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 This July 15-17, 2007, the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit 2007
will once again bring together more than 400 thought leaders from academia, government, and Microsoft to discuss both the maturing of
the computing disciplines and the range of open opportunities for research and development.
Optimism for the Future of Computing
Computing is everywhere. Computers are showing up in the most interesting places. Meanwhile, today’s most compelling scientific questions
are fundamentally interdisciplinary in nature, creating new challenges for computing research. Researchers from diverse fields are finding
new ways to collaborate. This is a time for optimism.
This year’s faculty summit will explore
such questions as:
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What new approaches are required to drive fundamental advances in
multi-core/many-core processing?
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What web-scale enablers do academic researchers need to drive significant
innovation in technologies such as search?
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What computing breakthroughs are needed to enable the next generation of
mobile and embedded devices?
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In which new directions is the quest for scientific discovery taking the
field of computing research?
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This is the eighth annual Microsoft Research Faculty Summit. Each year, leaders from academia join with Microsoft researchers to explore the latest research results, collectively discuss the challenges being faced by the community, search for the best approaches to meeting those challenges, and identify new research opportunities. A wide range of interests and a broad variety of technical areas will provide a unique venue for meeting with colleagues and friends across the full range of the computing disciplines.
We’ve organized break-out sessions by technology themes.
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Mobility (user interfaces, nomadic computing, devices) |
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Computational Science (bioinformatics, eScience, knowledge capture, modeling)
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Systems (Windows, networking, compilers) |
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Manycore and Concurrency (operating systems, languages, mechanisms, futures) |
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Online Technologies and Web Cultures (search, confidentiality,
geo-mapping, social networks)
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Geographic Programs (research in Latin America,
technology for emerging markets) |
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Embedded Systems (robotics, sensor networks) |
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Gaming for Instruction (DirectX, game engines) |
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Technologies for Education (ConferenceXP, Tablet PC) |
The brown bag lunch sessions provide an opportunity for discussion and networking. They’re designed to be less formal than the break-out
sessions and cover cross-technology subjects, such as gender equity, university and industry collaborations, and the
Microsoft Research New
Faculty Fellowship Program, with an emphasis on audience participation and discussion.
The wide variety of projects supported by
Microsoft Research will be displayed throughout the conference center.
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