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In the news | ZDNet
Microsoft ‘Project Sopris’ takes aim at securing low-cost IoT devices
A new Microsoft Research team, Project Sopris, is looking to redesign microcontrollers in the name of making low-cost IoT devices more secure.
In the news | MSPowerUser
Microsoft Research’s Project Sopris is exploring ways to secure low cost IoT devices
The Project Sopris team has tested different approaches to device security from silicon to software and have found optimal device security must be rooted in hardware but kept up-to-date through evolving software.
In the news | CNX Software
Microsoft is Working with Mediatek on Project Sopris Secure WiFi MCU
Microsoft researchers have identified seven properties of highly secure devices, and describe their experiments towards designing microcontroller-based prototype devices adapted from the Mediatek MT7687 MIPS microcontroller.
Awards | UW Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science
A. J. Brush receives 2017 Alumni Achievement Award
A. J. Brush received the 2017 Alumni Achievement Award (opens in new tab) from the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. Brush is a human-computer interaction researcher with a love for building experimental platforms…
Awards | HIV Vaccine Trials Network
Jonathan Carlson receives inaugural Bonnie Mathieson Young Investigator Award
The HIV Vaccine Trials Network (opens in new tab) honored Jonathan Carlson with an inaugural Bonnie Mathieson Young Investigator Award for his leading role in research that leveraged machine learning and the trials network’s data to show how HIV variants that are pre-adapted…
Democratizing AI to improve citizen health
By Kenji Takeda, Director, Azure for Research Doctors make life-saving — and life-changing — decisions every day. But how do they know that they are making the best decisions? Can artificial intelligence (AI) help? “Before evidence-based medicine, decision-making in health…
Awards | SXSW Innovation Award
SXSW Innovation Award
SXSW Innovation Awards: Sci Fi No Longer. Awarded for the coolest scientific achievement or discovery that before was only possible in science fiction.
In the news | ABC, Australia
Siri, Cortana, Alexa: Female virtual assistants a dominant force
In the pockets of millions and on desktops worldwide, female voices are driving a quiet revolution that appears unstoppable. Is this another step towards gender parity, or does it reinforce outdated attitudes about women?
New Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant provides support to under-represented groups in computing
By Dr. Meredith Ringel Morris, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research I am pleased to announce that Microsoft Research is funding a new academic program, the Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant. This grant program offers selected doctoral students doing computing research at U.S.…