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Awards | National Academy of Engineering
Mary Czerwinski elected to the National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected 111 new members and 22 international members, including Mary Czerwinski, “For the application of psychological principles to the design and understanding of human computer interaction.” Election to National Academy of Engineering membership…
Awards | National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Gary J. Sullivan, Chair of SC 29 Multimedia Standardization, Congratulates SC 29’s MPEG Systems Group on Two More Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards
MPEG Systems, Working Group 3 of the ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 organization led by Gary Sullivan, Principal Standards Program Manager, is being recognized this year by the National Academy for Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) with two Technology & Engineering…
Awards | ACM
Four Microsoft researchers named as 2021 ACM Fellows
Four Microsoft researchers were among those honored for 2021: Nikolaj Bjorner, Tie-Yan Liu, Ryen White, and Tom Zimmermann. ACM Fellows includes the top 1% of ACM members for their outstanding accomplishments in computing and information technology and/or outstanding service to…
Research at Microsoft 2021: Collaborating for real-world change
Over the past 30 years, Microsoft Research has undergone a shift in how it approaches innovation, broadening its mission to include not only advancing the state of computing but also using technology to tackle some of the world’s most pressing…
Awards | Newsweek
Ranveer Chandra included in Newsweek’s inaugural list of America’s Greatest Disruptors
Ranveer Chandra is among the 50 luminaries and leaders who are included in Newsweek’s inaugural list of America’s Greatest Disruptors. The list features visionaries, innovators, pioneers and change makers who are using technology to transform business, health, culture and society…
In the news | Microsoft ALT Innovation
Tech Minutes: Watch For
Learn how the Watch For platform leverages deep-learning, computer vision, and high efficiency AI infrastructure to identify interesting moments in video content. Presented by Weishung Liu, Senior Program Manager, from Microsoft Research, Redmond.
Awards | The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (Supercomputing'21)
Deepak Narayanan and Amar Phanishayee receive best student paper award
The Super Computing 2021 organizers selected Deepak Narayanan and Amar Phanishayee’s paper, Efficient Large-Scale Language Model Training on GPU Clusters Using Megatron-LM, as the best student paper for its quality and potential impact.
Toward nanoscale DNA writers: Unlocking scalable DNA data writing technology
| Karin Strauss and Bichlien Nguyen
Editor’s note: The researchers would like to acknowledge co-authors Christopher Takahashi, Gagan Gupta, Jake Smith, Richard Rouse, Paul Berndt, Sergey Yekhanin, David Ward, Siena Ang, Patrick Garvan, Hsing-Yeh Parker, Rob Carlson, Douglas Carmean, and Luis Ceze for their contributions to…
In the news | Fast Company
ElectionGuard named to Fast Company “AI and Data: Next Big Things in Tech” list
Microsoft and InfernoRed – For securing the democratic process | These companies partnered to create ElectionGuard (opens in new tab), an open-source system that keeps data encrypted even while it’s being processed, allowing people to check that their vote has…