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Microsoft Research Releases Testing Tool for Multithreaded Apps
Microsoft Research has released CHESS, an automated tool for finding errors — data-races, deadlocks, hangs, and data-corruption induced access violations — in multithreaded software by systematically exploring thread schedules. Once CHESS locates an error, it provides a fully repeatable execution…
In the news | ZDNet
Non-Microsoft developers to get a peek at CHESS concurrency test tool
Microsoft’s CHESS, a two-year-in-the-making tool from Microsoft Research designed to help developers test for concurrency errors, is set to make its public debut in two weeks. Microsoft researchers developed CHESS to help developers improve the reliability of concurrent, multi-threaded software…
Innovation Inquiries: The Birth of a Research Lab
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research Since Microsoft Research New England was announced on Feb. 4, Jennifer Chayes, managing director of the lab, based in Cambridge, Mass., has been hard at work along with her deputy managing director, Christian…
AutoCollage: Summarize Your Adventures with a Click
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research You’ve got photos—lots and lots of photos. Everybody does these days, thanks to the digital-photography revolution. Hundreds, thousands, a veritable treasure trove of image-based memories. Sometimes, though, you don’t need thousands of photos.…
Tweaking Channel Widths to Improve Wireless Communication
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research We’ve been spoiled. In this age of virtually instantaneous communication, we have developed a thirst for immediate access to information. Waiting is a pain in the Internet age. Soon is not sufficient; we…
Using Repeated Image Content to Render Photos More Efficiently
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research In these days of nearly ubiquitous access to digital cameras, and the consequent explosion of images available via the Internet, it has become more important than ever to find ways to render those…
In the news | CNet
Microsoft demos robotic receptionist
Chief Research and Strategy officer Craig Mundie on Thursday demonstrated a software-based robot that uses a combination of visual and voice recognition as well as speech synthesis to handle basic tasks.
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…
Is Your Group Seeking Information? SearchTogether!
By Rob Knies That long-awaited vacation is almost here—just you, your spouse, and your teenage son, all eager to embark on a leisurely adventure to sunny climes for some much-needed R&R. But your planning has not kept pace with your…