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Cryptography Receives Indian Scrutiny
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research You employ cryptographic techniques on a daily basis … don’t you? Sure you do. Every time you type a password into a computer, you are practicing cryptography, using secret information to verify your…
In the news | Forbes
The Revolutionaries: Radical Thinkers and their World-Changing Ideas – Desney Tan
Tan’s research focuses on the melding of man and machine, specifically using the entire human body as an input device.
In the news | The New York Times
Inside These Lenses, a Digital Dimension
Tan discusses his work combining digital and physical worlds, in which virtual information is layered onto a person’s view of the real world.
Beijing Lab’s New Initiative: eHeritage
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research Leonardo da Vinci and Filippo Brunelleschi resound through history as two of the guiding lights of the Italian Renaissance. Leonardo, of course, gifted us with the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, but…
CHI ’09: Computing with a Human Touch
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research Historically, Microsoft Research has had a big footprint during CHI, the annual conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction—and this…
Exploring Ways to Make Search Better than Ever
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research Considering the ubiquitous use of search engines to guide users through the Internet, one might be excused for thinking that search functionality has been perfected and there is nothing yet to refine. Far…
Microsoft Researchers at Intersection of Science and Art
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research Life, a great man once said, is what happens while you’re busy making other plans. And sometimes, it appears, so is art. Three members of Microsoft Research can attest to that. The three,…
Indian Team Applies Rigor to Solving Software Challenges
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research For Sriram Rajamani, the opportunity to work on improving software performance for Microsoft Research has been a productive, rewarding experience. And getting a chance to do so while stationed in his native India…
Microsoft Research Unveils Technologies to Improve the Web Experience
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research Battling search spam. Streamlining Web-page monitoring. Helping protect online privacy. Enabling the illiterate to use computers. These are just a few of the ways Microsoft Research is demonstrating its commitment to making the…