R. Scott, Wei Jiang, Jonathan Tien; TWO-DIMENSIONAL BARCODE LOCALIZATION FOR CAMERA BASED DEVICES; U.S. Patent Publication #20100084470; 4/8/2010
• Matthew R. Scott, Jonathan Tien; ENCODING, UPDATING, AND DECODING BARCODES IN A DOCUMENT; U.S. Patent Publication #20100072269; 3/25/2010
• Raman Chandrasekar, Dean A. Slawson, Matthew R. Scott, Dharmarajan Ratnagiri Ayakkad, Daniel Makoski; USER FEEDBACK CORRELATED TO SPECIFIC USER INTERFACE
  OR APPLICATION FEATURES; U.S. Patent Publication #20100037166; 2/11/2010
• Matthew R. Scott, Jing Zhao, Raman Chandrasekar, Dean A. Slawson; COMBINING DOMAIN-TUNED SEARCH SYSTEMS; U.S. Patent Publication #20080243838; 10/2/2008

Selected Press

Articles

• Engkoo Pinyin Redefines Chinese Input, Microsoft Research Feature Story, May 13, 2013 
• The Story of Microsoft Engkoo Pinyin (in Chinese), Sina Technology, Jan. 25, 2013
• New Oriental School and Microsoft Collaboration on Bing Dictionary (in Chinese), ChinaByte, Jan. 11, 2013
• Big Data Just Ten Years Away (in Chinese), Sept. 26, 2012
• Review On Cloud Input 2.0: Engkoo Pinyin IME Beta, An IME That Understands YOU (in Chinese), Chip Magazine, Sept. 2012
• Combating the Chinglish Scourge, Inside Microsoft Research, Oct. 26, 2011
• Microsoft Uses Karaoke Feature on China's Bing Dictionary, PC World, Jan. 24, 2011
• Software Aids Language Learners, Microsoft Research News, Sept. 27, 2010
• Microsoft Engkoo Helps Teach English to Chinese Internet Users, Microsoft News Center, Aug. 26, 2010
• Microsoft Mines Web to Hone Language Tool, Wall Street Journal, Aug. 4, 2010
• It’s a Good Time To Be at Microsoft—A Report from TechFest, Xconomy, Feb. 2009
• Microsoft Teaches English Writing (English translation), China Internet Weekly, Feb. 2009

Video

• Keynote Demo: Engkoo Pinyin Cloud-Based Multimodal IME, 21st Century Computing Conference in Tianjin, China, Oct. 2012
• Computer-Assisted Audiovisual Language Learning, ieeeComputerSociety, May 23, 2012
• Bing Dictionary 'Mouth Model' Competition, KU6 (Chinese), Nov. 15, 2010
• Techfest: Image-Centric Advertising Platform, Channel 10, Feb. 2009
• Application Development using the Open XML File Formats, Channel 9, Nov. 2006

Teaching

• SCICOM - Introduction to Scientific Communications. Winter/Spring 2011. Instructor. University of Science and Technology of China & Microsoft Research Asia.

Invited Lectures

• Invited lecture "Introduction to Language Assistance Technology" by Professor Bai Xiaojing, Department of Foreign Languages, Tsinghua University, July 2010.
• Annually invited lecturer for computer science undergraduate course Advanced Software Engineering taught by Xin Zou in Tsinghua University, Peking University, and Beihang University, covering software estimation, design, coding practices, and testing. 2007, 2008, 2009.
• Invited lecturer by Microsoft Student Clubs on the topic of differences between university and industrial software development. Tsinghua University, Oct. 2007; Beihang University, Dec. 1 2007; Chinese Academy of Science, Dec. 21 2007.

Selected Public Projects

Engkoo Pinyin IME (Project Lead):

Related Links:

• Try It: bing.msn.cn/pinyin
• Video Demo: http://video.sina.com.cn/v/b/90538165-1286528122.html
• Project Page: http://pinyin.engkoo.com, http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/engkoo/default.aspx

Microsoft Product Impact:

• Bing: Bing Search Box Pinyin IME Auto Suggest (China Market), New Client Product Bing IME (China Market)

Selected Press:

•  Engkoo Pinyin Redefines Chinese Input, Microsoft Research Feature Story, May 13, 2013
• The Story of Microsoft Engkoo Pinyin (in Chinese), Sina Technology, Jan. 25, 2013
• New Oriental School and Microsoft Collaboration on Bing Dictionary (in Chinese), ChinaByte, Jan. 11, 2013
• Big Data Just Ten Years Away (in Chinese), Sept. 26, 2012
• Review On Cloud Input 2.0: Engkoo Pinyin IME Beta, An IME That Understands YOU (in Chinese), Chip Magazine, Sept. 2012

Engkoo Language Assistance (Project Lead):

Related Links:

• Try It: dict.bing.com.cn
• Video Demo: http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Engkoo-English-Learning-Vertical-Search-from-Bing-and-MS-Research-in-China/
• Project Page: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/engkoo/default.aspx
• Related: World Expo 2010 Shanghai - 'Chinglish' Data Collection/Correction
  • About: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010expo/2010-05/31/content_9910350.htm

Microsoft Product Impact:

• Bing: Dictionary Vertical Search (China Market)
• Office: Bing Dictionary (English) for Office 2013, Bing English Assistance in Office 2013 (built-in for Chinese users, but also downloadable as separate app), IME 2010 English Search
• MSN: Portal, 3G Mobile, and Messenger Dictionary / Translation (China Market)
• Windows: Recommended Windows 7 Gadget

Selected Press:

• Microsoft's Engkoo Scans the Web to Teach Itself How to Teach You Languages, Popular Science, August 4, 2010
• Microsoft Mines Web to Hone Language Tool, Wall Street Journal, August 3, 2010
• Companies Compete for 2010 Prizes for Technological Advances in Asia, Wall Street Journal, June 29, 2010
• Replacing Google's Dictionary with Engkoo Learning Tools (English Translation), PC POP, March 30, 2010
• How Cool is Engkoo? (English Translation), January 8, 2010
• Microsoft Applications from China Mine the Web, Computer World, April 20, 2009
• Microsoft Teaches English Writing (English Translation), Sina, February 19, 2009

Microsoft Excel 2007 Web Data Add-in (Author):

Related Links:

• Try It: Download
• Walkthrough: http://www.lytebyte.com/2008/06/24/advanced-feature-add-in-to-get-live-data-from-web-in-excel-2007/
• In Book (Chapter 8): http://www.pearsoned.co.uk/Bookshop/detail.asp?item=100000000275906

Microsoft Word Content Control Toolkit (Author):

• Open Source Project Page: http://dbe.codeplex.com/
• Try It: Download
• In MSDN Article: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb510135.aspx
• In Books:
  • Pro SharePoint 2010 Solution Development
  • Advanced Microsoft® Office Documents 2007 Edition Inside Out
• Tutorials:
  • http://www.sharepointjohn.com/using-content-controls-to-repeat-form-fields-in-microsoft-word-2007-and-word-2010/
  • http://blogs.msdn.com/b/acoat/archive/2007/03/01/linking-word-2007-content-controls-to-custom-xml.aspx
  • http://www.johnchapman.name/using-content-controls-to-repeat-form-fields-in-microsoft-word-2007-and-word-2010/

Microsoft Word 2007 Version Extraction Tool (Author):

• Try It: Download
• About the VET:
  • http://channel9.msdn.com/wiki/officedeployment/ompmvet/
  • http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA102193321033.aspx
• In TechNet: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179179.aspx

Awards

• Microsoft HiPo Leadership Bench program, 2013
• 14 Microsoft Research Technology Transfer Awards, 2008 - 2013
• 3 Best Paper Awards, Microsoft ThinkWeek, 2010, 2012
• Microsoft Research Asia Deployed Research Project of the Year Award, 2009, 2011, 2012
• Wall Street Journal Asian Innovation Readers' Choice Award, 2010
• Engineering Excellence Asian Regional Award, Microsoft, 2009
• Gold Star Award, Microsoft, 2009

Former Interns

2013

• Jennie Sue, now a UX Designer at Microsoft Research Asia

2012

• Gao Lu, now a Software Developer at Tencent QQ
• Hang Qi, now a Computer Science Master Candidate at UCLA

2011

• Siyuan Zhou, now a Computer Science Master Candidate at New York University

2010

• Duo Ding, now a Computer Science Master Candidate at Carnegie Mellon University
• Xingping (Sabrina) Jiang, now an Interaction Designer at Lenovo Research
• Jiangyu Liu, now a Research Software Developer at Microsoft Research Asia

2009

• Chao (Alex) Han, now a UX Design Lead at Sina Weibo
• Gonglue (David) Jiang, now a UI Designer at Google

2008

• Dechao Liu, now a Software Developer at Baidu
• Wei Jiang, now a Manager at China Development Bank

2007

• Baokui Yang, now a Software Developer at Google China

Contents

• Projects
• Publications 
  • Journals
  • Conferences
  • Book Chapters
  • Patents
• Press
  • Articles
  • Videos 
• Talks 
  • Teaching
  • Invited Lectures
• Awards
• Former Interns