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Microsoft Announces Latin American Collaborative Research
Federation
The Latin American Collaborative Research Federation will work with
Microsoft Research to explore emerging information and communication
technologies and their applications across the region, with an eye
toward solving important social and economic issues and developing
Latin America’s burgeoning knowledge economy.
May 9, 2007
Support From Microsoft Helps Researchers Merge Digital
and Physical Worlds
Microsoft Research today announced the recipients of $1.1 million (USD)
in funding for academic researchers working on geographic
information-visualization techniques and location-based Web
searching. The 21 winners were chosen from more than 140 university
applicants worldwide in response to Microsoft Research’s parallel
SensorMap and Virtual Earth™ requests for proposals (RFPs).
April 5, 2007
Microsoft, Carnegie Mellon Establish Center for Computational
Thinking
Microsoft Corporation and Carnegie Mellon University today announced
the creation of the Microsoft Carnegie Mellon Center for
Computational Thinking. The center represents a long-term
collaboration between Microsoft Research and Carnegie Mellon’s
Computer Science Department and will support research in emerging
areas of computer science, particularly those that can influence the
thinking of other disciplines.
March 26, 2007
MIT iCampus Project Yields Key Educational Learnings
iCampus, an educational collaboration between the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology and Microsoft Research, has proved a bellwether of
educational innovation in its seven-year history, says Kevin Schofield,
general manager of Microsoft Research Strategy and Communications.
December 1, 2006
iCampus Experiments with Technology and Higher Learning
Learning Without Barriers/Technology Without Borders, a two-day
symposium, marks the completion of a seven-year pact between Microsoft
and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that will have lasting
benefits for education institutions worldwide.
December 1, 2006
Q&A: Faculty Panelists Discuss the State of Computer Science Education
Solutions lie in collaboration and cooperation among academia, industry, and policy-makers.
July 17, 2006
Faculty Summit:
Taking the Pulse of Pipeline Issues
Microsoft Research’s seventh annual Faculty Summit, to be held July 17-18, will provide an opportunity for the academic community to take measure of efforts to entice more bright, young students into the study of computer science.
July 12, 2006
Microsoft Partners with Colleges to Form Institute for Personal Robots in Education
Joint industry and academic partnership to apply robotics technology to
undergraduate computer science education.
July 12, 2006
Q&A: Robots in the Computer Science Classroom
Microsoft partners with Georgia Tech and Bryn Mawr to form the Institute for Personal Robots in Education, designed to reinvigorate the computer-science curriculum by delivering robotics technology specifically tailored for teaching purposes and scientifically evaluated for its effectiveness.
July 12, 2006
Winners Announced for Microsoft Live Labs Search RFP
The Live Labs Search RFP continues a long history of cooperation between Microsoft Research and the academic community to encourage research and innovation.
June 1, 2006
Diversity Deficit in Information Technology Identified as
“Growing Gap” at Town Hall
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama cites need to reverse “long historic
discrimination in the area of gender” saying that locking women out of
information technology (IT) is “like having one hand tied behind our
competitive backs.”
May 22, 2006
Microsoft Donates $1 Million to the National Center for Women and
Information Technology
Microsoft announced a $1 million grant and a four-year commitment to the
National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) to
encourage women to pursue careers in IT.
May 5, 2006
Recognizing the Brightest Minds in Computer Science
The 2006 Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowships reward outstanding new professors by giving them the flexibility to be creative.
May 3, 2006
Microsoft Research Recognizes Computer Science’s Most Promising
Professors with New Faculty Fellowships
Microsoft Research today named the five newest members of its highly
prestigious Microsoft Research New Faculty Fellowship Program.
April 26, 2006
Brown University, Microsoft Research Open Research Center on Pen-Centric Computing
At a joint press conference later today, Brown University and Microsoft Research will unveil plans for the Microsoft Center for Research on Pen-Centric Computing at Brown.
March 20, 2006
Microsoft Research Awards $1.7 Million in Academic Funding to Advance
Research in Health, Education and Digital Inclusion
Microsoft Research announced the recipients of $1.2 million (U.S.) in
funding for academic research that focuses on how technology can unlock
the potential of people in underserved communities by making computing
affordable, accessible, and relevant. The company also announced the 11
recipients of the $500,000 (U.S.) Tablet PC Technology, Curriculum, and
Higher Education RFP.
February 23, 2006
Narrowing the Global Technology Gap with Support from Microsoft Research
‘Digital Inclusion’ Awards
To learn more about the Digital Inclusion RFP, the winning proposals, and how technologies can unlock the potential of people everywhere by making computing affordable, accessible, and relevant, PressPass spoke with Tom Healy and John SanGiovanni, the Digital Inclusion RFP program managers in the External Research & Programs (ER&P) group at Microsoft Research, and with the winning researchers.
February 23, 2006
Microsoft Provides Academia With $1 Million to Advance Research Relevant
to Virtual Earth and Trustworthy Computing
Microsoft Corporation announced the recipients of approximately $1 million in academic research funding. Through a request for proposal (RFP) process, Microsoft is encouraging academic research focused on advancing Microsoft® Virtual Earth™ technology as well as developing Trustworthy Computing curriculum projects. The 15 winners of the Trustworthy Computing RFP will receive a total of $750,000 (U.S.).
February 16, 2006
Microsoft Expands Internet Research Efforts With Founding of Live Labs
Microsoft Corp. today announced the formation of Microsoft Live Labs, a research partnership between MSN and Microsoft Research. Under the leadership of Dr. Gary William Flake, noted industry technologist and Microsoft technical fellow, Live Labs will consist of a dedicated group of researchers from MSN and Microsoft Research that will work with researchers across Microsoft and the academic research community.
January 25, 2006
HP and Microsoft Lead Private Sector Participation in Hemispheric Initiative ‘Engineering for the Americas Symposium’
Private sector joins the academic and scientific community, governments and multilateral organizations to strengthen engineering programs as a way to accelerate economic development and competitiveness in the Americas.
December 06, 2005
Microsoft Research donation supports learning laboratory at Pontific Catholic University in Rio de Janeiro
Learning and research center to benefit more than 800 students and teachers.
December 06, 2005
Bill Gates Shares Microsoft’s Vision for Technical Computing
Keynote address at Supercomputing 2005 announces public beta of Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 and investments in 10 academic institutes.
November 15, 2005
Microsoft Research Strives to Narrow Global Technology Gap
Microsoft Research announces a $1.2 million Digital Inclusion funding opportunity, which empowers academic researchers worldwide to tackle technological challenges, making computing more affordable, accessible, and relevant.
October 20, 2005
Closing the Global Technology Gap
A $1.2 million Digital Inclusion funding opportunity sponsored by Microsoft Research is designed to make computing affordable, accessible, and relevant to people everywhere.
October 20, 2005
ConferenceXP 3.2 Now Available
With ConferenceXP, you can interact and collaborate with others in a virtual collaborative space, called a venue. ConferenceXP 3.2, released August 17, 2005, offers several enhancements, including three new capabilities and IPv6 support. It also supports the latest ConferenceXP services. Learn about what’s new in this release by visiting the
ConferenceXP Web site.
August 17, 2005
Faculty Summit Live
Vignettes and observations gleaned from one attendee of the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit 2005, held July 18-19 in Redmond, Washington.
July 19, 2005
Microsoft Research Faculty Summit Inspires Fresh Approaches to
Challenges and Concerns in Academia and Technology Industry
The two-day conference, July 18-19, 2005, gathers leading computer-science educators and researchers to weigh future directions in computing amid
shrinking government funding for academic research, as well as opportunities for greater collaboration.
July 14, 2005
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