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MSFTResearch

  1. Check out how a Microsoft Research team put data in the fast lane & set a new MinuteSort benchmark speed record: bit.ly/K5Gpr3
  2. Peter Lee, MSR corp VP to deliver @Otterbein commencement speech Sunday and receive honorary degree. Congrats, Peter! bit.ly/L59S13
  3. Videos of the week: Check out how Microsoft Research India’s researchers are working toward resource efficiency: bit.ly/JXLDFg
  4. Awards for Young Indian Scientists Adding Up - Inside Microsoft Research - Site Home - TechNet Blogs blogs.technet.com/b/inside_micro… via @msftresearch
  5. See how Kinect imaging lets surgeons keep their focus, in collaboration with Microsoft Research Cambridge: bit.ly/LaSQhr
  6. Congrats Microsoft researcher Jaron Lanier for receiving an honorary degree from @fandm2012 Franklin & Marshall College.http://bit.ly/KYMOks
  7. Check out some of the contributions by Microsoft Research Asia to the new Translator App for Windows Phone: bit.ly/LO3sWn
  8. Look, Computer, No Hands!: Scientific American Podcast scientificamerican.com/podcast/episod… via @sciam
  9. Congratulations to Dino Distefano, winner of the BCS Roger Needham Award sponsored by Microsoft Research Cambridge! bit.ly/KtZt1o
  10. Video of the Week: Listen in as Greg Morrisett of Harvard speaks about how teaching impacted his research. bit.ly/INMOIk
  11. Check out Microsoft Research Silicon Valley’s Naiad: Incremental, Iterative Computation for Big Data: bit.ly/JlpYWa
  12. Starting at 2:42, @WorldTechUpdate @Nickjb shares his favorite projects from Microsoft Research at #CHI2012 this week. bit.ly/Kqa11v
  13. What are we most excited about from #CHI2012? Kevin Schofield shares the highlights. bit.ly/KTfMlb
  14. See how touchless interaction in the surgical theatre increases efficiency and patient safety. #CHI2012 bit.ly/IN4cau
  15. MirageTable from MS Research presents new opportunities for collaboration & object-sharing across the miles. #CHI2012 bbc.in/Kb4yxi
  16. Watch how Humantenna from Microsoft Research uses the human body as an antenna to sense full-body gestures. #CHI2012 bit.ly/JReu9u
  17. Want to use Doppler to interact with your computer? SoundWave from Microsoft Research does just that. #CHI2012 bit.ly/JuVb5T
  18. Need an answer to an uncommon search query? MSR and MIT researchers have a solution #CHI2012 bit.ly/JQbDxA
  19. Congratulations to @MSRNE researchers Aleksander Madry & David Steurer for their ACM 2011 Doctoral Dissertation Awards: bit.ly/Kgvn1p
  20. See how MSR India enables crowdsourcing on phones with potential to provide significant income for poorest: #CHI2012 bit.ly/K6ExiI