Wednesday, May 23
Time | Event/Topic | Location |
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12:00–12:30
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Opening Ceremony | Grand Velas 7-12 |
12:30–1:30 |
Opening Keynote Presentation
Microsoft Research: from Basic Research to Technological Innovations | slides
Peter Lee, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Research, United States |
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1:30–1:45
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Group Photo | |
1:45–3:00
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Lunch
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Azul Restaurant/ Chaká |
3:00–4:00
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Keynote Presentation
Sergio Carrera, Executive Director, INFOTEC, Mexico
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Grand Velas 7-12 |
4:00–4:45
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Plenary Session
Hector Garcia-Molina, Professor, Stanford University, United States |
Grand Velas 7-12 |
4:45–5:15 |
Refreshment Break
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Foyer Grand Velas |
5:15–6:00 |
Plenary Session
Putting the Cloud in the Palm of Your Hand | slides
Victor Bahl, Director Mobile Computer Research Center, Microsoft Research, United States |
Grand Velas 7-12 |
6:00–7:00 |
Keynote Presentation
Tony Hey, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Research Connections, United States
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Grand Velas 7-12 |
8:30–11:00 |
Welcome Reception and Dinner
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Zen Grand Garden |
Thursday, May 24
Time | Event/Topic | Location |
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8:30–1:00
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Parallel Track Sessions | |
8:30–9:30 |
Computer Science Research Track #1
Judith Bishop, Director, Microsoft Research Connections, United States |
Grand Velas 7-12 |
Computer Science Research Track #2
Kinect for Windows—an Update for Researchers | slides
Stewart Tansley, Director, Microsoft Research Connections, United States
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Grand Velas 13 | |
Computing in eScience Research Track #3
eResearch: Surveying the State of the Art | slides
Lee Dirks, Director, Microsoft Research Connections, United States
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Grand Velas 14 | |
CONACYT Thematic Networks Research Track #4
Teaching a Robot How to Perform New Tasks | slides
Eduardo F. Morales, Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica, y Electronica (INAOE), Mexico
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Grand Velas 15 | |
9:30–10:30 |
Computer Science Research Track #1
Nikolai Tillmann, Principal RSDE, Microsoft Research, United States
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Grand Velas 7-12 |
Computer Science Research Track #2
Miguel Nussbaum, Professor, Catholic University of Chile, Chile
E-CLOUDSS: Building e-Government Clouds Using Distributed Semantic Services | slides
Genoveva Vargas-Solar, Universidad de Las Americas Puebla, Mexico
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Grand Velas 13 | |
Computing in eScience Research Track #3
Rethinking Computer Architecture: Research at BSC-Microsoft Research Centre | slides
Osman Unsal, Senior Researcher, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain
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Grand Velas 14 | |
CONACYT Thematic Networks Research Track #4
Data Mining and Its Importance in the 21st Century | slides
Christopher R. Stephens, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico
The Discrete Compactness and Its Applications | slides
Ernesto Bribiesca, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico
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Grand Velas 15 | |
10:30–11:00 | Refreshment Break | Foyer Grand Velas |
11:00–12:00 |
Computer Science Research Track #1
Rustan Leino, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research, United States
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Grand Velas 7-12 |
Computer Science Research Track #2
José Blakeley, Partner Architect, Microsoft, United States
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Grand Velas 13 | |
Computing in eScience Research Track #3
LACCIR Projects | video
Chair: Ignacio Casas, Executive Director, LACCIR
LiveANDES: A Software Platform to Share and Analyze Information for Wildlife Conservation | slides
Cristián Bonacic, Professor, Ecosystems and Environment Department, Catholic University of Chile (PUC-Chile), Chile
Andrés Neyem, Professor, Computer Science Department, Catholic University of Chile (PUC-Chile), Chile
Using Sensor Networks to Classify Frogs Based on Their Calls | slides
Eduardo Freire Nakamura, Assistant Professor, Research and Technological Innovation Center (FUCAPI), Brazil
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Grand Velas 14 | |
CONACYT Thematic Networks Research Track #4
Enrique Sucar, Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica, y Electronica (INAOE), Mexico
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Grand Velas 15 | |
12:00–1:00 |
Computer Science Research Track #1
Derick Campbell, Director of Engineering, Microsoft Research Connections, United States
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Grand Velas 7-12 |
Computer Science Research Track #2
Specialized Machine Translation Using the Microsoft Translator Hub – Customized Models for Language Preservation and Domain Specific Deployment | slides | video
Kristin Tolle, Director, Microsoft Research Connections, United States
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Grand Velas 13 | |
Computing in eScience Research Track #3
Pedro Celis, Distinguished Engineer, Microsoft, United States
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Grand Velas 14 | |
CONACYT Thematic Networks Research Track #4
Luis Pineda Cortés, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico
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Grand Velas 15 | |
1:00–2:30 | Lunch | Azul Restaurant/ Chaká |
1:15–2:15 |
Panel Session (lunch)
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Azul Restaurant |
2:30–3:15 |
Research Talk
Alex Acero, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research, United States
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Grand Velas 7-12 |
3:15–4:00 |
Research Talk
Sing Bing Kang, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research, United States
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Grand Velas 7-12 |
4:00–4:30 | Refreshment Break | Foyer Grand Velas |
4:30–5:15 |
Plenary Session
Dan Fay, Director, Microsoft Research Connections, United States
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Grand Velas 7-12 |
5:15–6:00 |
Keynote Presentation
Driving Innovation Through the Microsoft Research Advanced Technology Labs
Rico Malvar, Chief Scientist/Distinguished Engineer, Microsoft Research, United States
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Grand Velas 7-12 |
6:00–6:15 | Assemble for Departure to Social Event | Hotel Lobby |
7:00–10:00 | Social Event and Dinner Show |
Friday, May 25
Time | Event/Topic | Location |
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8:30–10:00
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Closing Plenary Sessions
Chair: Jim Pinkelman, Senior Director, Microsoft Research Connections, United States
Data-Intensive Discoveries in Science: the Fourth Paradigm | slides
Alex Szalay, Alumni Centennial Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, United States
LACCIR: Results, Thoughts, and Opportunities
Ignacio Casas, Executive Director, Latin American and Caribbean Collaborative ICT Research Federation (LACCIR)
Sergio Ochoa, Deputy Director, LACCIR
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Grand Velas 7-12 |
10:00–1:00
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DemoFest (Onsite Research Demos) | Grand Velas 1-6 |
11:00–11:30
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Refreshment Break (During Demofest) | Foyer Grand Velas |
1:00–3:00
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Farewell Lunch
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Azul Restaurant |
3:00
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Event Ends |