Ecology and environment
Microsoft Research Blog
Understanding the Rainforest Ecosystem
By Janie Chang, Writer, Microsoft Research The Brazilian rainforests are of immense importance to the world. They help regulate climate temperatures, create rainfall, and provide habitat for biodiversity. On the southeast coast of Brazil, the…
Project
Scientific DataSet
Scientific DataSet (SDS) is a managed library for reading, writing and sharing array-oriented scientific data, such as time series, matrices, satellite or medical imagery, and multidimensional numerical grids. It features: Rich metadata to create…
Video
3D Geographical Environments & Geospatial Data Exploration using Flight Simulators and Geodatabases
2009 eScience: 3D Geographical Environments and Geospatial Data Exploration using Flight Simulators and Geodatabases
Microsoft Research Blog
Project Trident: Navigating a Sea of Data
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research How deep is the ocean? Geologically, the answer is straightforward: almost seven miles. This we know from a series of surveys, beginning in the 19th century, of the…
Event
Faculty Summit 2009
On July 13–14, 2009, the tenth Microsoft Research Faculty Summit brought together more than 400 thought leaders from academia, government, and Microsoft to reflect on how current computing disciplines open new opportunities for research and…