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BrowserShield: Helping Make the Web Safe for Surfers
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research It’s a familiar cliché: The best offense is a good defense. You hear it all the time in a sporting context. But, as it turns out, that hoary truism applies to Web surfing,…
SensorMap Delivers Real-Time Data on the Go
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research You’re in pre-movie limbo. It’s 6 p.m., and the film you want to see starts at 7. You’ve got enough time to grab a quick dinner—if you don’t have to wait for a…
Group Shot: Getting Everyone to Smile
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research Beauty, they say, is in the eye of the beholder. The subtext of that hoary proverb, of course, is that sometimes the beholder’s eye doesn’t see things quite the same way that the…
Your Neighborhood Network
By Suzanne Ross Almost everyone complains about the loss of connection to their neighbors. Parents don’t know if it’s safe to let their kids go next door, or down the street. They don’t know who to borrow a cup of…
Awards | SPIE
SPIE 2004 Wavelet Pioneer Award
The publication Multimedia Content Screening Using a Dual Watermarking and Fingerprinting System was awarded the Best Paper Award at the 2002 ACM Multimedia Conference.
Awards | IEEE Signal Processing
Rico Malvar receives Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE Signal Processing Society
For development of lapped transforms and contributions to audio and video coding techniques.
Awards | IEEE
Henrique Malvar named an IEEE Fellow
For contributions to the theory and practice of lapped transforms, fast multirate filter banks, and signal coding.
In the news | Graphics Interface
Buxton wins CHCCS Achievement Award
For the significant contribution over the many years that Bill has made to the field of human-computer interaction. Bill has demonstrated that he is a leader, a creative researcher and an excellent communicator who inspires enthusiasm among his students.