Research
Below please find an index of news and awards that recognize Microsoft researchers’ contribution to scientific research and commitment to advancing computer science.
E. Glen Weyl and his coauthors have proposed a new “prosocial” structure for social media, where posts are flagged with the context of where they are socially accepted and users can navigate to see opposing…
Every year, 20% of all fishing gear in the world’s oceans is lost and an estimated 50,000 tons of lost fishing nets or ‘ghost nets’ end up in the oceans, posing a danger to a…
The library, robot, laser, microscope and platters of glass are all part of a research program named Project Silica. Richard Black directs this project at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, England. “Project Silica is a new…
Microsoft and our partners are launching HeritageWatch.AI, a nonprofit that will use AI to protect cultural heritage sites across the globe and help us preserve humanity’s past for future generations.
With rural areas significantly lagging behind cities in computer use, research by Raffaella Sadun, Shane Greenstein, and colleagues finds that many Americans lack the digital literacy that’s increasingly needed in an AI world.
Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab is offering a total of $5 million in cloud computing credits in its home state of Washington through a new grant program in conjunction with the company’s 50th anniversary. The…
Wei Chen and Benjamin G. Zorn are among the 55 new ACM Fellows for their contributions to computing that are transforming science and society.