Articles about Microsoft Research

Tech Moves: Microsoft Research gets a new leader; Amazon head joins AI startup; JPMorgan exec departing

Igor Tsyganskiy is now leading Microsoft Research (MSR) as past president Peter Lee takes the helm of Microsoft Science. Read More

Desney Tan leaves Microsoft after 21 years leading key research and healthcare initiatives

Microsoft Research leader Desney Tan is leaving the company after 21 years, closing a career that spanned breakthrough work in human-computer interaction, health “moonshots,” and products including Xbox Kinect and Microsoft Band. Read More

Out of Office: Microsoft Research’s Peter Lee is a car geek revved up by converting classics to electric

“Half the people I’ve told about this project think it’s the coolest thing, and the other half think it’s totally evil,” Peter Lee said about his 1968 Mustang becoming an EV. Read More

Tech Moves: Icertis names new CEO as Samir Bodas steps down; Smartsheet adds security leader

Icertis has named Anand Subbaraman as CEO, succeeding Samir Bodas, who will become executive chairman of the Bellevue, Wash.-based contract… Read More

Concrete goes green: UW and Microsoft use seaweed to create novel carbon-trapping cement

Researchers have developed a novel solution for trapping carbon in concrete by blending a sustainable, easy-to-grow green seaweed into the… Read More

Tech Moves: AWS leader goes to Siemens; Wash. names broadband lead; NuScale adds to C-suite

— Joseph Williams is temporarily taking the helm of the Washington State Broadband Office (WSBO) as it’s scrambling to respond… Read More

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Microsoft, Providence and UW make use of generative AI for digital cancer diagnosis

Researchers at Microsoft, Providence Health System and the University of Washington say they’ve developed a new artificial intelligence model for… Read More

Leading like a scientist: Microsoft’s Jaime Teevan on the new mindset for the future of work

Success as a leader in the new era of work requires not just empathy but also a willingness to experiment.… Read More

Microsoft open-sources farm technologies, planting seeds for data-driven sustainable agriculture

Microsoft Research is releasing the underlying code for a series of agricultural technologies under open-source licenses, encouraging soil specialists, plant… Read More

An engineer’s journey from fighting crime on the dark web to leading ‘societal resilience’ at Microsoft

Chris White believes in the power of technology to, if not save us, at least make the world a better… Read More

Microsoft remote work study: Average length of workweek has increased 10% during pandemic

A Microsoft study examining technology usage by its employees has revealed a decrease in cross-company communication, and sparked a lively… Read More

Microsoft Research to open Amsterdam lab focused on molecular simulation, led by noted physicist

Microsoft Research will open a new lab in Amsterdam led by Max Welling, a physicist who specializes in molecular simulation,… Read More

Tech Moves: Startup Haven grows team to lead new fund; PSL promotions; F5 Networks adds execs

— Startup Haven, a community for entrepreneurs founded by Seattle startup vet Bob Crimmins, launched an investment fund called Startup… Read More

Software tools for mining COVID-19 research studies go viral among scientists

One month after the debut of the COVID-19 Open Research Dataset, or CORD-19, the database of coronavirus-related research papers has… Read More

Microsoft taps Eric Horvitz as first chief scientific officer; Peter Lee takes over Microsoft Research

Microsoft today named its first chief scientific officer, promoting longtime research leader and technical fellow Eric Horvitz to the newly… Read More

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Artist pays tribute to DNA pioneer Rosalind Franklin with DNA-laced paint and DNA-coded images

Art imitates life, but few works of art reflect their subject as thoroughly as the portrait of DNA pioneer Rosalind… Read More

Microsoft and Univ. of Washington join Georgia Tech team in $25M DNA data storage project

The University of Washington and Microsoft will take part in a federally funded effort to develop data storage techniques using… Read More

AI2 joins forces with Microsoft Research to upgrade search tools for scientific studies

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, also known as AI2, is partnering with Microsoft Research to widen the sphere of… Read More

Slowly but surely, the internet of things is rewriting the Farmers’ Almanac as agriculture connects

One of the first industries to grasp the potential of the internet of things was agriculture, where changing weather and… Read More

Microsoft is turning down some sales over AI ethics, top researcher Eric Horvitz says

Concerns over the potential abuse of artificial intelligence technology have led Microsoft to cut off significant sales, says Eric Horvitz,… Read More

Microsoft’s new portable smart mat aims to beam real items into the digital world

Microsoft’s research arm is working on a portable mat that can sense objects and then project them on to a… Read More

Microsoft and UPMC unveil virtual AI assistant that listens in and takes notes on doctor’s visits

Every day, doctors and nurses across the country do a complicated dance around patient care. They turn back and forth… Read More

DNA data storage system rises past 400 megabytes — find out how to store yours

Scientists from the University of Washington and Microsoft are improving their system for preserving digital data in strands of synthetic… Read More

Former Microsoft Research chief Rick Rashid on the rise of ‘invisible’ tech, robotics, AI, and Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH — So much has changed, in this city and in the technology world, since Rick Rashid arrived in 1979… Read More

Geek of the Week: Take a break, and read about Jaime Teevan’s Microsoft research on working less

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is famous for creating a culture of workaholics in the early days of the software giant.… Read More

The art of artificial intelligence: Microsoft bot draws what you describe, pixel by pixel

Want to order up a drawing? Say you want a picture of a bird with a yellow crown and black… Read More

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Microsoft using artificial intelligence to teach a machine to stay aloft

Paying attention to the “rise of the machines” increasingly means scanning the skies for things other than conventional aircraft or… Read More

Human and computer vision unite to help Microsoft engineers stop traffic deaths

In the U.S., car crashes kill roughly 40,000 people a year. That’s a loss of life equivalent to four to… Read More

Microsoft’s next-generation HoloLens glasses may make you look like Clark Kent

Today, Microsoft’s HoloLens augmented-reality headset has a geeky RoboCop vibe, but someday it could become more like a pair of eyeglasses suitable for Superman’s… Read More

Tech Moves: Meet Microsoft Research Labs’ new director; Accolade adds key execs; and more

In a surprise move last week, Jeannette Wing — a noted computer scientist and corporate vice president of Microsoft Research — announced she… Read More