Projects
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FASTER is a new key-value store for point operations, that combines a highly cache-optimized concurrent hash index with a novel self-tuning data organization. It extends the standard key-value store interface to handle read-modify-writes and blind update operations. FASTER achieves orders-of-magnitude…
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What Are Cliplets? Microsoft Research Cliplets is an interactive app that uses semi-automated methods to give users the power to create “Cliplets” – a type of imagery that sits between stills and video from handheld videos. The app provides…
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We envision using Eye Gaze technology to bring independent mobility to people living with disabilities who are unable to use a joystick. This project was initiated during the Summer 2014 Hackathon. During the Hackathon, Steve Gleason came to campus and…
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SandDance is a web-based application that enables you to more easily explore, identify, and communicate insights about data, and provides ease of use for data visualizations, pattern identification, trends, and insights.
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Ambrosia is a programming language independent approach for authoring and deploying highly robust distributed applications. Ambrosia dramatically lowers development and deployment costs and time to market by automatically providing recovery and high availability. Today’s datacenter oriented applications, which include most…
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The Kinect for Windows SDK beta, created by Microsoft Research, was a programming toolkit for application developers.
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Spatial audio, also known as 3D stereo sound, is about creating a 3D audio experience by using headphones. Applications of this technology include augmented and virtual reality, listening to music, and watching a movie on a tablet or PC.
The biomedical sciences are beginning to undergo a major transformation. Precision medicine has the potential to make treatments much more effective by better understanding patients, biological mechanisms, and therapeutic effects. However, current approaches only reach a small fraction of the…
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2015 December: Skype Translator includes Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian and Chinese (Mandarin). Conversation translation added to the IOS and Android Microsoft Translator apps. October: Skype Translator begins rolling out to Skype desktop for all users. May: Microsoft opens the…