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All rights reserved. en-US Sun, 09 Jun 2013 23:37:23 GMT Sun, 09 Jun 2013 23:37:23 GMT 720 The 2013 Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowships continue a tradition of supporting the brightest young academics in the field of computer science to pursue their visions and make an impact. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/headlines/facultyfellows13-061113.aspx Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:00:00 GMT Attendees of the Science EXPO Day at Seattle Center on June 8 will be enthralled by six Microsoft Research projects, including one called Digitizing 3-D Humans in Real Time. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/headlines/scienceexpo2013-060713.aspx Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:00:00 GMT The Bing Translator app for Windows, a free app resulting from a collaboration between Bing and Microsoft Research, enables you to translate from anywhere in the new operating system into one of more than 40 languages. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/headlines/windowstranslation-060613.aspx Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:28:00 GMT Kenji Takeda of Microsoft Research Connections discusses big data and related topics during the TERENA Networking Conference, held June 3-6 in Maastricht, Netherlands. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/headlines/takedaterena-060513.aspx Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:00:00 GMT danah boyd of Microsoft Research New England participates in a discussion about the findings of a Pew Research Center report about teens and social media. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/headlines/boydpewreport-060413.aspx Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:00:00 GMT A way to check whether calculations have been tampered with could make cloud computing more reliable, and boost privacy. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/headlines/pinocchio-060313.aspx Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:00:00 GMT Work is for work, not social media, right? Actually, says Nancy Baym of Microsoft Research New England, the premise that social media-usage inhibits productivity is a myth. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/headlines/baymsocialwork-060313.aspx Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:00:00 GMT A paper co-written by a pair of scientists from Microsoft Research New York City attempts to assign a value to the widely observed negative effect an annoying display ad can have on a website. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/headlines/annoyingads-060313.aspx Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:00:00 GMT The term big data connotes the certainty of truth, but there are hazards present, some human, some technological. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/headlines/crawfordbigdata-060113.aspx Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:00:00 GMT Boaz Barak of Microsoft Research New England is working with Princeton University professors to find a verifiable way to make sure that nuclear-delivery systems being decommissioned actually contain nuclear warheads. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/headlines/nuclearwarheads-052813.aspx Tue, 28 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT Work on Microsoft Research's WorldWide Telescope has led to GeoFlow, a new geospatial visualization tool in Excel. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/headlines/xconomygeoflow-052813.aspx Tue, 28 May 2013 17:00:00 GMT Danah boyd, senior researcher at Microsoft Research, explores the contradictions and conundrums of living in a networked society. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/headlines/boydtrust-052813.aspx Tue, 28 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT Microsoft Research India has developed technology to help track tuberculosis patients to make sure they take their full course of antimicrobial drugs. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/headlines/indiatb-052613.aspx Sun, 26 May 2013 16:55:00 GMT Microsoft Research scientists helped more than 500 students from Seattle schools get an introduction to software development May 23 on the first App Day hackathon. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/headlines/appday-052313.aspx Fri, 24 May 2013 01:52:00 GMT At the Microsoft Research D.C. TechFair, the software giant displayed some of its most cutting-edge innovations. Here’s a look at the programs and tools on display. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/headlines/dcgallery-052313.aspx Thu, 23 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT New data-visualization apps from Microsoft Research have been added to Apps for Office, where people can download them for free to obtain new ways to take a look at their data collections. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/headlines/officeapps-052313.aspx Thu, 23 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT Microsoft Research brought a wealth of new technology to show on May 21 during the biennial D.C. TechFair. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/headlines/dctechfair13-052213.aspx Wed, 22 May 2013 16:30:00 GMT Microsoft researchers share a look at future trends and technologies changing the face of computing May 21 during the biennial D.C. TechFair. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/headlines/dc2013-052113.aspx Tue, 21 May 2013 17:00:00 GMT The excitement of breaking barriers and discovering frontiers: This is how P. Anandan, managing director, Microsoft Research India, described "research," a path less travelled by students in India. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/headlines/anandan-052013.aspx Mon, 20 May 2013 21:00:00 GMT The Software Analytics Group at Microsoft Research Asia offers a data-driven approach to improving Microsoft products and services. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/images/software_analytics_thumb.png http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/images/software_analytics_promo.png http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/images/software_analytics_thumb.png http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/softwareanalytics-052013.aspx Mon, 20 May 2013 16:00:00 GMT