Below please find an index of news and awards that recognize Microsoft researchers’ contribution to scientific research and commitment to advancing computer science.
Jacki O’Neill, founding Lab Director of Microsoft Research Africa, Nairobi, was given the 2026 Societal Impact Award by ACM SIGCHI for her research in computer science which has had extensive societal impact specifically in the…
Long-term preservation of digital information is vital for safeguarding the knowledge of humanity for future generations. Existing archival storage solutions, such as magnetic tapes and hard disk drives, suffer from limited media lifespans that render…
Academy membership honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to engineering research, practice, or education. Burger was elected for accelerating cloud-scale computing and networking infrastructures with field-programmable systems.
The paper “Cognitive Load Estimation Using Brain Foundation Models and Interpretability for BCIs”, accepted for publication during ICASSP 2026, with authors Deeksha M Shama, Dimitra Emmanouilidou, Ivan Tashev, is featured in the MSR Research Focus…
Recognizing what’s at stake, UNESCO designated 2022–2032 as the Decade of Indigenous Languages. This highlights a global effort to support revitalization and digital inclusion, and the work that partners in places like Nunavut are helping advance. According to the…
Strengthening wildfire response takes more than any single institution, any single technology, or any single moment of heroism. It takes sustained collaboration between the people building new tools and the first responders relying on them…
In the arid expanse of northwestern Kenya, the Kakuma refugee camp has grown into a sprawling community of more than 300,000 displaced individuals from over 20 countries. Originally established in 1992 to shelter young people…
As AI transforms how we work, live and learn, higher education is more than another player — it needs to lead the way. Higher education must strike a balance as it prepares the next generation…
Madanlal was selected by his peers for the development of methods in concurrency verification and testing, and machine learning systems design.
The project represents a significant step forward in understanding immune responses at the tissue level. By generating and analyzing large datasets using artificial intelligence and machine learning, the team will develop tools to measure and…
