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A new understanding of the world through grassroots Data Science education at UC Berkeley
This is a bold experiment that will equip thousands of Berkeley students across campus with a fundamental education in data-driven thinking empowered by advanced statistical and computational techniques.
Awards | ACM SIGCHI
Indrani Medhi Thies receives SIGCHI 2017 Social Impact Award
Indrani Medhi Thies received the 2017 Social Impact Award from the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction, which recognizes individuals who apply human-computer interaction research to pressing social needs. Thies is a researcher in the Technology for Emerging Markets group…
In the news | Microsoft Research Blog
Microsoft continues to support data science research with $3M cloud credits to NSF BIGDATA program
This new collaboration builds on previous efforts between Microsoft and NSF, and the Azure platform has added significant functionality and resources in recent years, including massive investments in open source and advanced data and intelligence services offered under its Cortana…
In the news | SIGSOFT
2017 ICSE Most Influential Paper Award
For the paper, ‘Feedback-Directed Random Test Generation, ICSE-29, 2007.’
In the news | Softpedia News
Microsoft Develops Tech That Uses a Smartphone to Prevent Driver Distraction
Microsoft Research has developed a new technology that uses a smartphone to detect and warn of factors that could increase the risk of accidents, such as speeding, drunk driving, or distractions.
Stack of Microsoft researchers earn distinctions from premier computing society
By John Roach, Writer, Microsoft Research Eight computer scientists at Microsoft research labs around the world have been honored as Fellows of the Association of Computing Machinery, the world’s largest computing society. The organization also named five Microsoft researchers to…
Awards | ACM
ACM names eight Microsoft researchers 2016 Fellows
Eight computer scientists at Microsoft research labs around the world have been honored as Fellows of the Association of Computing Machinery, the world’s largest computing society. The honors recognize the individuals’ significant contributions and impact to computer science across a range…
In the news | ACM
Padmanabhan elected Fellow of the ACM
The 2016 Fellows have been cited for numerous contributions in areas including cloud computing, computer security, data science, Internet routing and security, large-scale distributed computing, mobile computing, spoken-language processing and theoretical computer science.
In the news | The Windows Club
Microsoft moves a step towards a fully functional road safety AI in India
With an estimated 1.25 million fatalities each year, road accidents are definitely right up there when it comes to the top causes of deaths in the world. It is particularly important to know, middle-income and low-income countries bear a disproportionate…