MSRA Researcher-Delivered Courses
MSRA researchers are always passionate about communicating to the world both the essentials of their complex disciplines as well as their latest research findings. And there's a very special spark when MSRA scientists get the chance to connect with an audience that has the awesome intellectual firepower, the enormous energy, and the sheer enthusiasm for exploration exhibited by China's top students and other young academics. The prospect of sharing their work with this kind of group excites these top MSRA technologists so much that they are happy to volunteer their precious time to prepare richly informative presentations and structure them as formal credited courses which they deliver on local Chinese campuses.
Previous courses have
included cutting-edge topics
such as graphics, search,
speech and natural language
processing, and advanced
topics in software
engineering. Due to the
specialized nature of the
material, the courses are
primarily geared toward
graduate students and have
attracted enormous interest
throughout campus. Listening
in on such a class, one
can’t help being impressed
by the energy and engagement
resounding in the highly
dynamic discussion and
debate between visiting
instructors and
participating students. It
is truly mutually rewarding
– in fact, on many past
occasions, the MSRA
researchers have found that
student questions have led
them to clarify, solidify,
and extend their work. This
kind of cross-pollination is
what motivates their regular
return to the campuses and
their renewed commitment of
time and energy. In some
cases, MSRA researchers have
even identified future
potential professional
colleagues among the
brightest young brains that
are attracted to this lively
seminar-style sharing and
discussion.
Intelligence Information Retrieval
This course covers the key
issues and basic knowledge
of Information Retrieval
technology, targeting the
1st grade graduated
students.
Advanced
Data Mining
This course mainly
delivered the basic concept,
model, and application cases
of web search and data
mining.
Computer
Graphics
The goal of the class is to
provide student with the
sufficient background and
knowledge of researching and
developing of computer
graphics.
Visual
Model
The course encompasses the
traditional fields of
computer vision and computer
graphics, putting within a
unified framework the
mathematical tools and
algorithms used for visual
modeling.
Web
Search and Data Mining
The courses is about newest
techniques and research
results for web search and
data mining , such as web
information search, extract,
information search valuation
etc.
Management
and Culture
The courses is about the
research for management and
culture of software
enterprise. MSRA invite some
MS & MSRA specialists in
this area to give lectures,
including some training and
practice.
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