Events

• MSR Asia Workshop on Mobile Computing in Education
  Singapore, March 19-20, 2007
  
  For two days, 40 attendees including 35 from the Asia-Pacific region and 5 from the U.S. discussed and exchanged their research results and experiences in pen computing in education.
• MSR Asia 1st Joint Lab Symposium
  Hong Kong, December 1, 2006
  
  Since 1998, MSR Asia has established eight joint research labs with universities in China. This first symposium will exchange experience and best practices on building joint labs while sharing research results.
• 2th Microsoft Institute for Japanese Academic Research Collaboration (IJARC) Symposium
  Kyoto, Japan, November 23, 2006
  
  This symposium demonstrated the strong research collaboration with Japanese academic community. IJARC projects will be presented, followed by a reception to honor MSR Asia Fellowship Award winners.
• 2006 MSR Asia Faculty Summit
  Beijing, China, October 23, 2006
  
  This year's theme was "Growing with the Region." More than 200 deans and professors from universities across the Asia-Pacific region attended the summit.
• Computing in 21st Century Conference
  Beijing, October 24, 2006
  Taipei, October 27, 2006
  
  More than 3,000 faculty and students attended this annual event. This year's theme was "The Challenge of Quality Software."
• Windows Curriculum Workshop
  Singapore, October 9, 2006
  
  Faculty from the Asia-Pacific attended this training on Windows Operating System Internals Curriculum Resource Kit (CRK), Windows Research Kernel (WRK), and ProjectOZ.

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News and Highlights

• Microsoft invests AU$900,000 in Brisbane eResearch project
  May 17, 2006 (ZDNet Australia) - Microsoft has invested in a project that will help scientists at Queensland University of Technology build the southern hemisphere's first advanced research facility.
• Korea MOE Announced Internship Program with MSR and MSR Asia
  April 27, 2006 (DongA Ilbo Daily) - Korea Ministry of Education will collaborate with Microsoft Research in Redmond, WA, U.S. and in Beijing, China on fostering talent.
• Interview with Rick Rashid, Senior VP of MSR: "IQ Is Gravity"
  January 2, 2006 (Nikkei Electronics) - What supports Microsoft's strength is Microsoft Research, its research and development arm.