March 2008 - TechFest Live! - Microsoft Research Community

BLEWS: What the Blogosphere Tells You About News

Some people look for controversy in the strangest places. As hundreds of computer-science researchers congregated for TechFest on Tuesday, one Web site interpreted a cross-disciplinary but topical demo from a team of Microsoft Research Redmond folks as...

Published 03-05-2008 11:46 PM by robk

Filed under: 2008, Research, TechFest, Microsoft, Sumit Basu, Dmitiry Belenko, news, Michael Gamon, aggregator, BLEWS, Christian Konig, Danyel Fisher

Stephen Emmott on 21st Century Science

Next, I wandered over to a mega-booth from Microsoft Research Cambridge called Science for the 21st Century, featuring no fewer than six demos. There was a lot to absorb, so before diving in, I found Stephen Emmott , director of the lab's European...

Published 03-05-2008 8:07 PM by robk

Filed under: 2008, Research, TechFest, Microsoft, European Science Initiative, Cambridge, Stephen Emmott

Roll the Credits

Three hundred fifty computers. Two hundred twenty-five monitors, Almost a mile of computer cable. More than 6,500 attendees. Almost seven months of preparation. Three days of technical setup. Four hours of tear-down. About 500 researchers, most of them...

Published 03-07-2008 12:35 AM by robk

Filed under: 2008, Research, TechFest, Microsoft, Kendall Martin, James Oker

Science for the 21st Century, part 2

With a grounding in what the European Science Initiative is trying to accomplish, and the reasons why, I then stepped across the aisle in the Rainierr/St. Helens room of the Microsoft Conference Center to get a feel for the individual demos on display...

Published 03-05-2008 9:23 PM by robk

Filed under: Research, Microsoft, European Science Initiative, Cambridge, Drew Purves, Robin Freeman, Martin Calsyn, Leeza Pachepsky, Andrew Phillips, Rich Williams, Andreas Heil

Video Entertainment, part 2

A cool video that captures the energy of TechFest has been posted externally . Enjoy!

Published 03-06-2008 2:33 PM by robk

Filed under: 2008, Research, TechFest, Microsoft, video

Privacy Integrated Queries

Data abounds in the digital age. Bits by the billions are collected on a daily basis from a variety of sources: Web services, financial programs, governmental agencies. Those who specialize in data mining and analysis could spend a hundred lifetimes sifting...

Published 03-06-2008 3:57 PM by robk

Filed under: 2008, Research, TechFest, Microsoft, Frank McSherry, privacy, Silicon Valley, Cynthia Dwork

The Father of TechFest

I just ran into Phil Fawcett, who had an idea seven years ago that became the original TechFest, which has since become Microsoft Research's signature event. The fact that I could barely manage to squeeze through the throngs to get to Phil speaks...

Published 03-06-2008 5:27 PM by robk

Filed under: 2008, Research, TechFest, Microsoft, Phil Fawcett

The View from England

Andrew Herbert , managing director of Microsoft Research Cambridge , was busily reading e-mail when I passed him in the hall a few minutes ago, so I doubled back and asked him to provide a brief statement about the value of TechFest for his lab and for...

Published 03-06-2008 6:49 PM by robk

Filed under: 2008, Research, TechFest, Microsoft, Andrew Herbert, Cambridge

Tiny Web Services

I mentioned the other day that I had run into Feng Zhao , principal researcher in the Networked Embedded Computing group, who was looking particularly happy at the moment. Well, Feng has been demonstrating the reason for his delight over the past three...

Published 03-06-2008 7:31 PM by robk

Filed under: 2008, Research, TechFest, Microsoft, Rick Rashid, Feng Zhao, sensor, Web service, wireless

The Art of Theory

OK, consider me dazzled. This afternoon, I got to spend a few minutes with Yuval Peres , principal researcher within Microsoft Research Redmond's Theory Group . In viewing the Theory Group's TechFest demos over the past few years, it has occurred...

Published 03-06-2008 10:09 PM by robk

Filed under: 2008, Research, TechFest, Microsoft, Yuval Peres, Theory

The Future Revealed

Q: What happens when you assemble hundreds of the top computer-science researchers in the world, give them the freedom to mingle and collaborate, and sift through their best work to present an elite collection of technological achievement? A: Welcome...

Published 03-03-2008 3:47 PM by robk

Filed under: 2008, Research, Live!, TechFest, Microsoft, blog

Malvar on Channel 9

Channel 9 , the Microsoft Developer Network's community for unfiltered access to the people who devise Microsoft technologies, is featuring a fascinating video interview with Rico Malvar , managing director of Microsoft Research Redmond. Malvar, also...

Published 03-03-2008 7:59 PM by robk

Filed under: Research, TechFest, Microsoft, Rico Malvar, interview, Channel 9, Microsoft Developer Network, distinguished engineer, Redmond, community, technology

Rashid keynote

TechFest 2008 began promptly at 9:30 a.m. today, with a five-minute video about Microsoft Research's mission, featuring Rick Rashid , senior vice president of Microsoft Research, along with Tony Hey , corporate vice president of External Research...

Published 03-04-2008 3:15 PM by robk

Filed under: Research, TechFest, Microsoft, Rico Malvar, Rick Rashid, P. Anandan, Merrie Morris, Roy Levin, Tony Hey, Andrew Herbert, Jennifer Chayes, Hsiao-Wuen Hon, WorldWide Telescope

Alan Alda Talks with Craig Mundie

After Rashid's keynote, Craig Mundie , Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer, engaged in a freewheeling technology discussion with Alan Alda , famed television and movie star and host of PBS' Scientific American Frontiers . The pair...

Published 03-04-2008 3:54 PM by robk

Filed under: Research, TechFest, Microsoft, Alan Alda, Craig Mundie

A Short Interview

Amazingly enough, it wasn't long afterward that I actually found myself talking with Alan Alda and Craig Mundie. Representatives for the two graciously arranged for me to get a couple of minutes with the two, so I introduced myself and started by...

Published 03-04-2008 6:12 PM by robk

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