{"id":3731,"date":"2015-07-08T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/msr_er\/2015\/07\/08\/the-2015-microsoft-research-faculty-summit-breaks-records\/"},"modified":"2016-08-26T09:11:18","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T16:11:18","slug":"the-2015-microsoft-research-faculty-summit-breaks-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newed.any0.dpdns.org\/en-us\/research\/blog\/the-2015-microsoft-research-faculty-summit-breaks-records\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2015 Microsoft Research Faculty Summit breaks records"},"content":{"rendered":"

Walking into the Microsoft Conference Center this morning, I could feel the excitement in the air as 600 academics and researchers started meeting up for the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit in Redmond, Washington. High on the agenda of this, our sixteenth annual Faculty Summit, are keynotes by top researchers and executives at Microsoft, and we are delighted to announce that these will be streamed live over the course of two days. Also to be streamed is \u201cProgress in AI: Myths, Realities, and Aspirations,\u201d a panel discussion on the past, present and future of artificial intelligence, led by Eric Horvitz, managing director and distinguished scientist at Microsoft Research Redmond.<\/p>\n

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Keynotes by top researchers and executives at Microsoft will be streamed live over the course\u00a0of two days.<\/p><\/div>\n

Then it is into the summit\u2019s four topic tracks, with 70 top speakers from around the world, a record for this event. Broadly speaking, the tracks cover artificial intelligence, devices, society and software, offering something for everyone throughout the day. As one of the program chairs, I am always heartened at the enthusiasm and expertise brought to the summit by Microsoft researchers and the academics, who make up half the speakers. We know we are going to be transported into the future when Session Chair Krysta Svore and speakers from MIT, ETHZ and Microsoft explore \u201cWhat Can We Solve with a Quantum Computer?\u201d or when Jaron Lanier’s panel session examines the potential of Microsoft HoloLens in \u201cThe Holoscene: Virtual and Mixed Reality.\u201d Then we will be back squarely in the present, when Bill Buxton and Jeff Han lead a group exploring \u201cDigital Ink and Touch on NextGen Devices,\u201d no doubt with special reference to Microsoft\u2019s new large touch device, the Surface Hub. A session I won\u2019t want to miss is \u201cDesign Verification: Treating Networks Like Programs or Chips,\u201d which deftly pairs up software engineering and networking experts from Cornell, Princeton, the Naval Postgraduate School and Microsoft.<\/p>\n

There are many other interesting sessions, and of course one cannot attend them all, so I am glad that all sessions will be available to view online<\/a> after the event.<\/p>\n

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This year’s Research Showcase will feature a record-breaking 47 demos and information booths.<\/p><\/div>\n

Meanwhile, as at any large event, people are mingling and networking and sounding out potential collaborations. Academics are always keen to know how to best collaborate with us and take advantage of every opportunity; to that end, the Research Showcase on day two of the summit will include booths devoted to our latest announcements and our flagship programs, such as internships and scholarships. And speaking of this year\u2019s showcase, it\u2019s another summit record\u2014we have 47 demos and information booths\u2014and they are all linked online, so you can find out about them, even if you cannot attend.<\/p>\n

And whether you\u2019re at the event or not, be sure to check out Microsoft\u2019s open source<\/a> projects for academics and free data science datasets<\/a> for use in your research.<\/p>\n

For now, it is into the fray, and over to the live streaming!<\/p>\n

\u2014<\/em>Judith Bishop<\/em><\/a>, Director of Computing at Microsoft Research and Co-chair of the 2015 Microsoft Research<\/em> Faculty Summit<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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